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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 |
| 5509502 | Construction elevator An elevator apparatus for providing an elevated support structure. The apparatus is comprised of a base unit, a plurality of tower sections, and an elevating device. The tower sections may be individually inserted into the base unit where the elevating de... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509503 | Method for reducing rope sway in elevators A method for controlling rope sway in an elevator is provided. In the first step a car is provided for travel in a hoistway, wherein the hoistway includes a pair of opposed vertically extending walls between which the car travels. The car includes a cente... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509504 | Velocity regulated, open current loop, variable voltage, variable frequency, linear induction motor drive for an elevator car door An elevator car door is moved by a variable voltage, variable frequency linear induction motor which is driven open current loop to achieve a desired velocity profile indicated by an incremental linear encoder, with washed out proportional and integral ga... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509505 | Arrangement for detecting elevator car position An arrangement for detecting elevator car position relative to a floor landing includes an optical potentiometer associated with both the elevator car and the interior of an elevator hoistway. One portion of the potentiometer is attached to the elevator c... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509506 | Castor brake assembly A castor assembly for a scaffold tower or similar structure needs to be provided with a brake. In this construction the brake comprises various forms of rotary cam, e.g. an eccentrically-mounted cylinder, a lobed cam and preferably formed with one or more... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509507 | Multi-disc brakes A multi-disc brake suitable for an aircraft has a stack of rotor and stator discs in which the discs of a set at one end of the stack each have a greater allowance for wear than the discs of a set at the other end of the stack whereby the group of discs a... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509508 | Unitary clip and shim device for brake pad or the like A device (10) is provided for a disc brake pad (11) having a backing plate (20) and actuated by a hydraulic piston (34). The retainer (10) includes tab members (14) for frictionally engaging the backing plate (20). Clip arms (16) are also provided for eng... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509509 | Proportional control of a permanent magnet brake A brake control apparatus for controlling the application of braking torque to a permanent magnet brake of the type wherein a permanent magnet creates a magnetic flux path for applying a braking torque and an electromagnet provides a continuously variable... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509510 | Composite disc brake rotor and method for producing same A composite disc brake rotor including a generally hat-shaped rotor body cast from an alloy, and a generally annular rotor insert cast from a metal matrix composite. The rotor body includes a generally centrally located mounting surface, and a radially ou... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509511 | Hybrid brake assembly with friction pads of different compositions A hybrid brake assembly is provided with both a resin-bonded metallic friction pad element and a resin-bonded non-asbestos, non-metallic friction pad element and hydraulic cylinder/piston elements for simultaneously actuating both friction pad elements in... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509512 | Shock absorber with adjustable damping with controlled damping characteristics A vehicle, including a vehicle body, a chassis with wheels and tires on which the vehicle rests, a number of vehicle suspension springs and shock absorbers which are mounted between the wheels and the vehicle body and execute a change in their axial lengt... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509513 | Bidirectional snubber for a hydraulic suspension cylinder An end-of-stroke bidirectional snubber for a suspension cylinder includes an elongate snubber element having a first flow regulating end portion co-acting with an annular edge for gradually restricting fluid flow from a head end chamber as the piston appr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509514 | Gas charging of suspension damper A structure and method of gas charging a suspension damper is provided wherein a deflectable seal opens a gas charging passage solely under the application of externally applied gas pressure without requiring additional mechanical deflection device and wh... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509515 | Combination handbag A combination handbag including a rear bag unit and a front bag unit joined by a slide fastener, two top handles respectively and fixedly secured to the rear bag unit and the front bag unit at two opposite sides, the front bag unit having two zipper tapes... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509516 | Viscous fluid coupling A viscous fluid coupling includes a labyrinth device for transmitting rotational torque from an input member to an output member through viscous fluid and a temperature sensing bi-metal spiral spring element for controlling a flow of the viscous fluid tow... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509517 | Flying wedge (centripetal retractor) assembly The flying wedge clutch assembly is a speed actuated coupling device that provides low speed axial load and torque transmission and disengages for increased shaft motion at higher speeds. The flying wedge clutch assembly is a compact and lightweight desig... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509518 | Diaphragm clutch assembly with wear compensator A diaphragm spring clutch assembly has a self adjusting mechanism operable in use to compensate for wear of the clutch friction lining. The mechanism comprises a pressure plate having a pressure plate body, a separate, generally annular, fulcrum member wh... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509519 | Diaphragm clutch mechanism of the push-off type, especially for motor vehicles The clutch mechanism comprises a cover plate (3), at least one pressure plate (100), a diaphragm (4) bearing on the cover plate (3), in which assembly means (5), having primary (54, 61) and secondary (60) abutments, are arranged to mount the diaphragm (4)... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509520 | Electrohydraulic control device for a drive train of a machine An electrohydraulic control device for a drive train of a machine is disclosed. The drive train includes an engine, a transmission, and a torque converter having a rotating housing. The torque converter is drivingly connected between the engine and the tr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509521 | Coin mechanism for vending machine for handling magnetic coins An improved coin receiving mechanism for a vending machine, especially of the bulk vending machine type, and a method for operation thereof. The coin receiving mechanism accepts magnetic coins of a proper denomination and rejects other coins. The improved... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509522 | Quick release hopper and improved cylindrical dispensing member for individual cigarette vending machine A quick release hopper 60 and an improved cylindrical dispensing member 70 for an individual cigarette vending machine 10. The quick release hopper 60 has a rotatable dispensing member 70, a hopper slot 61 at its bottom that aligns with a dispensing membe... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509523 | Apparatus for positioning a piece of meat onto the saddle of a trimming conveyor An apparatus for transferring while turning upside down a piece of meat such as loins from a supply surface on which the loins are in one position to a receiving conveyor on which a plurality of saddles are mounted at regular intervals to receive the loin... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509524 | Article transportation processing system A transporting apparatus for a container 1 has a sequentially arranged filling process path 13C for performing filling process for the container 1, a empty container infeed starwheel 12 for introducing the container 1 into the filling process path 13C, a ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509525 | Apparatus for taking out and aligning articles transported thereto A transfer drum and a takeout drum are provided so that they are arranged diametrically adjacent to each other and can rotate synchronously in opposite directions. Articles are held and moved upward by both a transfer arm and a takeout arm which are locat... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509526 | Dual level tilting tray package sorting apparatus An automatic system for sorting items, such as small parcels, into groups bound for different geographical locations is described. The system uses tilting trays arranged at multiple levels, with all the trays being mounted on carriages traveling on a sing... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509527 | Convertible pencil box A container for pencils and the like is convertible into a holder for those pencils by reversely folding an outer cover of the container at a position intermediate with lengths to provide two compartments in parallelism with each other, and which are usab... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509528 | Display package A display package for displaying an article contained therein in a plurality of positions. The package has a base, a lid hingedly mounted on the base, and a lock mechanism for securing the lid in a locked position on the base. The lid has a top wall forme... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509529 | Soap bar holder A soap bar holder that is suitable for use in a shower stall, tub or by a sink is disclosed. The soap bar holder comprises an enclosure (11) with an opening (24) sized to accommodate a bar of soap (48) defined by two side walls (12,16) and a back wall (19... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509530 | Compartmentalized dental amalgam mixing capsule A compartmentalized dental amalgam mixing capsule including an upstanding elongated receptacle having a cylindrical interior chamber for receipt of an alloy therein. The receptacle is formed with an annular flange in the upper portion of the chamber inclu... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509531 | Golf bag sectioning device A golf bag sectioning device wherein respective first and second tubes have respective telescoping legs extensible and retractable therefrom in a spring-biased relationship to extend the telescoping legs relative to the tubes, wherein a first clamp member... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509532 | Foldable display card for butterfly-molded item A display card for holding an item attached to the card for display has a flat surface defining a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the item is a butterfly-molded item having an integral hinge joining a pair of molded item halves that are foldable along... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509533 | Package for storing and displaying a plurality of box-shaped articles, more particularly data carriers such as floppy disks and the like Storage and display package for a plurality of box-shaped articles (25), for instance floppy disks and the like, and comprising a plurality of sheaths, one for each box-shaped article, each sheath being provided with an insertion opening, a back face part... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509534 | Two-piece dunnage for use in a container A two-piece plastic dunnage is disclosed for use within containers for shipping or storing items in a preselected arrangement within a container. The preferred embodiment of the two-piece dunnage designed in accordance with this invention includes an esse... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509535 | Flotation apparatus A flotation apparatus has an array of flotation cells which are in serial fluid flow communication from a first to a last cell. Each cell is in overflow communication with an overflow froth receiving receptacle which preferably has a top lip of slightly v... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509536 | Method and apparatus for the sorting of fiber suspensions In a sorting method for fiber suspensions, a dividing wall (3, 3') is used comprising openings via which the compenent particles in the suspension S to be sorted are classified according to their size. The beneficial transporting away of the rejected comp... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509537 | Sorting machine ejection system A sorting machine for separating substandard items from a continuous stream of products is disclosed wherein the ejector that removes the detected substandard items includes an ejector finger and an actuator. The ejector finger includes a flexible elongat... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509538 | Paperless order picking system A system and method for paperless, self-contained partial case picking of goods in a distribution center for cartons or containers subsequently shipped to a customer store. A set of cartons or containers is moved along a pick face in a series of move cycl... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509539 | Method for preparing injection molding compound pellets to remove molding compound dust and broken pellets An injection molding compound pellet cleaner 10 removes broken pellets and eliminates excessive dust from molding compound pellets for preparation of the pellets for processing in an automatic molding machine. The pellet cleaner includes a vacuum chamber ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509540 | Display holder for balloons, flowers or the like The present invention relates to a holder for balloons, flowers or the like on sticks, comprising a holder element having a mounting surface adapted to be securely attached to a support structure by attachment element located on the mounting surface. At l... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509541 | Bracket construction An improved bracket construction for the storage and display of cylindrically and dish-shaped products in an orientation in which the top thereof is oriented generally vertically includes a pair of horizontal hanging bar units adapted to mount to the vert... | 04/23/1996 |
