Abstract: A message ornament apparatus comprising an at least partially transparent and at least partially hollow ornament body having a fixed opening, an ornament decoration disposed within the ornament body, a user-written message scroll configured for selective insertion within the ornament body through the opening, and a message holder configured for installation within the ornament body to facilitate selective securement or removal of the message scroll through the opening without removing the ornament decoration.
Abstract: A toy optical viewer apparatus configured for wireless communication with a remote wireless communication device and for selectively displaying an image, the apparatus comprising a body having a first end and an opposite second end and a display system incorporated in the body, the display system comprising a screen in visual communication with the first end and further comprising a microprocessor and an electrically connected RF transceiver configured to receive at least display instructions from the remote wireless communication device for selective display of the image on the screen of the display system.
Abstract: An agglomeration process in which clay fines alone or in combination with other materials are agglomerated to a usable pellet size for a variety of marketable end products. The clay fines are collected, prepared and blended with conditioners and/or other waste materials in the proportions necessary to produce the desired pellet characteristics. The blended materials are preweighed and measured, permitting batch feeding to the agglomerator. The agglomerated pellets are dried and screened, with the oversize pellets being passed through a granulator to reduce their size and then being rescreened, and the undersized pellets being recycled to the collecting step for reagglomeration. Hence, the process provides pellets of relatively uniform size with little or no waste from the agglomeration procedure.