(under the class definition) Apparatus including means for collecting particulate material into clusters (e.g.., balls, etc..) by tossing or rolling the particles about to cause them to come into engagement with and join with each other.
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332+, for means imparting a balling action, whereby balls are formed, to a discrete charge of other than particulate material.
425, for means utilizing mold motion to distribute or compact fluent stock (e.g.., particulate material, etc..) wherein the material assumes a shape determined by the mold (e.g.., centrifugal casting).
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164, Metal Founding,
286, for apparatus to centrifugally cast molten material. 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
310, for a process of molding an article by rotating the material or the shaping member.
432, Heating,
103+, for a tumbler type, rotary drum heating furnace.
