Method and apparatus for producing decorative hollow playballs

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLAYBALL OR LIKE HOLLOW DECORATIVE SYNTHETIC RESIN ARTICLE, COMPRISING: THE STEPS OF CONCURRENTLY INTRODUCING DIRECTLY INTO ONE SECTION OF A SECTIONAL CAVITY MOLD, AT SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLED RATES OF FLOW FROM SEPARATE SUPPLY SOURCES, METERED VOLUMES OF PLASTIC RESIN PLASTISOL FED UNDER PRESSURE AND DECORATIVE PARTICLES IN SEPARATE FREE-FLOWING STREAMS THEREOF TO PROGRESSIVE CONVERGENCE OF THE STREMS TOWARD UNION THEREOF IN SAID ONE MOLD SECTION AS A BODY OF FLOWABLE PLASTIC RESIN WITH SAID PARTICLES SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY BLENDED THEREIN; AND CLOSING THE MOLD BY ASSEMBLING THE SECTIONS THEREOF, AND ROTATING THE ASSEMBLED MOLD ABOUT A PLURALITY OF AXES IN THE PRESENCE OF HEAT TO GEL AND FUSE THE BODY AS A THIN-WALLED ARTICLE ON THE ARTICLE-FORMING SURFACES OF THE MOLD, WITH THE PARTICLES MANIFESTLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WALL OF THE ARTICLE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLAYBALL OR LIKE HOLLOW DECORATIVE SYNTHETIC RESIN ARTICLE, COMPRISING: THE STEPS OF CONCURRENTLY INTRODUCING DIRECTLY INTO ONE SECTION OF A SECTIONAL CAVITY MOLD, AT SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLED RATES OF FLOW FROM SEPARATE SUPPLY SOURCES, METERED VOLUMES OF PLASTIC RESIN PLASTISOL FED UNDER PRESSURE AND DECORATIVE PARTICLES IN SEPARATE FREE-FLOWING STREAMS THEREOF TO PROGRESSIVE CONVERGENCE OF THE STREMS TOWARD UNION THEREOF IN SAID ONE MOLD SECTION AS A BODY OF FLOWABLE PLASTIC RESIN WITH SAID PARTICLES SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY BLENDED THEREIN; AND CLOSING THE MOLD BY ASSEMBLING THE SECTIONS THEREOF, AND ROTATING THE ASSEMBLED MOLD ABOUT A PLURALITY OF AXES IN THE PRESENCE OF HEAT TO GEL AND FUSE THE BODY AS A THIN-WALLED ARTICLE ON THE ARTICLE-FORMING SURFACES OF THE MOLD, WITH THE PARTICLES MANIFESTLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WALL OF THE ARTICLE.