Abstract: Apparatus for opening a cassette, of the type which carries a sheet of X-ray film, to allow the film to move into processing equipment, without requiring a darkroom. The apparatus includes a lighttight housing containing inclined guides for receiving the cassette, and pins at the bottom of the space between the guides, that can engage latches on the cassette to open it. The cassette is forced against the pins by a cover on the housing, which pushes on the cassette as the cover approaches its fully closed position, so the pins unlatch the cassette which opens to allow the film sheet to drop out.

Abstract: Apparatus for engaging and moving a film strip through a light-tight processor having tanks of processing chemicals, including a film clip which fastens to the front of the film and which has a rearwardly-facing opening, and a pickup member which enters the opening in the film clip to drag it and the film strip through the tanks of chemicals.

Abstract: A film processor of the type which includes a sheet transport having a finger pushing the rear edge of the film sheet while edge guides guide the edges of the film along a path that leads down into each of a series of tanks and up out of each tank in a loop over to the next tank, including a loop guide at the end of each loop for guiding the middle of the film sheet around the loop. The loop guide includes a pair of guide plates lying near the center of the film path on either side of a finger-moving belt, each plate having a concave surface extending along the radially outside portion of a loop to guide the leading edge of a film sheet which tends to bow outwardly as the sheet moves along a curve.

Abstract: Melt-spin finish compositions composed of 1 - 99% by weight of compounds having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a mono-, di- or trialkylphenyl residue, in which the sum of the carbon atoms per phenyl residue, bound in the form of alkyl residues, is at least 6 and at most 12, and/or the trimethylsilyl residue,R.sup.2 is an alkyl residue with 1 to 16 carbon atoms, whereby the carbon chain may be interrupted by the groupings ##STR2## and/or the M.sub.a -O-R.sup.3 residue, whereby R.sup.3 is a mono-, di- or trialkylphenyl residue, whereby the sum of the carbon atoms per phenyl residue, bound in the form of alkyl residues, is at least 6 and at most 12, and/or is the ##STR3## residue, R.sup.4 is an alkyl residue with 1 to 16 carbon atoms and/or ##STR4## M is an alkyl residue with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, the index N MAY HAVE ANY VALUE FROM 2.5 TO 15,m a value of 0 to 5, anda a value of 0 or 1,And the average molecule contains 5 to 30 Si atoms of which at most 20 mole percent are Si* atoms, and 0.

Abstract: Protease-free proteins, especially protease-free kallikrein, which are prepared by contacting a solution of the protein with a carrier-bound water-insoluble protease inhibitor that does not bind to said protein, and have improved storage stability in solution.

Abstract: There are disclosed water-insoluble proteinic preparations in which a protein or polypeptide is bound to a copolymer, which preparations are useful for binding enzymes in order to carry out enzyme-catalyzable reactions. These preparations comprise a peptide material bound to a cross-linked copolymer comprising the following copolymerized units:A. about 0.1 to 50 weight percent of at least one .alpha.,.beta. - monoolefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride having about 4 to 9 carbon atoms;B. about 99.9 to 50 weight percent of at least one di- and/or poly(meth)acrylate of a diol and/or a polyol as hereinafter defined,The copolymer having a bulk volume of 1.4 to 30 ml/g and a specific surface area of about 1 to 500 m.sup.2 /g, and containing, after saponification of the anhydride groups, about 0.02 to 10 milliequivalents of acid per gram.

Abstract: In the disclosed method of preventing the formation of foam and destroying existing foam in an aqueous solution or dispersion, an effective amount of a composition comprising about 0.2 to 7.5 percent by weight of highly disperse silica or alumina with the balance being methylpolysiloxanepolyoxyalkylene mixed block polymer consisting essentially ofA. about 10-60 percent by weight of methylpolysiloxane;B. with the balance polyoxyalkylene, > 80-100 percent by weight of the polyoxyalkylene block consisting of oxypropylene units,Is added to the solution or dispersion.The application also discloses defoaming preparations or compositions of finely disperse silica or alumina and methylpolysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene mixed block polymer which may be diluted in oily substances. The preparation may optionally comprise non-ionogenic emulsifier of an HLB value of 8 to 14.

Abstract: A system for enabling X-ray films, of the type primarily used in the dental and medical fields, to be handled in daylight for exposure to X-rays. The system utilizes identical film sheets emulsion coated on one or both faces, each sheet having a notch, displaced from the sheet center line, formed in one edge thereof. A stack of sheets is packed in an opaque envelope with the sheets being alternated so that all of the notches lie along a common stack edge arranged in two parallel rows, the notches in adjacent sheets lying in different rows. The system includes a light tight dispenser which receives the envelope and is capable of being operated to strip the envelope from the film sheet stack. The dispenser includes a pair of rotatable selector cams, each aligned with a different row of notches. A spring mounted back-up plate urges the film sheet stack against the selector cams with the two selector cams respectively bearing against notched and unnotched portions of the top sheet.

Abstract: A reliable machine for developing film, which minimizes the possibility of damage to the film surface and which provides close control of processing conditions. A film strip is pulled by a detachable member attached at the front end of the strip, and is guided along the machine by rollers spaced along the film path, with each roller having a film-supporting surface at each end and a wide cutaway portion between the film-supporting surfaces so that each roller touches only edge portions of the film. Chemicals in the tank are replenished by a system which includes a plunger that moves down into the tank to cause some of the chemicals to overflow into a drain and which then moves up out of the tank to lower the fluid level therein, and a bottle with an open lower end which supplies chemicals to restore the fluid to its original level.

Abstract: Penicillins of the formula: ##SPC1##And their pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts whereinR.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, nitro or A-NH; ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen; lower alkyl; halo-(lower alkyl); cycloalkyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy or alkyl of 1 or 2 carbon atoms; cycloalkenyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms; bicycloalkyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; bicycloalkenyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro, amino, alkylsulphonyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and methylenedioxy azidoaryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, azido-(lower alkyl); amino; or thienyl;R.sub.4 is lower alkylamino or arylamino of 6 to 10 carbon atoms;B is a direct bond; CH.sub.2 ; S--CH.sub.2 ; CH=CH; or CO--NH--CH.sub.

Abstract: A tool for driving balance weights of the type having the shape of a slotted bushing which is attached to a spoke nipple by a press fit, the tool having a handle at one end and a weight receiving opening at the other. A lateral slot communicates with the opening for receiving a spoke and a crowned anvil is provided between the ends for hammering the weight in place against the rim without deforming the weight.

Abstract: Penicillins of the formula: ##SPC1##And their pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts whereinR.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, nitro or A--NH;A is R.sub.2, ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or arylsulphenyl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is hydrogen; lower alkyl; halo-(lower alkyl); cycloalkyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy or alkyl of 1 or 2 carbon atoms; cycloalkenyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms; bicycloalkyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; bicycloalkenyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro, amino, alkylsulphonyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and methylenedioxy; azidoaryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, azido-(lower alkyl); amino; or thienyl;R.sub.4 is lower alkylamino or arylamino of 6 to 10 carbon atoms;B is a direct bond; CH.sub.2 ; S--CH.sub.

Abstract: A method of reducing body odor by applying to the body an aqueous odor-reducing composition containing a perspiration odor-reducing or retarding amount of a biological protease-inhibitor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for numerical determination of the distribution of magnitude and phase of a time harmonic electromagnetic, particularly an optical, wave field by using the wavefront of a reference wave as the optical reference surface and by introducing additional information to the recording process such that the field becomes uniquely determined and this is realized by the recording of three interference fringe patterns which belong to variations of the reference field distribution. A reference field is chosen whose spatial distribution is similar to the unknown field whereby fringes are obtained the position of which varies slowly with the recording coordinates. The recorded data are numerically evaluated and this may be done conveniently in a computer. After these measurements are made the reference beam is shifted by an optical element e.g. a prism, gaseous wedge, electro-optical diffraction device placed in the reference optical path and a second set of measurements is made.

Abstract: There are disclosed water-insoluble proteinic preparations in which a protein or polypeptide is bound to a copolymer, which preparations are useful for binding enzymes in order to carry out enzyme-catalyzable reactions. These preparations comprise a peptide material bound to a crosslinked copolymer comprising the following copolymerized units:A. about 0.1 to 30 wt. % of at least one .alpha.,.beta.-monoolefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride having about 4 to 9 carbon atoms;B. about 35 to 90 wt. % of at least one di- and/or poly(meth)acrylate of a diol and/or polyol as hereinafter defined; andC. about 5 to 60 wt. % of at least one hydrophilic monomer,The copolymer having a bulk volume of 1.4 to 30 ml/g and a specific surface area of about 1 to 500 m.sup.2 /g, and containing, after saponification of the anhydride groups, about 0.01 to 14 milliequivalents of acid per gram.

Abstract: A system for enabling X-ray films, of the type primarily used in the dental and medical fields, to be handled in daylight for exposure to X-rays. The system utilizes identical film sheets emulsion coated on one or both faces, each sheet having a notch, displaced from the sheet center line, formed in one edge thereof. A stack of sheets is packed in an opaque envelope with the sheets being alternated so that all of the notches lie along a common stack edge arranged in two parallel rows, the notches in adjacent sheets lying in different rows. The system includes a light tight dispenser which receives the envelope and is capable of being operated to strip the envelope from the film sheet stack. The dispenser includes a pair of rotatable selector cams, each aligned with a different row of notches. A spring mounted back-up plate urges the film sheet stack against the selector cams with the two selector cams respectively bearing against notched and unnotched portions of the top sheet.

Abstract: Penicillins of the formula: ##SPC1##And their pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts whereinR.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, nitro or A--NH;A is ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen; lower alkyl; halo-(lower alkyl); cycloalkyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy or alkyl of 1 or 2 carbon atoms; cycloalkenyl of 3 to 11 carbon atoms; bicycloalkyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; bicycloalkenyl of up to 8 carbon atoms; aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro, amino, alkylsulphonyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and methylenedioxy; azidoaryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, azido-(lower alkyl); amino; or thienyl;R.sub.4 is lower alkylamino or arylamino of 6 to 10 carbon atoms;B is a direct bond; CH.sub.2 ; S--CH.sub.2 ; CH=CH; or CO--NH--CH.sub.