Abstract: This invention relates to a process for reducing the viscosity of cellulose ethers by reacting a water-soluble cellulose ether with ozone in the presence of water, wherein said cellulose ether which is moist with water and has a dry content of from 20 to 95% by weight is reacted with an ozone/oxygen mixture or with an ozone/air mixture at a temperature of about 0.degree. to 60.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrophotographic recording material consisting of an electroconductive support material and a photoconductive double layer of organic materials which consists of a homogeneous, opaque, charge carrier producing dyestuff layer from a more annealed quinone or the substitution product thereof, selected from the group consisting of dibenzopyrene quinone, anthanthrone, pyranthrone, dibenzanthrone, and flavanthrone, possible substituents being halogen, nitro, amino, hydroxy, alkoxy, mercapto or alkyl mercapto groups, and of a transparent top layer of insulating materials with at least one charge transporting compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for developing light-sensitive recording materials with a vaporous developing medium in a developing chamber, comprising housing means having a vapor space therein, aperture means in said vapor space, external and internal pressure means adapted to close said aperture means, said external pressure means having a height of lift X and being equipped with heating means, said internal pressure means being adapted to close said aperture means in a gas-tight manner and having a height of lift Y which is greater than X, and vaporizer means connected to said vapor space.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive mixture is described which contains (a) a compound which forms an acid under the action of actinic radiation, and (b) a polymeric compound having recurrent orthocarboxylic acid ester groupings, and which comprises a polymeric compound which is built up from recurrent units of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and denote hydrogen atoms or alkyl or aryl groups, R.sup.4 denotes an alkylene group or --if a.sub.1 =a.sub.2 =1-- also an alkyleneoxy group, it being possible for the alkylene groups to be interrupted by hetero-atoms or by unsaturated or cyclic groups, R.sup.6 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a.sub.1 and a.sub.2 each denote, 0, 1 or 2, a.sub.1 +a.sub.2 denotes 1 or 2 and m denotes a number from 3 to 200. The mixtures are suitable for the production of reprographic materials, in particular printing plates, of high photosensitivity.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric, particularly for the treatment of the fabric with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segment-like guide elements carried by the supports, body means at each end of the central carrier, each of the body means being tapered in the longitudinal direction, and the guide elements extending in the longitudinal direction of the spreading means between the body means, the improvement comprising that the spreading means includes a pair of threaded sleeves mounted on opposite threads on the central carrier, radially-extending means with external magnetic pole means non-rotatably connected to the central carrier, and means for applying an external magnetic force on the magnetic pole means whereby the central carrier may be rotated.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular fabric, particularly for the treatment of the fabric with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segment-like guide elements carried by the supports, body means at each end of the central carrier, each of the body means being tapered in the longitudinaL direction, and the guide elements extending in the longitudinal direction of the spreading means between the body means, the improvement comprising pneumatic drive means within the spreading means connected to sleeve means on the central carrier, the sleeve means being connected to the radially displaceable supports and being displaceable on the central carrier, compressed air junction means in at least one of the guide elements and having a back pressure valve means therein, and means connecting the compressed air junction means with the pneumatic drive means.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable mixture is described which contains a polymeric binder, a compound which is polymerizable by a free radical mechanism and has at least two ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups, a photoinitiator, and additionally contains a disulfide compound of the formulaR.sub.1 --CH.sub.2 --S--S--CH.sub.2 --R.sub.2in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different and are alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or N-substituted carbamoyl or carbamoylalkyl groups.When applied as a photopolymerizable layer to a layer support, the mixture has a low sensitivity to atmospheric oxygen. Covering of the layer by oxygen-inhibiting cover sheets or cover layers is not required.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a press or reversing roller for double sieve band dehydrating machines for dehydrating suspensions, particularly a press roller in which the sieves with an interposed sheet of material partially loop over the roller, the roller being provided in a multiple-piece manner over the sieve path, and wherein one step bearing is provided at the contact point of two adjacent rollers, the improvement comprising stationary covering means secured between end faces of adjacent rollers, said covering means having the same radius as said adjacent rollers at least in the looping area and serving as a glide shoe.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrophotographic material comprising an electrically conductive support, a photoconductive layer based on at least one organic photoconductive substance on the support, and a protective layer composed of at least one polymeric substance covering the photoconductive layer, said protective layer containing at least one photoconductive organic compound in a quantity of about 0.1 to 30 percent by weight, based on the weight of polymeric substance.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a light-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a light-sensitive layer including a diazonium salt polycondensation product composed of recurrent units of the general types(A--N.sub.2 X) and (B)which are connected with each other by bivalent intermediate members derived from a condensable carbonyl compound and wherein A is the radical of a diazonium salt which comprises at least two isocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic rings and which in at least one position of its molecule is capable of condensation with formaldehyde in an acid medium, B is the radical of a compound free of diazonium groups which in at least one position of its molecule is capable of condensation with formaldehyde in an acid medium, and X is the anion of the diazonium salt, the improvement that the light-sensitive layer additionally contains about 6 to 20 parts by weight of amine resin per part by weight of the polycondensation product.

Abstract: This invention relates to a light-sensitive transfer material, comprising a flexible temporary support and a thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer which layer comprises a polymeric, thermoplastic binder which is soluble or at least swellable in aqueous-alkaline solutions, a polyurethane with two terminal acrylic acid or methacrylic acid ester groups which is capable of addition polymerization, and a photoinitiator, the polyurethane corresponding to Formula I ##STR1## wherein --X-- is one of the groups ##STR2## --C.sub.k H.sub.2k --O-- and --C.sub.r H.sub.2r-2 --O-- Y is a saturated aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group with 2 to 12 carbon atoms, andZ ##STR3## and wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen atoms or methyl groups,n is a whole number from 2 to 15,m is a whole number from 2 to 4,p is a whole number from 1 to 4,k is a whole number from 2 to 12, andr is a whole number from 4 to 12.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a pile warp thread-unwinding device for a terry cloth weaving machine with a drive for a pile warp beam controlled by an oscillatable reversing member for the pile warp threads, the improvement comprising two rotatable reversing means mounted in a stationary manner following the pile warp beam in the drawing-off direction of the threads, an oscillatable feeler means positioned therebetween whereby the warp threads are deflected from a straight path thereof, and means on said feeler means for influencing control switches for the pile warp beam drive.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a single-roll crusher having a housing, a roll body freely rotatably supported on an eccentrically rotatable drive shaft in said housing, at least one laterally mounted crushing beam pendularly suspended in the upper part of said housing and resting in the lower region thereof at approximately the height of the roll body axis, by means of a pressure bar, against a prestressed set of springs solidly integrated in the crusher housing in order to absorb the crushing force, the prestressing force also being adjustable when the set of springs is integrated and the gap adjustment at the exit of the crushing space is achieved by changing the spacer thickness between the pressure bar and a spring retainer, the improvement comprising bayonet lock means holding the prestressed set of springs in the crusher housing, the prongs and mating prongs of said bayonet lock means mutually engaging and releasing each other in assembly and disassembly, and key means pressing the support

Abstract: This invention relates to a light-sensitive copying material comprising a coating support and an optically homogeneous light-hardenable coating which contains a condensation product of an aromatic diazonium salt and a water-insoluble macromolecular polymer, wherein the coating is applied from a stable dispersion of the water-insoluble polymer under conditions such that after drying an optically homogeneous coating is formed. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of a light-sensitive copying material containing the optically homogeneous light-hardenable coating.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the process for the preparation of a stable aqueous electrolyte-containing cellulose ether suspension, wherein an inherently water-soluble cellulose ether is added, in the form of solid particles, to an aqueous solution of an electrolyte and uniformly distributed therein, the improvement comprising using a non-ionogenic cellulose ether and adding alumina to the suspension.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a transverse driving body, particularly an airplane wing, having a variable profile form and a displacing mechanism, the improvement comprising a plurality of link bends forming at least a part of the wing profile, each of the link bends including bearing segments and link band segments, the link bends adjoining each other in the manner of a link chain and including rebounds at intervals in their mutually facing front ends for the mutual hinged engagement thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a material for the manufacture of porous electrodes for electrochemical high temperature cells and measuring sondes having oxygen ion-conducting solid electrolytes based on zirconium dioxide or cerium dioxide, comprising an admixture of mixed oxides having a perovskite structure based on LaMnO.sub.3 or LaNiO.sub.3 or LaCoO.sub.3, and small amounts of chromium and monovalent or bivalent cations selected from the group of the alkali elements or the alkaline earth elements or of Zn, Cd, Mg, Sn, or Pb. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of electrode material.

Abstract: A positive-working light-sensitive copying material, in particular for the preparation of planographic printing plates, is described, the light-sensitive layer of which contains an ester or amide of a o-naphthoquinone diazide-sulfonic or -carboxylic acid, an alkali-soluble, water-insoluble phenolic resin and a condensation product of a hydroxybenzophenone and formaldehyde. The material is distinguished by an increased light-sensitivity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a stiff tubular hollow rod, said rod being substantially double-walled over its entire length and comprising one single length of flexible tubing, the wall of which is substantially free of openings and at least one of the surfaces of the tubing is provided with a coating, said rod comprising a shirred outer tube and an inner tube substantially free of folds arranged in the hollow space of said shirred outer tube constituting the casing for the inner tube, the inner tube being joined to the shirred outer tube at one of its ends and sealed at the other. The invention also relates to processes for making said hollow double-walled tubular rod of flexible tubing and to a sausage produced using said hollow tubular rod of flexible tubing.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a two-component diazotype material, composed of a support and of a light-sensitive layer applied to the support, the layer containing at least one benzene diazonium salt as the light-sensitive component and at least one coupler, the improvement comprising the combination of at least one 2,5-dialkoxy-4-mercaptobenzene diazonium salt and at least one compound of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different and denote hydrogen or alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl groups, which can be further substituted.