Abstract: A ski pole comprises a shaft, a hand grip, a stop basket, cavity means in said shaft, adapted to contain a liquid, hand strap means on said hand grip, and access means, in said hand grip, to said cavity means.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an electrophotographic recording material comprising an electrically conductive support, optionally an insulating intermediate layer, and a photoconductive layer composed of at least one layer comprising charge carrier-producing and charge transporting compounds, a binder, and conventional additives, the improvement that the recording material comprises a 75 to 250 .mu.m thick support and, in the form of a photoconductor web, is sufficiently flexible that it is not prone to the formation of hairline cracks when repeatedly conducted over rollers of at least 18 mm diameter, said binder being a cellulose acyl ester with an acetyl content of not more than 30 percent and a viscosity of more than 15 poises, measured by the ASTM methods D 817-65, Formula A, and D 1343-56.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a spiral grooved bearing for a shaft adapted to travel in the direction of rotation, composed of a stationary bearing part with a hemispherically cup-shaped first sliding surface and a bearing part of the shaft having a spherical second sliding surface with spiral grooves in said second surface adapted to feed a lubricant between said sliding surfaces, the improvement comprising an additional bearing part centered at the hemispherically-shaped bearing part, said additional part having a sliding surface which encloses said second sliding surface up to the vicinity of said shaft, and sleeve means adapted to receive said stationary bearing part and said additional part.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an electrophotographic recording material comprising an electrically conductive support, optionally an insulating intermediate layer, and a photoconductive layer composed of at least one layer comprising charge carrier-producing and charge transporting compounds, a binder, and conventional additives, the improvement that the recording material comprises a 75 to 250 .mu.m thick support, and, in the form of a photoconductor web, is sufficiently flexible that it is not prone to the formation of hairline cracks when repeatedly conducted over rollers of at least 12 mm diameter, said binder being a cellulose nitrate with a viscosity of 400.+-.25 cPoises at concentrations between about 4 and 12 percent in a 5 percent aqueous acetone solution, according to DIN 53 179 (standard type 4-12).

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in dehydrating equipment, in particular double belt presses, in which an upper endless sieve belt is guided by means of parallelly supported rollers, with parallelly supported rollers being similarly arranged below and on which a lower endless sieve belt is guided, the suspension to be dehydrated being introduced between the sieve belts, the sets of rollers being divided into a wedge section, a registering section, a precompression section and a main compression section, the improvement comprising that the compression rollers in the pre-compression section are composed of several pieces extending across the equipment and, when viewed in the direction of motion of the sieve belts, are alternatingly offset backwardly or forwardly, the ends of the rollers penetrating the region of adjacent rollers in overlapping fashion.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for conducting ammonia in a developing apparatus for developing diazotype copying material, wherein exhaust air laden with gaseous ammonia and composed of the developer medium escaping from a developing chamber and air, is conducted in at least one absorption vessel countercurrently to water capable of absorbing ammonia; wherein the ammonia water of relatively low concentration thus obtained is conducted in an evaporator countercurrently to a stream of water vapor; and wherein the ammonia gas/water vapor mixture thus obtained is used for preparing the gaseous developer medium; the improvement comprising completely condensing the ammonia gas/water vapor mixture discharged from the evaporator to form ammonia water of a relatively high concentration; storing the ammonia water in an ammonia water supply tank; introducing the ammonia water discharged from the ammonia water supply tank, at a constant rate, into an evaporator which is in direct connection with

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a roll crusher which crushes loaded material by impact and pressure, comprising a crusher housing, a loading hopper, a rotatable roll holding impacting tools, and fixed or adjustable crushing bars mounted to the crushing wall of the crusher housing, the improvement comprising two mutually oppositely rotatable rolls, each independent of the other and adapted to crush the material, mounted together with two oppositely located crushing walls in one common crusher housing, and a roof-like chute means mounted above a gap between the two rolls and adapted to distribute the material in the hopper and feed it to crushing regions.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an arrangement for ammonia feed in copying equipment with several switchable adsorption vessels, for instance four or five vessels, containing an adsorbent, at least one adsorption vessel of which in each case, the adsorbent of which is not saturated with ammonia, is charged with ammonia-containing air extracted from a developing chamber before this air leaves the copying equipment as cleaned exhaust air, and at least one adsorption vessel of which after saturation of the adsorbent can be regenerated by heating, and means whereby the liberated ammonia can be fed to the developing chamber.Each adsorption vessel can be connected via respective means to a line for the air extracted from pre-chambers of the developing chamber. The respective means are actuated according to a step-by-step switch unit. Furthermore, each adsorption vessel includes a gas outlet which can be either connected to the developing chamber or to an exhaust air line.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for anodically oxidizing materials in the form of strips, foils, or plates comprised of aluminum or aluminum alloys in an aqueous electrolyte containing sulfuric acid and aluminum ions, if appropriate, after a foregoing mechanical, chemical, or electrochemical roughening, the improvement comprising anodically oxidizing the material in an electrolyte having a concentration of sulfuric acid in the range of about 25 to 100 g per liter and of aluminum ions in the range of about 10 to 25 g per liter, at a current density in the range of about 4 to 25 A/dm.sup.2, and a temperature in the range of about 25.degree. to 65.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a point switch in which the switch blades or tongues are composed of rail sections of the trunk or main track and are displaceably positioned on slide chairs in the transverse rail direction, the improvement comprising a shaft on which each slide chair is slidingly mounted between two bearing blocks, one of the bearing blocks being inside the track and the other of the bearing blocks being outside of the track, welds rigidly connecting the bearing blocks with a joint base plate, and two rods on each chair parallel to the shaft, a first one of the rods being adapted to contact a stop in a recess in the outside bearing block, and a second one of the rods being adapted to contact a lock in a recess in the outside bearing block, whereby in an unlocked condition the first one of the rods contacts the stop, and in a locked condition the second one of the rods contacts the lock.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for improving the impregnability of wood which is pierced on its surface prior to an impregnation procedure by means of solid, circular needles which are guided essentially perpendicularly to said wood surface, without thereby causing chipping or splintering, the improvement comprising using sharp, circular needles with smooth surfaces, rotating about their central axes, and at an essentially constant ratio of the peripheral speed (u) of these needles to their speed of advance (v) with which they drive into the wood.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a substrate web coated with a thermosetting coating resin and optionally impregnated with an aminoplast resin, in particular a web of paper, for the surface finishing of woodwork panels or laminates, the improvement that the coating resin is a modified polyester resin, composed of (a) 60 to 95% by weight of a hardenable polyester resin, (b) 1 to 15% by weight of a cross-linking agent for the polyester resin, (c) 5 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic containing predominantly linear, high-molecular weight, reactive groups, (d) 1 to 15% by weight of a monomer with at least one polymerizable double bond and at least one group which reacts with the reactive group of the thermoplastic, and (e) a hardening catalyst, and optionally dyes, pigments and/or fillers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a synthetic resin coated substrate web.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for developing printing plates comprising pairs of upper and lower rolls adapted to convey said printing plates, bearing means at each end of each upper roll, and toggle lever means adapted to raise and lower said upper rolls with respect to said lower rolls, the improvement comprising a plurality of pivotal forked head means each having an upper and lower arm adapted to engage each of said bearing means, swivel shaft means supporting said forked head means and being parallel to the conveying direction of said printing plates, said upper arms of said forked head means being adapted to exert pressure on the top of said bearing means when said bearing means is in a lowered position, and said lower arms of said forked head means being adapted to support said bearing means in a raised position, means connecting one end of a toggle lever means to each forked head means, and means connecting the other end of said toggle lever means to a rotatable control shaf

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a diazotype material comprising, in the light-sensitive layer, a diazo component and a coupling component which yields a black dyestuff image, the improvement that the diazo component is a 2,5-dialkoxy-4-morpholino-benzene diazonium salt and the coupling component is a combination of(a) 6-methoxy-2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid-N(.omega.-aminoalkyl)-amide as a blue coupler,(b) a 2-alkyl- or 2-aryl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene or a cyanoacetoamide as a yellow coupler, and(c) at least one compound of the general formula ##STR1## wherein X is zero, =S, =SO, or =SO.sub.2, as a reddish-brown coupler, the molar ratio of blue coupler to yellow coupler being in the range of about (0.7 to 0.9):1, and the molar ratio of blue coupler to reddish-brown coupler being in the range of about (6 to 12):1.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a drawing layer for a plastic film, in particular for a polyester film, said drawing layer being adherent to the film and comprising a cellulose ester crosslinked by a formaldehyde resin, and including a matt-finishing agent and/or a pigment, the improvement which comprises that the drawing layer additionally contains at least one copolymer containing maleic anhydride units.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the method for the single-filling manufacture of double nap fabrics, wherein the filing yarn for face and back fabrics is inserted at the same place into the shed, the improvement comprising superposing an additional lifting motion to the normal motion emanating from a dobby at least for shafts forming the shed of the warp for one of the two fabrics. The invention also relates to a weaving machine for the manufacture of double nap fabrics.

Abstract: Hydrophilic films, fibers and spongy articles of a water-insoluble polymer selected from the group consisting of regenerated cellulose, cellulose ether, cellulose ester and polyalkylene, and capable of forming fibers and films, are produced by distributing in a mass of the polymer up to 50% of pulverulent or granular amorphous particles of an originally water-soluble cellulose ether prepared from natural cellulose and rendered by chemical modification at least partly water-insoluble while remaining water-absorbent. The resulting mixture is then processed by conventional methods into the desired article.

Abstract: This invention relates to a vaporizer for generating developer gas, containing ammonia, from aqueous ammonia for developing diazo copying material comprising a first vaporizer unit including a rectifying column and a column head, a gas outlet for taking off the developer gas and an inlet opening into the column head for feeding in aqueous ammonia, and a heatable, steam-generating sump vessel having a base and a residual water outlet, a second unit including a volatilizer with means for heating a base zone thereof, a residual water inlet opening in said base zone, a residual water line connecting said residual water inlet opening to said residual water outlet of said rectifying column, said residual water outlet of said rectifying column projecting upwardly in said sump vessel and having an orifice above the base thereof, said two units being arranged side by side with parallel axes in a single casing, a first connecting branch as said gas outlet for taking off the developer gas and a second connecting branch