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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 |
| 7350668 | Disc dispensing apparatus A disc dispensing apparatus operatively mounts to a disc passageway and includes a moveable guide hole member having a guide hole of an elongated shape and a guiding unit operatively mounted in the guide hole. A resilient unit biases the guiding unit against the mov... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7270599 | Coin outlet unit A coin outlet unit is disclosed to include a casing having a coin outlet, and an adjustment structure for adjusting the size of the coin outlet. The adjustment structure positioning spaces arranged in a line perpendicular to the extending direction of the coin outle... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7244176 | Outlet-adjusting device of coin dispenser An outlet-adjusting device suitable for a coin dispenser is provided. The outlet adjusting device comprises a directing element, an ejecting element and an positioning member, wherein the positioning member and the directing element are adapted for adjusting a biasi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7172503 | Low force coin dispensing apparatus A coin dispensing apparatus for automatically directing coins from a coin escalator includes a coin dispensing unit such as a non-metallic roller that is rotatable about a bearing shaft which can be aligned to minimize forces that can shorten the life of a coin disp... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104880 | Coin feeder A coin feeder (A) comprises a drum-shaped rotating body capable of feeding not only a single size of coins but also different sizes of coins within an allowable range. A coin receiving part (6) and a coin pressing projection (12) pressing a coin (CN) a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6352472 | Coin ejection guide structure A coin dispensing apparatus of a compact design for dispensing coins at high speed from a storage hopper includes a selection mechanism for selecting the coins from the hopper and passing the coins along a passageway to an exit opening. A coin ejection gu... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350192 | Coin carrying device A coin carrying device has a carrying structure defining a carrying passage (20) along which a plurality of coins are carried in a diametrical row. The coins fed by a rotary disk (4) onto the carrying passage (20) are carried along the carrying passage (2... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6302777 | Coin holder A coin holding apparatus includes a disk shaped casing and a locking ring. The casing defines three coin wells, each having upper and lower openings thereby having storage for six different coins in a compact casing. The locking ring rotates on the casing... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6059651 | Apparatus for lifting circular plate bodies A device is set forth for dispensing circular plate bodies such as coins which has a channel to push the coins in an end-to-end relationship from to an outlet. A roller is biased to engage the coin emerging from the channel and to be pushed by the emergin... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6053310 | Pager coin holder A coin holder for a radio pager and the like includes a generally rectangular body having a planar back surface supporting an adhesive layer for attaching the coin holder to a surface of a pager casing, for example. The coin holder body includes spaced ap... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5931732 | Apparatus for dispensing disks An apparatus for dispensing disks comprising a disk passage having an outlet in which the disks are arranged edge-to-edge for storage and dispensing. A closure member, such as a rotatable spherical member, is provided for closing the outlet. The closure m... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5810655 | Coin conveying device In a coin conveying device, a second coin outlet is provided nearby a first coin outlet and an outlet switching mechanism is provided between the first and second coin outlets so that coins can be ejected from either of the coin outlets selected by the ou... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5499710 | Portable coin holder and dispenser There is disclosed a one piece coin holder having a main flat body, a central obstruction and openings at both ends suitable for insertion or egress of a predetermined number of coins. The open ends define a cavity with a slightly larger diameter than sai... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5046989 | Coin storage and dispensing apparatus A coin storage and dispensing apparatus comprising a coin hopper assembly and a coin track assembly is disclosed for orienting coins in edge-to-edge relationship in the coin track assembly, and for dispensing coins from the coin track assembly at an eleva... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4943258 | Outlet device for coin payout hoppers An outlet device for coin payout hoppers including an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for receiving coins at a lower inlet in the horizontal direction form the coin payout hopper and guiding the coins in the vertical direction and an esc... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4923430 | Coin payout apparatus in gaming device A coin payout apparatus in a gaming device. The apparatus includes a coin hopper and a coin guide connected to the hopper for successively delivering coins in edge-to-edge relationship. A rotary arm is pivotally provided at the coin guide and has one end ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4874348 | Handling device for coins, tokens and the like A coin dispenser for coins, tokens and the like comprises a tube with a loading scoop at one end and a dispensing slot at the other with the floor of the tube becoming planar and inclining downwardly from adjacent the other end of the tube towards the dis... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4836365 | Portable coin holder and dispenser A dispensing holder for discs (such as coins) comprises a middle plate and two face plates. Each middle plate and face plate define between them disc-receiving slots having mouths open to the edge of the holder. Each slot is bordered on one side by a fing... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4246915 | Portable coin bank An improved portable coin bank having at least one tubular member configured to retain a stack of coins of a particular denomination and for permitting the lowermost coin of the stack to be manually dispensed as required comprising a lower support portion... | 01/27/1981 |
