Abstract: This invention relates to equipment for loading runs of fabrics with a gaseous treatment medium and being composed of nozzle boxes sequentially arrayed in the direction of advance of the run of material and extending transversely thereto, the boxes being supplied with the treatment medium which is blown out from orifices located therein against the material, a covering means mounted in each nozzle box above a slotted discharge nozzle and being of such a design that the covering means has a wavy profiled surface extending longitudinally parallel to the direction of jet and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the discharge nozzle, the wavy profiled surface forming a number of stop apertures above the discharge nozzle and perpendicularly thereto, the improvement comprising upper and lower partition means covering ends of the covering means which point toward side walls of the nozzle box, whereby the nozzle box is divided into an upper and a lower barrier space with the latter including at least one dischar

Abstract: This invention relates to a developer mixture for washing out light-sensitive copying layers previously exposed in imagewise manner and containing a polymer of an N-vinyl amine, of vinyl alcohol or of a vinyl alcohol derivative, an alcohol being water-soluble in an amount less than 10% by weight, and water as the main constituent, the mixture containing as said polymer a copolymer which is water-soluble or which can be dispersed in water to form a stable dispersion, composed of (a) hydrophilic units of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein A is O-R or ##STR2## R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms each or an aryl group with 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical expander for tubular ware having a central support for radially adjustable expansible props and segment-shaped guide elements borne by the props, in particular for treating the tubular ware with liquid treatment substances, a longitudinally tapered body mounted to each end of the central support as entry and exit parts, and the guide elements extend in the longitudinal direction of the expander between the two bodies, the improvement comprising bearing means adapted to the shape of and surrounding at least in part at least the lower tapered body and including discharge apertures distributed on its interior periphery and issuing into a gap to said body for a fluid adapted to support the expander.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical expander for tubular ware with a central support for radially adjustable, spreading rest means and sector-shaped longitudinal elements borne by said rest means, in particular for the treatment of the tubular ware with liquid treatment means, the longitudinal elements extending between bodies tapering in the longitudinal direction, mounted between the ends of the support, and acting as entry and exit means, the improvement comprising: (a) rollers with axes of rotation transverse to the ware transport direction T mounted on the outsides of the individual longitudinal elements in transverse planes of the expander, (b) the rollers located in a common transverse plane covering the gaps between rollers located in an adjoining transverse plane, (c) the rollers from adjoining transverse planes mounted on one longitudinal element overlap by their ends at the center of the longitudinal element, (d) the other ends of the rollers project beyond th

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition for the preparation of printing plates and photoresists is described, which comprises as the light-sensitive compound a diazonium salt polycondensation product and as the binding agent a branched polyurethane resin which contains no terminal isocyanate groups and the terminal units of which are at least partially derived from dihydroxy compounds. The printing plates produced with this light-sensitive composition are easily developable with aqueous developer solutions and yield long press runs.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a process for making relief-type recordings, in which a layer transfer material comprising a solid photopolymerizable layer on a flexible temporary layer support, is applied to a permanent layer support in such a manner that the photopolymerizable layer is firmly bonded to the latter, the photopolymerizable layer adhering to the permanent layer support is then imagewise exposed, with the temporary layer support being removed before or after exposure, the unexposed layer areas are washed away with a developer, and the surface areas of the permanent support bared by washing are modified by etching or depositing a metal, if required, the improvement which comprises using a photopolymerizable layer which is composed of at least two photopolymerizable partial layers of different compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of acrylic polymers which are at least for the most part insoluble in water and have a high swellability in water, by reacting polyacrylonitrile or copolymers based on acrylonitrile at a temperature exceeding 100.degree. C. with aqueous-alkaline solutions which may contain an organic solvent which is miscible with water.

Abstract: A hard ferrite powder with the composition BaO.6Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 composed of particles in the size range from about 1 to 10 microns and being easily separated into primary grains (monocrystal domains) which contain at least about 85% of primary grains with hexagonal lattice structures and sizes equal to or less than 0.5 micron.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bonded non-woven fabric capable of absorbing water vapor, containing fibers of cellulose hydrate modified by at least one organic polymeric compound, either solely or blended with synthetic, natural or regenerated fibers.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in chainless mercerizing equipment for the selective processing of flat textiles and hose ware using a mercerizing dye padder provided with rollers, the material being guided over mercerizing rollers through a bath of a treatment liquid and the excess treatment liquid being forced out of the material by a subsequent pair of rollers, and the material then being washed, the improvement comprising (a) selective feed path means preceding the dye padder from a common site, said paths including different expander means for flat textiles and hose ware, (b) a clear space for moving in and out a batching or cuttling means for the flat textiles and means for guiding the material to the batching or cuttling means, and (c) an air passage means spanning the clear space and acting as a development path for the hose ware, followed by a treatment means provided with at least one circular expander and bounding the clear space, and a subsequent cuttling means.

Abstract: This invention relates to 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid amides of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are identical or different and are hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a doctor blade device adapted for use in an automatic processor for printing plates, comprising at least one doctor blade made of a flexible material and being detachably mounted in a guide bar, and holding means for attaching the doctor blade to two side plates of the printing plate processor, the improvement comprising means connecting the guide bar with a carrier bar each end of which is adapted to be inserted from above into a channel section having an upwardly pointing opening and having two arms spaced by a web; means securing each channel section by its web to a side plate in such a manner that its two arms extend transversely to the transport direction of a printing plate in the direction of the interior of the printing plate processor; and support means at both ends of the upper surface of the carrier bar whereby the carrier bar together with the connected guide bar and the doctor blade rest upon said channel sections.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a hand drill with a pneumatically-hydraulically controlled advance and including a housing, a drilling drive unit adapted to be powered by compressed air and being displaceably guided in said housing by a piston and cylinder, and further including hydraulic lines, and control valves, the improvement comprising a rotatable support sleeve means secured to said housing and adapted to rest on the surface of a workpiece and surround a drill bit, said piston being a double-faced hollow advance piston means mounted in said cylinder so as to divide said cylinder into two chambers, one chamber together with one face of the advance piston means being adapted to be acted on by the compressed air, and the other chamber being adapted to be filled with hydraulic fluid and pressure-loaded by the other face of the advance piston means, said latter chamber communicating through hydraulic line means and a throttling back-pressure valve means with a cylinder means having a compensatin

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a photopolymerizable mixture which contains, as the essential constituents, (a) a polymeric binder, (b) a photoinitiator, and (c) a polyester of an .alpha.,.alpha.'-bis-methylene-dicarboxylic acid and a dihydroxy compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a mixture which is polymerizable by radiation and contains, as the essential constituents, (a) a polymeric binder, (b) a polymerization initiator which can be activated by radiation, and (c) a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is a divalent aliphatic group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms which also can be partially replaced by hetero-atoms, a divalent cycloaliphatic group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, or a mixed aliphatic-aromatic group having 7 to 15 carbon atoms, and A is an electron-attracting radical. The invention also relates to a radiation-sensitive resist material using the improved radiation-polymerizable mixture.

Abstract: This invention relates to 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid amides of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are identical or different and are hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group. The compounds are useful as coupling components for diazo printing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a recording material containing diazo compounds, in particular a microfilm, comprising a film base which is at least partially pervious to visible radiation, a light-sensitive layer and, on the reverse side of the film base, a filter layer which absorbs light in the long-wave ultraviolet spectral range and in the short-wave visible spectral range, wherein the filter layer is composed of a polymer which is insoluble or has been rendered insoluble by cross-linking, and of at least one yellow to orange-colored dye which is compatible with the constituents of the polymer and absorbs light in the range between about 360 nm and about 500 nm. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of a recording material.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a developing chamber for developing a photographic recording material for use in the vesicular method, comprising a housing and pairs of feed and discharge rolls therein, the improvement comprising at least two heatable metal blocks within said housing at an adjustable distance with respect to each other, whereby a gap for passage of recording material is provided, sliding enhancing material means on areas of the blocks facing the gap, the sliding enhancing material means being inert to the recording material, and temperature control means ensuring low temperature variations in the blocks.