Abstract: Method of treating a dye image in photographic material which dye image has been formed by the color coupling reaction of a primary aromatic amine color developing agent with a phenolic color coupler of the formula ##STR1## where T is hydroxy or amino, one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 is the coupling position and if it is the coupling position the substituent group is hydrogen or halogen, a nitrogen-linked heterocycle or a mercapto group, the other of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 and R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are each hydrogen or halogen or optionally substituted organic groups, or one or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 together may represent the atoms necessary to complete a benzannelated ring, which treatment method comprises treating the dye image with an aqueous solution which comprises a salt of a transition (b-sub group) metal, the concentration of the metal ion in the aqueous solution being at least 10.sup.-4 M.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy and R.sub.2 additionally represents a radical of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 have the abovementioned meanings, R.sub.4 is unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy or unsubstituted or substituted amino and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or a radical of the formula ##STR3## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 have the abovementioned meanings and R.sub.2 ' has the same meanings as R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are suitable development accelerators in the development of exposed, photographic materials containing silver halide.They accelerate the reduction of the exposed silver salt to silver and increase the speed of photographic material.

Abstract: Hydrazone derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which A.sub.1 is an aromatic radical, B.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of one another are alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or polyoxyalkylene, Z.sub.1 is arylene, X.sup..crclbar. is an anion and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3.The hydrazone derivatives are suitable as UV absorbers, especially in polymer coatings.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive recording material which contains, on at least one support, at least one color former and one inorganic developer therefor applied in the form of coatings, said coatings additionally containing a urea-formaldehyde condensate with a BET specific surface area of 3 to 30 m.sup.2 /g.

Abstract: Color photographic silver halide material which contains in at least one coupler containing silver halide emulsion layer or in a layer adjacent thereto(a) a hydroquinone of the formula ##STR1## wherein p is 1 or 2 and q is 0 or 1, provided that p+q is 1 or 2, R is a radical of the formula ##STR2## wherein Q is selected from the residues (1) --COZR.sub.4, wherein Z is O or NR.sub.5, and R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl optionally interrupted by oxygen, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or a heterocyclic ring, and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or alkyl or together with R.sub.4 and the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a heterocyclic ring,(2) --OX, wherein X is R.sub.5 or --COR.sub.7, wherein R.sub.7 is hydrogen, alkyl cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl,(3) --NR.sub.8 R.sub.9, wherein R.sub.8 is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sub.9 is hydrogen, alkyl or --COR.sub.7, or R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a ring,(4) --P(O)(OR.sub.10 ')([O].sub.x R.sub.

Abstract: A film cassette unloading and film processing device comprises a light-sealable container having means to hold a film cassette in such a manner that a length of film can be withdrawn therefrom, together with a film cutting means. A lid member of a processing tank of the film-holding spiral type, is rotatably but detachably mounted in a light-tight manner in one side of the container, the spiral being attached to the lid member and so located in the container that the film from a cassette can be wound thereon. On the opposite side of the container there is located a tank-completing base member which, together with the lid member and the spiral, forms a processing tank of the film-holding spiral type.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen or alkyl, X represents the atoms to complete an aromatic heterocyclic ring system and Y is hydrogen or the group ##STR2## where X is defined as above, are readily cleaved in alkaline solutions to release a hydroquinone derivative.The compounds can be incorporated into photographic materials used for activation processing.

Abstract: A rotatable turret with four driven mandrels is described which can be indexed to four positions, a roll load/unload position, a prejoin position, a roll unwind position and a roll rewind position.By use of this turret three rolls of web material can be coated and dried on each side, each roll having to be loaded and unloaded from the coating machine only once.

Abstract: Substituted hydroquinone compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are hydrogen or alkyl and Z is an aromatic ring or a group of the formula --X--Y--X--, wherein X is an aromatic ring and Y is an electron withdrawing group, are incorporated as developers into photographic materials. These materials are suitable for activation processings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for producing 2-methoxybenzanthrones, starting with 1-aminoanthraquinones, which process is characterized in that, by application of a special reaction medium, namely a dimethylalkanephosphonate, which at the same time acts as a methylation agent in one of the reaction steps, the reaction is performed from beginning to end according to the principle of the single-vessel reaction, that is to say, without isolation of intermediates.The 2-methoxybenzanthrones obtained by this process are important intermediate products for vat dyes.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen or alkyl, X represents the atoms to complete an aromatic heterocyclic ring system and Y is hydrogen or has the meaning assigned to X, are readily cleaved in alkaline solutions to release a hydroquinone derivative.The compounds can be incorporated into photographic materials used for activation processing.

Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula in which X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 independently of one another are alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl, Y.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, Y.sub.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl or together with Y.sub.1 stands for the atoms required to complete a ring, Z.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, alkylmercapto, arylmercapto, halogen, cyano, carbalkoxy or stands for the atoms which together with Y.sub.1 form a ring, and D.sub.1 is the radical of a heterocyclic azo component such as a thienyl, thiazolyl, benzthiazolyl, pyrazolyl or imidazolyl radical, or is phenyl optionally substituted by alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, electronegative substituents such as halogen, cyano, nitro or carboxylic acid, alkyl- or phenylsulfone or N-alkyl or N,N-dialkyl-substituted sulfonamido, can be used as image dyes in photographic silver dye-bleach materials, or for dyeing textile materials.

Abstract: The compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is amino, cyclic amino, aryloxy or a group of the formula ##STR2## in which L is a radical of the formula .dbd.N-Z, with Z being alkyl or cycloalkyl, or is a heterocyclic radical, aryleneoxy or oxyaryleneoxy and R' and R" are hydrogen, alkyl or halogen, and x and y are 0, 1, 2 or 3, are suitable development accelerators for the development of exposed photographic materials containing silver halide. They accelerate the reduction of the exposed silver salt to silver and thus enhance the sensitivity of the photographic material.

Abstract: An electrolytic metal recovery cell is described in which a cylindrical cathode is mounted for rotation in a housing having an inlet and outlet for solution from which metal is to be recovered. The housing contains an anode and a cutter blade is mounted so as to be capable of removing metal deposited over the whole face of the cathode when the cell is in use. In order to control the operation of the cell, electrical means are provided for operating the cutter blade at predetermined intervals of time irrespective of the electrolysis conditions and for operating the cutter blade when a monitored cathode potential deviates a predetermined amount from a desired value.By this means the use of previously proposed scrapers and their attendant disadvantages are avoided and the cell can be easily controlled either under steady state electrolytic conditions or even when there are large variations in the concentration of the metal ions in solution.

Abstract: A process for the production of photographic color images by the silver dye bleach process, by exposure, silver development, dye formation, dye bleach, silver bleach and fixing of a photographic material which, in a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or in an adjacent layer, contains, dispersed in oil, an oil-soluble triazene of the formula ##STR1## and an oil-soluble coupling component of the formula ##STR2## in which Ar.sub.1 is aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic radical, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyl, --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.r --L.sub.1 or --OL.sub.1, in which L.sub.1 is alkyl and r is 1, 2 or 3, or R.sub.1 is ##STR3## in which V is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sub.2 is alkyl, aryl or --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.r --L.sub.1, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, conjointly with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a ring, A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 independently of one another are an amine of the formula --NT.sub.1 T.sub.2, in which T.sub.1 and T.sub.

Abstract: In the light path of a photographic enlarger, a supplementary light source is arranged in such a way that an image thereof is formed by the condenser in the focal plane of the imaging lens but outside the range covered by the latter. If the original to be printed has scratches, these deflect at least a part of the light, which reaches them from the supplementary light source into the lens. As a result, that proportion of the actual printing light supplied by the printing light source which is deflected past the lens by the scratches is at least partially compensated. The image of the scratches on the printing material is virtually invisible.

Abstract: An electrochemical process for the preparation of benzanthrones and planar, polycyclic aromatic oxygen-containing compounds is described. The process is carried out in an acid medium in an electrolytic cell which is separated by a diaphragm into a cathode compartment and an anode compartment.In the cathode compartment, anthraquinone or an anthraquinone derivative is reduced electrolytically to oxanthrone and the latter is reacted with glycerol to give the corresponding benzanthrone.In the anode compartment, a transition metal ion is simultaneously converted electrolytically from a lower oxidation stage into the next higher oxidation stage. The metal ion of higher valency is then used in the anolyte as an oxidizing agent by means of which the corresponding oxygen-containing compounds are obtained, starting from planar, polycyclic aromatic compounds.

Abstract: The system comprises two light sources which are diametrically opposed relative to the optical axis of the system. In the axis there is provided a light-mixing mirror which has a generally sulcated face having grooves therein of triangular cross-section and raised portions of triangular cross-section separating the grooves. Light coming from the two light sources slightly diverges when it impinges the sulcated face of the mirror and is deflected into the direction of the optical axis thereby being intensively mixed.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of 1,4-diamino anthraquinone or quaternized -1,4-diamino-anthraquinone; and by reacting .alpha.-nitro-anthraquinone with an amine of the formula ##STR1## to give 1-aminoanthraquinone (B), halogenating, preferably brominating, the compound (B) to give 1-amino-4-halogeno- or 1-amino-2,4-dihalogeno-anthraquinone (C), condensing the compound (C) with a diamine of the formula ##STR2## or with an amine of the formula HN--R.sub.3 R.sub.7 to give 1,4-diamino-anthraquinone (D) and optionally subsequently quaternizing the compound (D) to give a quaternized anthraquinone compound which process comprises carrying out the reaction from A to E or A to D in one single operation without isolation of the intermediates.

Abstract: A process for the production of a photographic color image by the silver dye bleach process, using a photographic material which comprises, on a base, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which can contain a diffusion-resistant bleachable image dye, and immediately above this layer, on the side facing the light source, a silver halide-free layer containing a diffusion-resistant, bleachable image dye.The process gives very sharp photographic color images.