Abstract: Portable vacuum and air filtration units including a plurality of separately transportable modules are disclosed. Some units include a mechanism for locking the modules together during use, an air inlet located in one of the modules, a debris screen and a mechanism for receiving debris stopped by the screen located in one of the modules, an electrostatic filter located in one of the modules, a bag filter assembly located in one of the modules, a HEPA filter assembly located in one of the modules, and a mechanism for drawing a substantial volume of air through the inlet, screen, electrostatic filter, bag filter assembly and HEPA filter assembly. Other units include a pliable, tubular mesh for filtering debris.

Abstract: A composite filter media is formed of a plurality of layers. A central layer of electrostatically charged material formed of a carded mixture of polyolefin fibers such as polypropylene and electro-negative substituted organic resin fibers such as modacrylic acrylonitrile-vinyl, chloridevinylidene chloride copolymer efficiently filter more than 99% of 0.1 to 0.5 micron particles. A flame retardant prefilter layer of polyester removes large particles and a backing of flame retardant linear polyester provides tear resistance. An optional layer of electrostatically charged, melt blown, polyolefin such as polypropylene prevents the central layer from loading up by effectively filtering intermediate sized particles.

Abstract: A pollution control system and method in which hot flue gas is cooled to saturation in a quencher and passed through a condenser absorber assembly to further cool the saturated gases while growing small particles as the particles act as nuclei for the condensation of water vapor thereon. The grown particles are carried through an aperture having a low pressure drop throat so that high efficiency particle collection is accomplished. At its outlet, the aperture produces a concentration of the gases and water droplets. A dome shaped gas reverser, having its concave surface directed upstream, is located spaced apart from the aperture and in substantial alignment with the outlet of the aperture. The gas reverser receives the gas stream as it exits the aperture, mixing and diffusing the gas and its constituents as they change direction to spill out over the lip of the gas reverser.

Abstract: A non-ionizing, clog-resistant filter for extracting fine particulate contaminants such as smoke from a gaseous fluid stream such as air uses interaction between Van der Waals forces and a non-ionizing electrostatic field to efficiently capture the contaminant particles in a filter material whose pores are many times larger than the diameter of the particles to be captured. The filter material is physically so configured to further enhance that interaction, and is disposed between at least a pair of electrodes of opposite polarity. The material may be spaced from the electrodes, but preferably touches one of them. The particles are trapped deeply into the thickness of the filter material and leave ample room for continued air flow. The electrostatic voltage is preferably between 3 and 9 kV and is largely independent or electrode spacing. The configuration of the filter material is such that the flow velocity through the material is less than 0.1 m/sec, preferably on the order of 0.03 m/sec.

Abstract: An air purifier is provided having a purifier housing and an air way housing mounted therein. A fan having a cylindrical whirlpool leaf construction is mounted within the air way housing and air is directed in a predetermined direction through an air exit opening formed in a wall of the purifier housing. An extended and tapered discharging copper needle is electrically coupled to a high voltage generator contained within the purifier housing and produces negative ions. The discharging needle is pointed in contour and has an apex end located adjacent the air exit opening. The discharging needle extends in the direction of the passage of high pressure air from the purifier housing which allows the discharging needle to vibrate responsive to the high pressure air flow and increases the amount of negative ions mixed with the air passing from the purifier housing.

Abstract: A sulfur trioxide conditioning system includes a catalytic converter that converts a portion of the sulfur dioxide in a flow of flue gas to sulfur trioxide. The catalytic converter includes a catalyst support, which is disposed across at least a portion of the cross section of a main duct from a burner to a heat recovery apparatus, and a catalyst on the catalyst support. The amount of the catalyzed surface exposed to the flow of flue gas is selectively varied to control the conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the environment of an enclosed space is disclosed. The apparatus includes a workspace compartment within a gas-tight chamber, a mechanism for circulating dehumidified gas in true laminar flow through the workspace compartment, and a highly efficient filtering component for removing contaminants from the gas.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for eliminating electric charges in a clean room is disclosed involving removing fine and superfine grains from air in the clean room, and generating ions in the thus purified air inside the room.

Abstract: Mordanting agents for anionic organic compounds are described which comprise recurring units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl; A is methylene or methylene sustituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl;N is 0 or 1;R.sub.2 is alkyl, andX is an acid radical.They are particularly suitable for hindering diffusion of dyes in hydrophilic colloid media e.g. hydrophilic colloid layers of a photographic silver halide element, for hindering diffusion of color couplers in such layers e.g. layers of a radiographic silver halide color element and for the formation of color images by the relief imbibition process.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for selectively mordanting a dye to preselected areas of a black and white photographic silver image and rapidly removing all traces of the dye from the non-image areas. The system includes novel processing compositions to enable the entire process to be carried out rapidly with a minimum amount of equipment.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive element containing at least one hydrophilic colloid layer which contains a basic polymer and at least one oxonol dye which contains two pyrazolone nuclei in which the 3-position of the pyrazolone nuclei is substituted with a phenyl group-containing residue and in which the 1-position of the pyrazolone nuclei is substituted with a sulfo group containing aliphatic group.

Abstract: A photosensitive silver halide emulsion wherein the emulsion binder comprises a polyvinyl aminimide polymer or copolymer.

Abstract: A process for preparing photographic elements comprising a support, a layer containing an acid dye or acid dye precursor and a layer containing a dye mordant composition, said process comprising coating on a support with a substantially aqueous dispersion of a polymer containing units according to the formula: ##SPC1##Wherein A represents units of an addition-polymerizable monomer containing at least 2 ethylenically-unsaturated groups; B represents units of a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer; Q is N or P; R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of carbocyclic groups and alkyl groups; M.sup.- is an anion and x is from about 0.25 to about 5 mole percent; y is from about 0 to about 90 mole percent and z is from about 10 to about 99 mole percent; and applying a layer containing acid dyes or acid dye precursors. The polymeric mordants are especially useful in diffusion transfer processes.

Abstract: A water-insoluble polymer comprising repeating units at least 1/3 of said repeating units having the formula: ##SPC1##Wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl and R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are alkyl groups wherein the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is at least 12 and X.sup.-is an anion; is useful in dye mordant compositions in photographic elements. Preferred dye mordants comprise copolymers with styrene or methyl methacrylate.