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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 |
| 7413786 | Adhesive roll cleaner An adhesive roll cleaner 1 comprises a core tube and a plurality of adhesive tapes 3 having an adhesive portion A on one side thereof helically wound around the core tube in a layered configuration with the adhesive portion A out. Each of the adhesive ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7241126 | Apparatus for imparting protusions and recesses and product An apparatus imparts concaves/convexes to a sheet-like object by passing the sheet-like object between a pair of rollers facing each other. At least one of the rollers is a roller a surface of which is formed by laminating a single or a plurality of circular plates ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7196866 | Interconnect structure having multiple layers of traces for electrical connection to a tape head assembly An apparatus and method for electrically coupling read elements and write elements of a tape head assembly to another component includes an interconnect structure having plural layers of traces, with the traces comprising write traces electrically connected to respe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6982116 | Coatings on fiber reinforced composites The invention is a coating and a method for applying coatings to fiber reinforced composite materials. A first polymeric layer, free of fibers and particulate, coats a fiber reinforced polymer substrate. The first layer joins the fiber reinforced polymer substrate t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6969479 | Tooling with helical coils for structured surface articles Tool rolls and methods of using the tool rolls to manufacture articles with one or more structured surfaces are disclosed. The tool rolls include an outer surface that, when used in connection with materials of the proper viscosity or formability, can form a structu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6902389 | Wire wound tooling Tool rolls and methods of using the tool rolls to manufacture articles with one or more structured surfaces are disclosed. The tool rolls include an outer surface that, when used in connection with materials of the proper viscosity or formability, can form a structu... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6866619 | Disintegrator roll with a coated accessory wire For an improvement of the coating of disintegrator rolls, an accessory wire in the area of a tooth base is coated with a reduced quantity of hard material granulate as compared to the coating on the tooth. With the proposed coating, the advantage is gained that a pr... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6767202 | Tooling with helical coils for structured surface articles Tool rolls and methods of using the tool rolls to manufacture articles with one or more structured surfaces are disclosed. The tool rolls include an outer surface that, when used in connection with materials of the proper viscosity or formability, can form a structu... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6722484 | Bi-directional overrunning clutch for a primary drive axle A bi-directional overrunning clutch for transmitting torque to segments of a primary drive axle. The clutch includes an input gear, a clutch housing, and hubs extending out of the housing that attach to the segments. A roll cage is located within the housing and has... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6685609 | Carpet seaming pool One carpet seaming tool has an elongate, generally straight handle having on one end thereof a U-shaped bracket having spaced, parallel legs. Secured intermediate its ends in a pair of registering openings in the legs of the bracket is an elongate shaft h... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666805 | Grooved tape guide A tape guide that includes multiple spaced grooves or a spiral groove in the surface of the hub to bleed air from between the surface of the hub and the tape. The distance between adjacent grooves or turns in the case of a spiral groove is 2.4 to 3.7 time... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6565498 | Composite roll for manufacturing heat transfer tubes In a composite roll for manufacturing heat transfer tubes that has two or more grooving rolls having protrusions where at least one of cross sectional shapes, lead angles relative to a rotation direction and sizes is different, by coaxially combining the ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6547461 | Photosensitive material automatic-processing apparatus In a photosensitive material processing apparatus of the present invention, a brush roller used in a pre-water-washing section and a developing section is formed by winding a slender band wherein bristles are woven into a knitted fabric onto the periphera... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6508750 | Grooved tape guide A tape guide that includes multiple spaced grooves or a spiral groove in the surface of the hub to bleed air from between the surface of the hub and the tape. The distance between adjacent grooves or turns in the case of a spiral groove is 2.4 to 3.7 time... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6482140 | Roller and method of producing the same A roller is structured so that one or a plurality of grooves are recessed on an outer peripheral surface of an outer race in a bearing, a part of a synthetic resin tire integrally adhered to the outer race of the bearing is inserted and welded within a gr... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6423424 | Method of producing an opening cylinder The present invention relates to a method of producing an opening cylinder for an open-end spinning machine, comprising the step of applying to the surface of a body of the opening cylinder a spirally extending sawtooth wire. For simplifying such a method... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6312367 | Anilox roller Anilox rollers of doctor units are provided with cells, arranged over the sleeve surface along spiral lines, in order to guarantee that the wear of the doctor blades, employed at said anilox rollers, is as uniform as possible. To prevent the ink from issu... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6237664 | Labeling apparatus The present invention relates to a labeling apparatus for paying out and applying self-adhesive labels, which with each operating cycle moves one self-adhesive label into a dispensing position underneath an applicator roll having a sleeve with a cylindric... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6145174 | Stretcher roller A stretcher roller for spreading out moving flexible strip material such as for example plastics film, paper or textiles, has a cylindrical outer surface of elastomeric material, with inclined incisions which are separated from one another by webs. The tr... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6029570 | Press jacket for a press device Press jacket for a press device that drains a material web in a press nip having a press nip length. The press jacket includes blind holes for water absorption that open to a jacket surface of the press jacket and channels extending at least sectionally i... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5961685 | Apparatus for applying a generally uniform sizing composition to glass fibers A sizing applicator is provided for applying a coating of sizing composition to glass fibers. The sizing applicator includes a housing and a roll applicator which is rotatably coupled to the housing. The housing has a supply port adapted to receive sizing... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5854961 | Electrophotography developer canister with material-moving roller Embodiments of a material-moving electrophotography roller are shown and described, each embodiment having an outer surface having ridges. The ridges may extend in right-handed or left-handed orientation, or in other angled (non-radial and non-horizontal)... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5753348 | Fluororesin tube-covered fixing roller, and image formation apparatus A fixing roller for thermally fixing an unfixed toner image is comprised of a core cylinder and a fluororesin tube fused on the core cylinder. The core cylinder is provided on its periphery with a minute groove means. On fusing the fluororesin tube on the... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5640655 | Carrier liquid removing apparatus and image reproducing apparatus using the same A liquid removing device for removing carrier liquid from an image carrying member on which a toner image containing toner particles is formed. The liquid removing device is useful for image reproducing apparatus such as a color image copier. The liquid r... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5595601 | Coating bar for a bar coater A coating bar for a bar coater, wherein the coating bar is supported substantially over its entire length revolving in a cradle fixed to the frame of the coater. The coating bar is profiled and surface-treated by boronizing so that a layer of iron boride ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5582568 | Method for coating a roll and a coated roll for a paper machine A coated roll and a method for coating a roll used in a paper machine. Desired surface property values of the roll are fed into a central unit of the coating system and the roll is coated while following a function f1 (x),f3 (x) crea... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5569142 | Center roll in the press of a paper machine The center roll in the paper machine is made of a ceramic or metal-ceramic basic material. At least one portion of the center roll is coated or soaked with a polymer coating in order to obtain the desired adhesion properties of the face of the center roll... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5553357 | High bulky wool spun yarn and a drafting apparatus for preparing the yarn A high bulky wool spun yarn for knitting or weaving, which has high bulky properties formed by bulky loops in the bundle of the yarn, and a drafting system for making the same is provided. The drafting system includes a spinning machine with an improved f... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553806 | Support or pressure roll for a paper roll winder A roll for selective use as either a support drum or as a rider roll in a winder for winding a traveling paper web into a relatively large diameter wound web roll has a body with an outer, elastomeric cover. The elastomeric cover includes a pattern, open ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5412870 | Method for coating a roll A coated roll and a method for coating a roll used in a paper machine. Desired surface property values of the roll are fed into a central unit of the coating system and the roll is coated while following a function f1 (x),f3 (x) crea... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5391135 | Rolls for hot dipping bath A roll for hot dipping bath includes at its outer peripheral surface at least one spiral groove for the discharge of dross. In this roll, the outer peripheral surface existing between the adjoining groove portions includes a rough surface, capable of appl... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5353485 | Method and an arrangement for producing spunlace material, and material produced thereby The present invention relates to a method for producing spunlace material in which there is formed a fibrous web by air-laying a layer of fibres of staple length on a forming wire and air-laying a layer of short fibres on top of the layer of staple fibres... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5215135 | Pellitizer methods and apparatus A new type of fuel pellet and method and apparatus for manufacturing. Pellets are cut directly from logs without requiring grinding and extruding. A veneer type lathe and rolls hold a log and the rolls incise the log surface to a depth larger than the ven... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5199168 | Non-slip tachometer roller A method of forming a tachometer roller for a tape drive assembly for detecting the speed of a tape moving along a reference axis when the tape is in contact with the roller. The roller includes a cylinder extending in a longitudinal axis and adapted to b... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5191833 | Roll stripping apparatus for round baler Roll stripping apparatus for a round baler that has a frame and a crop conveying mechanism, including rotatable transverse rolls, mounted on the frame. The conveying mechanism provides a series of inwardly facing moving surfaces that define a baling chamb... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188273 | Expander roller for webs of paper and the like An expander roller for running webs of paper, textile material or the like has a straight metallic or plastic core and an outer layer consisting of two helically convoluted strips of rubber or other elastomeric material. The two convoluted webs are mirror... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165613 | Wear resistant surface armoring for the rollers of roller machines, particularly of high pressure roller presses Wear-resistant armoring on the outer surface of a roller for a high pressure roller press capable of interparticle crushing of granular material wherein the armoring is composed of axially extending welding beads horizontally welded along the roller eithe... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5096407 | Fluted roller for a single face corrugator Fluted roller for a single face corrugator comprising grooves extending around the periphery thereof, the bottom of the grooves being deeper than the bottoms of the corrugation of the fluted roller, wherein the grooves extend at an angle unlike 90° to a ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5088172 | Tape drive assembly with non-slip tachometer roller A tachometer roller for a tape drive assembly for detecting the speed of a tape moving along a reference axis when the tape is in contact with the roller. The roller includes a cylinder extending in a longitudinal axis and adapted to be fixed in a tape dr... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5071083 | Touch roller for plastic polymer film manufacturing apparatus A metallic touch roller for use in an apparatus for manufacturing film rolls. The outer surface of the touch roller has a matte-finish with a plurality of symmetrically formed spiral grooves extending over the length of the roller. A mean surface roughnes... | 12/10/1991 |
