Abstract: A fluid filter and a method of filtering flowing fluid so as to remove undesirable particulates and bacterial constituents, the method comprising providing an enclosed channel for fluid flow and passing the fluid flow through a filter material, disposed within the channel and in the fluid flow path, the filter material comprising a metal alloy consisting primarily copper and zinc and further comprising a metal fiber wool consisting of metal fibers having an average diameter from 12 microns to 150 microns, contact of the fluid with the fibers of the metal fiber wool providing a bactericide effect and inhibiting further propagation of bacteria and particulates from flowing through the filter material. In a radial-flow filter comprising multi-perforate pipe and a plurality of overlapping layers of strip of fibrous metal wool includes metal wool containing copper (Cu).

Abstract: A method and product to replace asbestos in brake pads and other molded friction materials. Conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers, both of small diameter and an average length less than two inches (5 cm), are mixed together in predetermined ratio to facilitate uniform suspension of friction materials in a moldable mixture. Steel, copper, or brass are preferred for the conductive fibers; aramid and acrylic resins are preferred for the non-conductive fibers.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a radial-flow filter particularly suitable for use as an input filter in a subterranean fluid (oil, gas, water) well starts with a length L of multi-perforate pipe, which may be an integral part of the production tubing of the well. The pipe is mounted in an engine lathe with the perforated length L between the headstock and the tailstock of the lathe. With the pipe rotating, a strip of metal wool, preferably stainless steel wool, is wrapped around the pipe in repeated, overlapping helical layers each aligned at an acute angle X to the pipe axis, with adjacent layers angularly displaced by an angle 2X. The completed filter may have a tubular wire mesh around the pipe, between the pipe and the innermost layer of steel wool, and a multi-perforate sheath over the outermost layer of wool.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a long radial-flow filter particularly suitable for use as an input filter in a subterranean fluid (oil, gas, water) well starts with a length of multi-perforate pipe, which may be an integral part of the well 's production tubing. The pipe is mounted in an engine lathe with the perforated length between the headstock and the tailstock of the lathe. With the pipe rotating, a strip of metal (steel) wool is wrapped around the pipe in repeated, overlapping helical layers each aligned at an acute angle X to the pipe axis, with adjacent layers angularly displaced by 2X. The completed filter has a tubular wire mesh around the pipe, between the pipe and the innermost layer of steel wool, and a multi-perforate sheath over the outermost layer of wool.

Abstract: The initial stages in the manufacture of a glass-like mineral fiber suitable for a multiplicity of industrial uses are essentially conventional; a charge of raw minerals (igneous rock, basalt, slag from a blast furnace or other metal working furnace, phosphate slag, etc.) is melted, then spun and collected to produce a fibrous mineral "blanket". The "blanket" is chopped up, separated, and screened, producing a prilled material constituting a multiplicity of mineral fiber pellets of given average size. These pellets are subjected to brief, rapid acceleration, as by contact with a high-speed toothed rotary wheel, to accelerate and stress the pellets into an industrially usable material constituting a multiplicity of shredded, flake-like mineral fiber elements, at least one such element for each pellet.

Abstract: A projection scale apparatus and method uses a projection scale on the chain guide of a chain saw. The throttle of the chain saw may be continuously manipulated to prevent the saw from stalling while the diameter of a tree is measured with a scale provided on the chain guide.

Abstract: A light weight insulator blanket capable of repetitive use of extended duration as a cover, gasket, or the like for a vessel or conduit used in transporting, storing or processing molten or non-molten metal, particularly iron or steel, and in similar applications, including a principal insulator layer of a light weight, flexible, fibrous ceramic material having one or both surfaces covered by a thick protective layer of a light weight, flexible fibrous metallic material such as high-temperature stainless steel wool, monel metal wool, or a multi-layer knitted or woven material; the layers are securely bound to each other by metallic fastening means such as high temperature stainless steel wire stitching, staples, or rivets.

Abstract: Quick-cooking white, brown, and wild rices are prepared by a process wherein the rice is soaked in water, cooked, and dried in a centrifugal fluidized bed drier while being tumbled at at least two different centrifugal forces.