Oil slinger

Claim 1

IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A CRANKCASE IN WHICH A SUPPLY OF OIL MAY BE HELD WITH ITS SURFACE AT VARYING LEVESL, AN OIL SLINGER OF THE ROTARY TYPE MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CRANKCASE AND ROTATABLY DRIVEN IN ONE DIRECTION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS WHICH IS SO OFFSET FROM THE VERTICAL THAT AS THE SLINGER ROTATES A POINT ON ITS PERIPHERY HAS ALTERNATE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD COMPONENTS OF ORBITAL MOTION BY WHICH SUCH POINT IS ALTERNATELY CARRIED ABOVE AND BELOW THE SURFACE OF OIL IN THE CRANKCASE, SAID SLINGER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY: A FIRST PADDLE ON THE SLINGER, SPACED FROM THE SLINGER AXIS AND HAVING A LEADING FACE WHICH IS SO DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO A PLANE RADIAL TO THE SLINGER AXIS AND INTERSECTING A PORTION OF THE FIRST PADDLE THAT SAID LEADING FACE HAS A PREDETERMINED UPWARDLY FACING ATTITUDE AT A POINT IN THE ORBIT OF THE FIRST PADDLE NEAR THE TOP OF ITS UPWARD COMPONENT OF ORBITAL MOTION, SO THAT SAID FIRST PADDLE IS EFFECTIVE TO THROW OIL TO A PART AT A FIXED LOCATION IN THE UPPER PART OF THE CRANKCASE WHEN THE SUPPLY OF OIL IN THE CRANKCASE IS AT A HIGH LEVEL; AND A SECOND PADDLE ON THE SLINGER, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED FROM THE FIRST PADDLE AND HAVING A LEADING FACE WHICH IS DIFFERENTLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO A PLANE RADIAL TO THE SLINGER AXIS AND WHICH INTERSECTS A CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE SECOND PADDLE, SO THAT THE LEADING FACE OF THE SECOND PADDLE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME UPWARDLY FACING ATTITUDE AT A POINT IN THE ORBIT OF THE SECOND PADDLE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF ITS UPWARD COMPONENT OF ORBITAL MOTION, SO THAT THE SECOND PADDLE IS EFFECTIVE TO THROW OIL TO SAID PART WHEN THE SUPPLY OF OIL IN THE CRANKCASE IS AT A LOW LEVEL.