Abstract: The disclosure embraces a centrifugal casting apparatus of a character for casting comparatively small articles or objects of highly refractory metals, such as jewelry and similar articles, the centrifugal casting apparatus being enclosed in a housing, the arrangement having a motor-driven throwing arm and a secondary arm mounting components of the casting apparatus, the secondary arm being adapted upon energization of the motor to be centrifugally oscillated or rotated about a pivot axis to a diametrically aligned position with the throwing arm to rapidly accelerate flow of the molten casting metal into the mold, the apparatus including a closure or cover for the housing in association with means for automatically interrupting operation of the motor when the cover or closure is moved to an open position.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a piston ring particularly an oil control ring comprising a spacer-expander ring in association with one or more rails, ring segments or sealing rings wherein the spacer-expander ring component is configurated for preventing or minimizing necklacing during installation of the ring construction in the ring groove of a piston.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for producing a roving package of strands of attenuated glass fibers or filaments, the method and apparatus involving segregating the fibers or filaments into bundles or strands in spaced relation and the bundles or strands wound into a package with the bundles or strands advanced toward the package in a plane substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the package whereby the individual bundles or strands engage the package at peripherally spaced surface regions and are collected in side-by-side or waywound relation.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a charge forming apparatus or carburetor embodying a fuel aspirating system and method of operation thereof wherein the charge forming apparatus comprises a body construction having a mixing passage, a fuel chamber and aperture means for delivering fuel into the mixing passage, the fuel aspirating system utilizing a jet of gas projected across the aperture means and being of sufficient velocity for aspirating fuel from the aperture means into the mixing passage effective for improved engine operation, engine acceleration purposes and efficient fuel metering.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for processing or forming bodies of confections or desserts that become viscous or of paste-like consistency at reduced temperatures such as dairy ingredients including ice cream, ice milk or other edibles such as aerated marshmallow or the like, the bodies of confections being of disc-like configurations having central voids, providing a supply of a mixture embodying a viscous or paste-like edible and fragments of solid edible materials, successively severing metered quantities of the mixture from the supply by a sharp instrumentality, and moving the metered quantities of the mixture by the instrumentality into the central voids of the disc-like bodies.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a piston ring construction particularly an oil control ring construction comprising a parted oil control ring or rings and a parted compressible spacer-expander ring or spring member, the spacer-expander member configurated with strut portions, pairs of the strut portions having their end regions integrally joined by connectors, the connectors being formed with inwardly extending portions, the spacer-expander member being arranged to exert substantially uniform outward radial pressure against one or more oil control rings, the spacer-expander member being adapted to accommodate a latch member for bridging the ends of the member.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a fuel system and charge forming apparatus of the float bowl type including a heat exchanger or heat transfer means associated with the charge forming apparatus providing a fuel circulating system or circuit for conveying heat away from the fuel in the charge forming apparatus to maintain the fuel below temperatures at which the fuel readily vaporizes to prevent or minimize "vapor lock" in the fuel bowl and fuel channels of the charge forming apparatus.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a support arrangement for a stream flow section or area of a feeder or bushing adapted to flow a large number of streams of glass or other fiber-forming mineral material for attenuation to fibers or filaments wherein the support arrangement includes a tubular support means for the stream flow section connected with transversely arranged tubular members adapted to be attached to a mounting frame, the tubular means and members accommodating circulating cooling fluid for conveying away heat from an area of the feeder floor to eliminate sagging of the feeder floor section and to promote thermal stability of the heat-softened glass throughout the area of the feeder floor.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for effecting removal of at least one wound package of linear material, particularly a package of a strand of glass fibers, from a winding collet or mandrel of a winding machine at the completion of a winding cycle.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for processing heat-softenable materials, such as glass, to form fibers or filaments from streams of the material and particularly a method of and apparatus for effecting successive distortions, oscillations or vibrations of streams of the material at the region of formation or attenuation of the streams to fibers or filaments, and cooling or quenching the streams at the region of formation of the fibers or filaments for establishing successive kinks, bends or crimps in the attenuated fibers or filaments.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a tubular article or cover adapted to enclose a bar, spindle or baluster comprising longitudinal mating sections in combination with support members adapted to be secured or locked onto a bar, spindle or baluster and the mating sections mounted on the support members by interlocking the mating sections together.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a tubular article or cover adapted to enclose a bar, spindle or baluster, the article or cover comprising longitudinal mating hollow sections provided with projections and recesses, the mating sections, in assembly, enclosing a bar, spindle or baluster, the projections being received in the recesses, the dimensions of the projections and recesses providing interengagement effective to retain the sections together, the sections having interior configurations engageable with a bar, spindle or baluster to resist movement of the tubular article or cover relative to the bar, spindle or baluster.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a charge forming apparatus or carburetor and method of operation thereof wherein the charge forming apparatus is of modular construction and is inclusive of a body construction and a fluid flow control construction associated with the body construction, the fluid flow control construction being of laminar character fashioned with open areas or passages accommodating fluid flow or transfer, the fluid flow control being of a character enabling the interchangeability of fluid flow control laminations having different or modified patterns or arrangements of open areas or passages whereby the method of operation or the operating or metering characteristics of the charge forming apparatus may be changed or modified without alteration of the body construction.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces relatively movable or adjustable members or elements forming control components of a charge forming apparatus or carburetor wherein one or more members or elements are adjustable or movable relative to a mounting means, the disclosure embracing a method and arrangement wherein substantially spherical bodies or balls of deformable resinous or plastic material associated with the movable members or elements are disposed to establish a substantially constant amount or degree of friction between a mounting means and one or more of the movable or adjustable members or elements to assure retention of the movable members or elements in adjusted positions.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for processing heat-softenable material, such as glass, involving treatment of a surface of a substrate or body at which the glass is present such as the surface of a glass stream feeder at the stream delivery region, the method and arrangement involving burning or combusting a combustible carbonaceous material in an environment at the stream delivery region under conditions yielding the formation and deposition of particles of carbon on the surface, the carbon promoting separation of the glass from the surface thereby minimizing or eliminating the tendency for the glass to flood the surface.

Abstract: A method of moldng a product which involves delivering a supported body or mass of material that may be molded such as mineral fibers impregnated with a binder into a contoured molding facility, the body or mass of material being compressed and shaped to the mold contour, the binder set or cured and the molded product removed from the mold concomitantly with the advance of a succeeding supported mass or body of moldable mineral into the molding facility.

Abstract: This invention embraces a method of and apparatus for processing heat-softenable fiber-forming material, such as glass, involving treatment of a surface of a feeder from which flow streams of the heat-softened glass through the establishment of an environment at the surface in which a heat-decomposable gas is heat decomposed providing a gas resulting from the decomposition of a character promoting separation of the glass from the surface thereby minimizing or eliminating the tendency for the material to flood at the feeder surface, effecting pressure through the heat-softened glass in a supply chamber, transferring glass from the chamber to the stream feeder, and effecting pressure through the heat-softened glass in the feeder to prevent or eliminate permeation or filtering of the gas formed by heat decomposition through the material of the feeder into the softened glass thereby enhancing the uniformity of glass streams flowing from the feeder.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces an apparatus or machine for processing stones by cutting, grinding, lapping or polishing operations and more especially to a compact portable apparatus or machine for processing stones used for jewelry and decorative purposes, the apparatus including a housing construction having surface areas whereby the apparatus may be mounted or supported in selected positions whereby a rotatable stone-processing instrumentality of the apparatus may be disposed for rotation in a vertical plane or the stone-processing instrumentality disposed for rotation in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for molding a product and the product produced thereby and involves delivering a supported body or mass of material that may be molded such as mineral fibers impregnated with a binder into a contoured molding facility, the body or mass of material being compressed and shaped to the mold contour, the binder set or cured and the molded product removed from the mold concomitantly with the advance of a succeeding supported mass or body of moldable mineral into the molding facility.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus or grinding machine particularly for grinding or sharpening the teeth of rotary cutters or cutting tools, the apparatus including a reciprocable ram mounting a rotatable grinding wheel, a vertically movable work or cutter supporting means and a work or cutter indexing means, the reciprocable ram, the feeding means for the grinding wheel, the movable cutter supporting means and the cutter indexing means each being driven or actuated by a hydraulically actuated rotary motor individual to each of these instrumentalities and controlled by means operable to effect automatically the grinding of all of the teeth of a cutter or cutting tool.