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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 |
| 4635300 | Karate glove A unitary flexible protective glove molded of a resilient material and adapted to be easily worn on the hand for use in the art of karate and the like is disclosed. The glove, when worn, covers a portion of the lower forearm, the wrist, and the hand. The ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635301 | Upper body garment construction An upper body garment including a front body section, a back body section and two sleeves extending from the upper portion of the front and back section for covering the front, back, shoulders and arms of a wearer formed of two pieces of fabric and a sing... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635302 | Toilet bowl cleaner dispenser An automatic toilet bowl cleaner dispenser for automatically discharging a measured amount of bleach (or detergent, or both) from a container which has an unobstructed opening, preferably in its top surface, through which tank water can enter the containe... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635303 | Foldable toilet-seat for children The present invention relates to a foldable toilet-seat and, in particular, to a foldable toilet-seat for children around the age of 3 to 10. The invention comprising of a mini toilet-seat, a supporting board, handrail and etc. The mini toilet seat lies i... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635304 | Wall system for swimming pools A swimming pool, of the type having a sectionally constructed wall extending about and supporting a plastic liner, incorporates in the wall a capability of forming a wide variety of swimming pools of different shapes and sizes. Disclosed is a wall system ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635305 | Foldable bed The foldable bed has a frame including pairs of upper and lower U-shaped supporting tubes, each pair forming a substantially rectangular structure for fixing a cloth forming the side wall of the bed. The supporting tubes are pivotably connected with and s... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635306 | Multi-position therapy cushions Therapy cushions are provided having angular body supporting surfaces. The cushions can be juxtapositioned to orient patients in various positions for achieving effective bronchial drainage. First and second cushions have two adjoining 90° abutment surfa... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635307 | Waterbed An improved waterbed and waterbed perimeter support including a frame base member formed of a dimensionally-stable pliant sheet having a lower portion securable under the bladder and a lateral portion extending therefrom adjacent to the bladder perimeter ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635308 | Method of using a bed sheet stay A bed sheet stay consisting of a flat, elongated member having an opening at one end and a slotted opening to receive the gathered corner of a sheet. The other end of the member is provided with rearwardly and outwardly extending fins to prevent tipping o... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635309 | Multiple use hand tool A multiple use hand tool comprises an elongated housing defining a handle having a longitudinal through bore in which is slideably mounted a tool holding member for holding a utility knife blade at one end and a marking crayon at the other end for selecti... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635310 | System for producing two separate sets of fasteners A system for producing a first and second series of blind fasteners each in uniformly varying grip increments for securing workpieces varying in total thickness, each blind fastener comprising a tubular sleeve, a pin and lock collar, the sleeve adapted to... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635311 | Military tactical bridge system, method and foldable modules A folding tactical bridge module and bridging system and method of deploy and retrieval. Each module is made up of three longitudinally collapsible units interconnected and folded in a side-by-side arrangement to be carried by a bridge transporter vehicl... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635312 | Apparatus for cleaning containers An apparatus for cleaning containers which includes a tank for holding a cleaning fluid. A rack which includes clamps for clamping the containers to be cleaned is movable from a loading position in an upper portion of the tank by sliding engagement with a... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635313 | Brush with self retaining bristles A process for manufacturing a brush having an integral bristle retention feature. One end of each bristle tuft to be inserted into a molded brush body is fused into a ball-shaped mass. The body is molded around the mass, thereby anchoring the tufts in the... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635314 | Arrangement for removing glass soot from an exhaust tube during optical preform fabrication An arrangement for introducing an auxiliary gaseous medium into the interior of an exhaust tube that is joined to a downstream end of a substrate tube from which a primary gaseous medium carrying glass soot particles during a chemical vapor deposition pha... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635315 | Upright converter for portable vacuum An upright converter for a portable hand-held vacuum having nozzle and handle portions. The upright converter includes an adapter cooperating with the nozzle portion of the vacuum in a position for operation thereof and an adapter cooperating with the han... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635316 | Methods and apparatus for perforating food casing film and casing produced thereby Prestuck food casing films are made with an apparatus having a perforating roll with multiple knife blades. The perforating roll is linked to a power roll so the casing being pulled through the apparatus drives the power roll which turns the perforating r... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635317 | Drumstick cutter Device for cutting through the heel joint of the leg of slaughtered poultry which is supplied hanging by this leg, comprising a stop which is at an angle to the feed direction and an elongate cutting knife which reaches beyond the stop and is rotatably dr... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635318 | Apparatus for decapitating fish The invention concerns a decapitating apparatus for fish in which the fish to be processed is conveyed by entrainers essentially transverse to its axis and by fixing its longitudinal position by a holding element engaging the eye-hole and accompanying the... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635319 | Skinning device An animal skinning device including opposing sets of pointed skin grasping teeth mounted in teeth carrier members mounted at the ends of elongated jaw members. Jaw members are connected through a pivot to move from an open position into a forceful biting ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635320 | Floor selector for lift A pulse floor selector for a lift, with a floor and location determining system based on counting pulses indicating the lift's velocity, with the aid of electronics thereto appropriate. Dense pulse floor selection is used for determining the lift's locati... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635321 | Spinning machines and the like with signal or indicator devices Spinning machine in which the upper rollers of the drafting units are arranged at pressure arm assemblies, whereby each pressure arm assembly has a main arm and an operating lever which is positionally arranged above the main arm and radially movable. To ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635322 | Fiber washer An improved fiber washer provides for a water recirculation technique which assists in moving the fibers through the washer and assists in the separation of heavy debris from the fibers.... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635323 | Drawhead for drawing equipment for drawing woolen fleece or the like A drawhead for drawing equipment having a plurality of fallers or the like disposed parallel to each other along a closed guideway at a predetermined distance from one another. In such a drawhead it is expected to achieve the transfer of large forces para... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635324 | Slide fastener The invention relates to a slide fastener, which is particularly well suited for ornamental purposes. The slide fastener comprises teeth, which are arranged in two juxtaposed rows so that each teeth is adapted to interlock with adjacent teeth of the oppos... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635325 | Substrate fastener Described herein is a substrate fastener having resilient coupling members at the opposite ends of a strut member, characterized in that the coupling members are resiliently engageable in mounting holes of substrates to be fastened to each other, and at l... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635326 | Substrate fastener Described herein is a substrate fastener having a pair of inclined resilient coupling members at the opposite ends of a strut member, the coupling members being resiliently lockable in mounting holes provided in substrates to be fixed. A vertical substrat... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635327 | Quick disconnect locking coupler A quick disconnect mechanical coupler includes a housing having a longitudinal slot within which is positioned an elongated coupling pin which is displaceable within the slot along the length thereof. A first end of the housing is adapter to receive a mou... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635328 | Device for exchangeable attachment of tools on an industrial robot A device for exchangeably attaching tools on an industrial robot comprising an attachment device. According to the invention, the attachment device (1) comprises a first member (2) rigidly attached to the outer portion (4) of a robot arm (3) and a second ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635329 | Tool holder assembly for machine tools In machine tools, for selective utilization of fixed tools, or tools which are adapted to be driven and rotated, a common tool retainer is provided in the toolhead. The toolhead comprises a spur gear or similar driver, or comprises drive components for op... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635330 | Method of assembling high-performance low-torque anti-friction bearing assembly A method is disclosed for assembling a high-performance low-torque anti-friction bearing assembly having numerous applications including dynamic support of a stabilized platform under severe operating conditions. The assembly consists of two rings provide... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635331 | Method for the production of a guide rail A method for the production of a guide rail for linear guiding and having a hardened rolling body race groove on opposite sides of the guide rail. In order to minimize production costs and avoid cutting of the race grooves, the race grooves are initially ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635332 | Sealed telescopic joint and method of assembly A radially-resilient seal can frequently pop out its annular groove defined in a carrier when the carrier and an overlapping housing are telescopically assembled. Such misorientation of the seal prevents proper seating of the seal against the housing and ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635333 | Tube expanding method A tube expanding technique for securing a sleeve within a tube whereby fluid pressure is applied via an expander by incrementally decreasing the volume of the fluid system exclusive of the expander, or by incrementally increasing the mass of the fluid wit... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635334 | Automatic transmission rebuilding tool A rebuilding tool for an automatic transmission which has a table top mountable base (20) with front (22) and rear (24) legs upwardly extending, and a working platform (28) in between. An adjustable height extension member (34) is slideably connected with... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635335 | Apparatus for attaching a flexible annular member to a rigid member Apparatus is disclosed for attaching a flexible annular member to a rigid member using an annular tongue on an annular bead on one of the members that is engageable in an annular groove in an annular bead on the other member, and further using a preformed... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635336 | Turbine rotor heating, disassembly, handling and reassembly method and apparatus A turbine rotor disassembly, handling and reassembly apparatus employs a feedback-controlled electric heating oven to rapidly heat a turbine wheel while the rotor shaft is in the horizontal position. An adapter interfaces the wheel to a handling spool who... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635337 | Method for removable anchor apparatus The invention as shown herein includes an apparatus and method for positioning an anchoring device in the form of a coil in a pre-drilled hole for firmly engaging a lag screw or other member. The coil consists of a series of turns and may be made of steel... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635338 | Method and apparatus for assembling an automatic and disposable pencil A machine is shown which assembles a barrel, spring, piece of lead, lead plunger, barrel tip and eraser into an automatic pencil. The steps of assembly include: Pressing the lead plunger onto the lead. Placing the plunger and lead into the spring and tapp... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635339 | Automated wheel decking assembling An apparatus and method for assembling wheel and tire units onto a vehicle as it moves along a conveyor. The apparatus includes an arrangement for centralizing the vehicle relative to the conveyor, orienting the hubs of the vehicle so as to receive a prop... | 01/13/1987 |
