Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in equipment for separating the residual bark in decorticating facilities, for which, following decortication, the material is moved from the decorticating drum into a collecting funnel or hopper and from there moved on by a conveyor system, where the conveyor system is in the form of a first conveyor belt and is mounted transversely to the lower part of the hopper extending across the end of the drum, the improvement comprising joining one reversing location of the first conveyor belt by another reversing location of a second conveyor belt with an intermediate space between them, an additional roller corresponding in width to the width of the belts mounted between them, and one rectilinear guide member at each end of the additional roller to permit displacement thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a sheet material comprising natural or synthetic rubber or a rubber-like polymer, which is capable of absorbing and transmitting water vapor and which contains a uniformly incorporated addition of polymer particles, the improvement that the addition comprises particles of at least one swellable modified polymer. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the sheet material.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a water vapor absorbing and transmitting adhesive containing at least one organic binding agent which is insoluble in water, and an addition of at least one hydrophilic polymer, the improvement that the hydrophilic polymer is a swellable modified polymer in the form of small particles. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the adhesive.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrophilic shaped article 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, said article containing 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.

Abstract: A layer of selenium is removed from a metal base by contacting the layer with a fluid which contains an amine or a mercaptan at a temperature in the range between about 60.degree. and 150.degree. C. and then contacting the layer with an inert fluid at a temperature not exceeding 40.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a device for treating a sheet of material, for example a sheet of foil and the like, which partially encloses a backing roll or a cooling cylinder, including slotted nozzles or wipers extending over the width of the sheet of material and positioned at intervals with respect to each other, for the application of a treating medium onto the sheet of material, the improvement comprising means whereby the backing roll or the cooling cylinder dips into a liquid in a segment-like manner, and means mounting the slotted nozzles or wipers below and above the liquid level and near the sheet of material on the segment surface of said backing roll or cooling cylinder.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging material suitable for manufacturing synthetic sausage casings, comprised of a cellulose hydrate base layer and a layer of vinylidene chloride containing copolymer on the base layer, as well as several methods for preparing the packaging material.

Abstract: A light-sensitive coating composition and a light-sensitive photomechanical structure, such as a printing plate or a photoresist is produced by coating a suitable planar substrate with a condensation product of an organic isocyanate and a polymeric resin having functional groups reactive with the isocyanate, such as a phenol-formaldehyde resin, and a light-sensitive diazo compound, such as the esters and amides of quinone diazides, the coating being softenable by exposure to light and subsequent treatment with a conventional liquid printing plate developer, such as an aqueous alkaline solution and/or an organic solvent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radiation sensitive composition which comprises, as the radiation sensitive compound, an s-triazine corresponding to Formula I ##STR1## wherein X is bromine or chlorine, and m and n are whole numbers from 0 to 3 which, taken together, do not exceed 5, and in which R is a substituted or unsubstituted bi- or polynuclear aromatic or heterocyclic aromatic group which may be partially hydrogenated and which is linked via an unsaturated nuclear carbon atom.

Abstract: This invention relates to a microbiocidal composition comprising a carrier and a microbiocidally effective amount of 1,3-di-n-decyl-2-methyl-imidazolium chloride or bromide.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a weaving machine with filling-yarn insertion by means of inserters adapted to be alternatingly advanced into and retracted from the shed and being composed of long support devices having gripper systems at the ends thereof, said support devices being adapted to be driven and both supported and guided outside the shed in their rectilinear motion, and being supported between guide rollers, the improvement comprising solid lubricating means fixed with respect to the machine and in contact with said support devices in an unstressed part of bearing means for said support devices.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bonded fiber web capable of absorbing water vapor and composed of synthetic, natural or regenerated fibers with a uniformly incorporated additive of at least one polymer, said additive comprising fibrous particles of at least one swellable carbohydrate derivative or a swellable modified carbohydrate derivative. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the bonded fiber web.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrophilic shaped article 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, said article containing 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.

Abstract: This invention relates to a light-sensitive copying composition comprising a diazonium salt condensation product, a stabilizer, and a polyurethane prepolymer with free terminal isocyanate groups.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for continuously preparing a web of thermoplastic flat film for a subsequent winding operation, by providing it with embossed lines, preferably one line along each edge or very near each edge of the web, which process comprises embossing the lines while the film web is in a thermal state in which the tensioned film may be easily embossed, and is tensioned in all directions without undergoing a stretching operation effecting a dimensional change of the film web, and then cooling the embossed web of film.

Abstract: This invention relates to an emulsion-breaking composition comprising about 70 to 99.8% by weight of at least one silicon-free demulsifier, and about 0.2 to 30% by weight of a mixed polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane block polymerizate, the polyoxyalkylene blocks of which have a molecular weight of about 500 to 4000 and are composed of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene blocks in a weight ratio of 40 to 60 to 100:0, and the polysiloxane blocks of which contain 3 to 50 silicon atoms per block. The invention also includes a process for breaking emulsions using the novel emulsion-breaking composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for developing a two-component diazotype material on a non-metallic carrier and which can be developed by the influence of heat, and contains, in particular, compounds which can be decomposed under the influence of heat and produce in this process an alkaline environment, the heat influence being produced by electromagnetic radiation radiated from a power transmitter, the improvement comprising subjecting the diazotype copying material to microwave radiation with a frequency higher than 10.sup.9 Hz without a heat-generating body being placed between the power transmitter and the diazotype material. The invention also relates to a developing device for developing the diazotype material.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in equipment for transferring an unstable run of material lacking inherent stiffness, for example paper, textiles, poured materials, and the like, from a processing machine including a return roller at a run-of-material discharge to a tenter, the improvement comprising suction carpet means guided by first and second return roller means and adapted to move synchronously with the run of material, guide roller means mounted adjacent said first return roller means at a feed end of said suction carpet means, and air-squeegee means pivotal about the axis of rotation of said guide roller means and pointing at said axis during at least a portion of its pivoting motion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a development device for developing sheets of diazo copying material, in particular microfiches, comprising a substantially gas-tight, closed development chamber adapted to contain a developer medium composed of ammonia gas and water vapor, a pair of feed rolls at a feed opening, a pair of delivery rolls at a delivery opening and a first and a second pair of guide rolls in said chamber next to the pair of feed rolls and the pair of delivery rolls, an upper and a lower gas-permeable endless belt guided around one roll of each pair of guide rolls in each case, a space between adjacent sides of said endless belts aligned with gaps between the pairs of feed and delivery rolls, and means for presetting the peripheral speed of the feed rolls independently of the development temperature, whereby the sheets may be transported at a relatively high or a relatively low development temperature.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet-like structure of polyurethane, which is capable of absorbing water vapor and transmitting water vapor, with a uniformly incorporated additive composed of solid particles of at least one swellable, modified polymer. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing the sheet-like structure.