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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7452589 | Convoluted fiber pad Present invention relates to a process of forming a multi-layer pad of a non-woven fiber batt and a foam layer having conforming convoluted surfaces and to a multi-layer pad incorporating a non-woven fiber batt and foam layer. The process of forming a non-woven batt... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7429114 | Light-weight mirror blank assembly A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416662 | Corrugated density baffle A density baffle assembly for use in a water treatment system is disclosed. The density baffle assembly includes a plurality of density baffles where each density baffle comprises a corrugated panel member having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral side, an... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7353641 | Void forming core formwork for concrete beam To render a formwork (10), having a hollow (11b) defined therein and embedded in the elongated concrete member (40) during casting of a concrete material, to be lightweight, environmentally friendly and inexpensive and to have a sufficien... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303641 | Method for fabricating cellular structural panels An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7182172 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7134250 | Building panels A building or insulating panel (30) including a collapsible frame of generally square or rectangular configuration, which is collapsible between a generally flat condition and an erected condition in which it is installed. The frame including overlying top an... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7063128 | Drum type heat exchanger A drum type heat exchanger for effectively ventilating and purifying room air of a factory, a building or a house and the like is described. The drum type heat exchanger has heat transfer means with a drum shape and thus an entire size is reduced as much as possible... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7045196 | Packaging laminate and method A packaging laminate and method of production are demonstrated by using a single face corrugated cardboard. The single face corrugated cardboard is supplied in rolled form and is processed through a conventional corrugated cardboard shredder to create a flexible res... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011181 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6951264 | Acoustically attenuating headliner and method for making same The present invention is directed toward providing a headliner for a motor vehicle comprising an interior layer adapted to present a surface that is exposed to the interior of the vehicle, a flexible film assembly that is supported by the interior layer opposite to ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6823571 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of multilayer metal products Apparatus for manufacturing multi-layer metal feedstock material for stamping shaped parts eliminates the need for rolls of metal at the stamping site. Multilayer metal feedstock material is assembled from multiple rolls of metal stock, then folded in a zig zag fash... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6692815 | Extruded plastic lumber and method of manufacture A composite reinforced plastic lumber article, having a generally rectangular cross-section, is formed by extruding a wood particle/polymer composition through an extrusion die which forms a corrugated or relatively thin sheet cross-section core part. The... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6599645 | Composite metal panel The invention relates to a rigid composite metal panel comprising at least two metal parallel plates and/or sheets secured to the peaks and troughs of a corrugated aluminium stiffener sheet arranged between the parallel plates and/or sheets, wherein the c... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6475591 | Microporous laminate with pin-hole free areas The method and apparatus of the present invention prevents the formation of pin-holes during stretching of strip laminates in the cross machine direction. Pin-holes are prevented by creating slack areas along the length of the web where the edges of the n... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6190744 | Paper container for photo-sensitive materials and package of photo-sensitive materials A die-cut sheet having score lines and cutouts which in the form of a sheet of multilayered paperboard including at least two paper layers on the outer and inner sides that are made of different materials, that use a starch-based adhesive, preferably a co... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6083580 | Cardboard and corrugated board container having laminated walls A container having walls made of a paper/plastic laminate having a cardboard core sandwiched between inner and outer face liners, wherein at least one of the face liners is comprised of a face liner laminate. The face liner laminate is composed of an exte... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6015601 | Curling ribbon The present invention relates to a self-sealing flexible plastic valve for a non-latex balloon, to a balloon incorporating such a valve, to a method of manufacturing such a valve, and to a method of manufacturing a balloon incorporating such a valve. The ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5955174 | Composite of pleated and nonwoven webs A web or film is electrostatically charged by sequentially subjecting the web or film to a series of electric fields such that adjacent electric fields have substantially opposite polarities. Both a method and apparatus are disclosed for charging the web ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5907917 | Sheet material display panel A display and panels include corrugated or fluted sheet material having display and support surfaces in which a plurality of cut-outs or slits are made in one or both surfaces so as to make the material rollable. The plurality of slits are in the same axi... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5763041 | Laminate material A laminate suitable for use as the hook component of a hook-and-loop fastener. The laminate comprises a first extensible substantially non-elastic layer and a second layer comprising a nonwoven material. The nonwoven material is prebonded by a number of f... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5750235 | Base board for layered corrugated fiberboard structure A base board for a layered corrugated fiberboard structure comprises a corrugated fiberboard material including a corrugating medium having flutes, first folds along which the corrugated fiberboard material is folded in the shape of the inverted letter V,... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5747140 | Flat upholstered body A completely vented upholstered body of grid plates with a wave profile includes solid portions of the grid which pass through the wave extrema of its wave contour. Many of the solid portions of the grid preferably are disposed transversely to at least on... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5681641 | Structural member and pallet made therewith and method A structural member formed from a billet, each member comprising a plurality of corrugated paperboard sheets bonded together with an adhesive and disposed between a core fiber layer, each core fiber layer comprising at least one ply of a fiberboard sheet,... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5674593 | Structural laminate with corrugated core and related method This invention provides a structural laminate which includes thin outer layers of cellulose polymer material sandwiched about a corrugated cardboard core, where flutes of the corrugated extend perpendicularly between the outer layers of cellulose polymer ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5599606 | Sheet-like sandwich molding A sheet-like sandwich molding having two outer rigid covering layers and, as the core, at least one sheet-like structure of fiber material, which has been deformed by deep-drawing and been provided with synthetic resin. The sheet-like structure of fiber m... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5580370 | Total heat energy exchanger element preventing a transfer of odors and method of manufacturing same Adsorbents are used whose equilibrium isotherms for adsorption show no rapid rise in relative humidity more than 40% and whose equilibrium isotherms for adsorption and desorption show no hysteresis phenomenon and in which adsorbed humidity does not cause ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5558918 | Pressure bandage to avoid exposure to blood borne pathogens A multi-layered bandage is disclosed, for preventing or reducing transmission of blood borne pathogens from a bleeding wound area to a person applying the bandage to the wound, having a non-porous first layer having a first side and a second side opposite... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5543205 | Composite article made from used or surplus corrugated boxes or sheets A composite article useful as a material of construction made of a plurality of individual pieces of corrugated cardboard cut from scrap corrugated boxes or sheets. The corrugated pieces lie in a shingle-like configuration, a bridge-like configuration, or... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5505769 | Titanium silicate aerogel element and humidity exchanger using matrix of aerogel element A humidity exchanger element is formed from a corrugated sheet and a flat sheet laminated to points of contact of a ridged surface of the corrugated sheet. Each corrugated and flat sheet is formed of a paper of inorganic fibers and an adsorbent formed of ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5433156 | Construction of pallets from corrugated sheet material A shipping pallet is constructed of multiple laminations of corrugated sheet material, with specific construction details providing advantages in strength and trueness of the completed pallet, and further advantages in the reduction of tooling and labor c... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431985 | Low-density element made of corrugated material The present invention relates to a low-density material element for use as protective packaging. The material element consists of a multi-layered body of a corrugated material which is lined on one of its sides. Thus the neighboring corrugated layers lie ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5409755 | Bulkhead void filler An inverted V-shaped bulkhead void filler for filling empty spaces in a cargo area during shipping includes a novel non-pivotable, but disengagable, interlocking structure. The bulkhead void filler includes first and second rigid panels of a sandwich-type... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5374464 | Bulkhead void filler The present invention discloses an inverted V-shaped bulkhead void filler having a novel non-pivotable, but disengagable, fastener for filling empty spaces in a cargo area during shipping. The bulkhead void filler has first and second rigid panels of a sa... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5366790 | Composite article made from used or surplus corrugated boxes or sheets A composite article useful as a material of construction made of a plurality of substantially aligned, individual pieces of corrugated cardboard cut from scrap corrugated boxes or sheets. The corrugated pieces lie in a shingle-like configuration, a bridge... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5348791 | Foldable waterproofing structure A Structure comprising a membrane of a waterproofing pressure sensitive adhesive material with, contiguous thereto, a layer of relatively rigid covering material so arranged and divided into segments that the structure can be folded at the divisions betwe... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5316828 | Reinforced fluted medium and corrugated fiberboard made using the medium Fluted corrugating media of unconventional configuration and the methods for their manufacture for use in corrugated fiberboard are described. These media may be asymmetrical in configuration or have very sharply angled flute tips. The new configurations ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5314738 | Reinforced composite corrugate body The strength and workability of a reinforced composite corrugated body are improved. A corrugated body is constituted such that corrugate lines provided with vertically spaced ridges and grooves formed alternately in a sheet material are formed in a smoot... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5310593 | Adsorbent An adsorbent having high adsorption properties and a good strength, which comprises a plurality of sintered sheets of activated carbon, said sheets being those prepared by sintering activated carbon which may contain a carbonaceous binding material infusi... | 05/10/1994 |
