Abstract: A photographic film processor including a film dryer through which photographic film is transported under tension and dried, has a film break detection system for detecting photographic film breaks within the dryer. Upper and lower substantially horizontal shafts are positioned in the dryer in a spaced relationship. Each shaft has a plurality of spools, and the photographic film is transported back and forth over the spools and between the shafts in a serpentine fashion. The lower shaft is spatially movable with respect to the upper shaft and is biased in a direction opposite to the force on the lower shaft due to film tension. A film break within the dryer causes a loss of film tension, which in turn causes a change in the spatial position of the lower shaft. A sensor senses this change in the spatial position of the lower shaft, activates an alarm, and shuts off the dryer drive system.

Abstract: A connector device attaches the leading end of a photographic print paper web to a leader belt of a photographic print processor and leads the print paper through the processor. The device includes a belt clip, a leader bar, a pull bar and a flexible connective flap member. When the belt clip is initially attached by an operator to the leader belt, the leader bar (which is rigidly attached to the belt clip) is in a first position which is generally perpendicular to the leader belt. The flexible connective flap member connects the leader bar and the pull bar in a fixed nonparallel relationship. A leading end of the print paper web is attached to the pull bar. When the leader belt is placed in motion, tension is transmitted from the leader belt through the connector device to the print paper web. The tension causes the leader bar to move from the first position to a second position with respect to the leader belt which results in the pull bar moving to a perpendicular position with respect to the leader belt.

Abstract: An improved method for feeding ruminant animals so as to promote meat, fat and milk production whereby the animals are fed an alkali treated proteinaceous feed supplement that resists biodegradation in the rumen but is readily assimilable within the post-rumen gut.

Abstract: A process for making lipid-containing foodstuffs comprising solubilizing particulate proteinaceous matter, admixing a lipid material so as to form an emulsion, and contacting the emulsion with an effective amount of a pH adjusting agent to lower the pH to its isoelectric point, thereby aggregating the protein and simultaneously microencapsulating the lipid.

Abstract: A particulate composition which can be used as a fertilizer or feed or food additive for animals or humans is provided which comprises microencapsulated lipids in albumin. A process is also provided for making such composition which includes forming a dispersion or emulsion of globules of nutrient lipid within an aqueous albumin containing medium and thereafter forming a gel. The resulting gel can then be dried to form the particulate nutrient composition. This process is especially applicable in the use of animal blood as the source of albumin and provides for significant reduction of odors commonly associated with the drying of blood and thus represents a pollution control measure.

Abstract: A method for separating solids from aqueous waste slurries of vegetable processing plants by adjusting the pH of the slurries to at least 11.7. When the slurry has a pH of at least 11.7 a gel will be formed. The gel has admixed therewith about 2 to 6 weight percent based upon the weight of the gel of a calcium halide to induce syneresis, thereby aggregating the solid constituents contained within the mixture. The aggregate thus formed is separated from water exuded by the calcium halide synerist. The separated aggregate can be used in a ration for feeding ruminant animals.

Abstract: An improved method for manufacturing a feed supplement for ruminants in which lipids are encapsulated in a protective protein-aldehyde complex coating which includes the steps of forming an emulsified product in which particles of lipid material are surrounded by protein, treating the emulsified product with an aldehyde and allowing a gel to form, contacting the gel with an effective amount of an acid constituent to affect syneresis, and thereafter recovering the concentrated gel constituent. The gel can thereafter be dried to form a free-flowing particulate composition.

Abstract: A novel feed supplement for ruminants containing lipids which are dispersed within a protective protein-aldehyde complex is provided. The protective protein-aldehyde complex which is substantially insoluble in the rumen but soluble in the abomasum and lower gut of a ruminant, protects the dispersed lipids from breakdown within the rumen. The feed supplement is produced by a process wherein a protein and lipid mixture is contacted with a sufficient quantity of an aldehyde, while being subjected to higher than atmospheric pressure and elevated temperatures during an admixing and comminuting operation such as within an extruder, to form the protective protein-aldehyde complex. The material, when extruded in an agglomerated form, produces a feed supplement for ruminants.