Abstract: A method for finishing clothes, that improves the wearing sensation and feeling of the clothes on the body, consisting of arranging one or more articles of clothing by hanging from a rod in a sealed chamber after dry cleaning or washing the clothes, then spraying hydrophilic finishing agent which is water soluble or diluted with water by emulsifying in a predetermined quantity adapted for the clothes to be finished to moisten the entire front and back surfaces of the clothes to be finished by adhering the agent thereto, thereafter or simultaneously therewith the clothes are fully steamed. Then blowing hot air upon the clothes to dry them. This method can (1) use any finishing agent which is water soluble or that can be diluted with water by emulsifying, (2) uniformly adhere or impregnate finishing agent to all outer and inner surfaces of clothes, (3) perform spraying of a predetermined quantity of finishing agent in a short working time span of seconds and (4) reduce facility costs.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for rendering textiles or barrier fabric material flame retardant and smolder resistant with a flame retardant and smolder resistant composition comprised of an aminophosponate ester in combination with a thermosetting, nitrogen-containing resin and preferably a reactive elastomeric latex.

Abstract: A process for treating wool containing materials to prevent or reduce felting shrinkage comprises applying to the material in two separate steps a first polymer which is (A) a dialkyl polysiloxane diol containing aminoalkyl groups, or (B) a poly(alkylene oxide) polythiol, and a second polymer which is (A) a dialkyl polysiloxanediol containing aminoalkyl groups or (C) a polyamide, the second polymer being different from the first polymer.

Abstract: This invention provides a heat-sealing thermoplastic adhesive of a thermoplastic polymer which is resistant to washing and dry-cleaning, which contains from about 0.05 to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, of at least one hydrophobic silicone compound.The invention further provides a process for heat-sealing a substrate which has been at least partly hydrophobized with a silicone compound, which comprises the steps of coating with a heat-sealing thermoplastic adhesive of a thermoplastic polymer which is resistant to washing and dry-cleaning and which contains from about 0.5 to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, of at least one hydrophobic silicone compound, sintering, fixing and heat-sealing.The adhesives according to the invention are useful for the bonding of substrates which have been hydrophobically finished with silicone compounds, such as raincoat fabrics.

Abstract: 6-Hydroxyhexyl perfluoroisopropyl ether is prepared by reaction of hexafluoroacetone and potassium fluoride to obtain an alcoholate which is then reacted with 1-chloro-6-hexanol. One mole of the ether may be reacted with about 1 mole to about 20 moles of ethylene oxide. One mole of 2,2,3,4,4,4-hexafluorobutanol may also be reacted with about 1 mole to about 6 moles of propylene oxide and then about 1 mole to about 20 moles of ethylene oxide. Both ethoxylates are nonionic surfactants which are useful as antistatic agents and lubricants for polymeric shapes such as nylon films and filaments.

Abstract: A process of forming an emboss on textile material such as blankets, bedspreads and the like wherein areas to be unembossed are outlined on the textile material preferably after the textile material has been washed, subsequently treating the outlined areas with a resinous material preferably having additives such as an affixer and a softener which is subsequently permitted to cure and performing a teazeling operation on the textile material to remove the nap from the untreated areas and finally subjecting the teazeled textile material to a finishing operation to provide a smooth teazel nap of the desired length on the textile material.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of leather belts and aprons for textile machines in which the natural smooth and relatively non-fibrous grain surface of the leather is removed to expose the natural inner flesh surface and subjecting the surface to mechanical treatment by setting or rolling to compact the surface and impregnating the surface with a polymeric substance to consolidate the surface layer to produce a belt or apron with a smooth non-tacky surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fixing copper salts on articles of synthetic polymers such as described in copending U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 353,730 filed Apr. 20, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,940,533, patented Feb. 24, 1976; it also concerns articles and particularly, textile articles which have been obtained by the process as well as all materials containing them.The process involves subjecting the articles to the action of hydrogen sulfide and then to the action of a copper salt, characterized by the fact that the treatment with the copper salt is carried out in the presence of polyphenol.The articles obtained may be used, because of their good antistatic properties, to the manufacture of floor or wall coverings and, because of their good conductivity, to the manufacture of heating articles (partitions, clothes, industrial heating articles, etc.).

Abstract: A method of preparing a backer for use in the production of man-made leather containing from 20 to 50% by weight of tanned collagen fibrous material.

Abstract: A method of continuously introducing an impregnating liquid into a textile fiber arrangement, wherein the fiber arrangement is passed through a converging space formed by circumferential surfaces of a pair of discs and by lateral limiting walls for transforming the fiber arrangement into a fiber sliver, the liquid is supplied under pressure to the face sides of the discs, and a liquid film is formed on the face sides of the discs for supporting the discs by said liquid film. Further, the liquid is transported along the face sides of said discs to the circumferential surfaces into the converging space by rotating the discs, there is formed a coat of liquid surrounding the fiber arrangement passing through said converging space, and subsequently condensing the fiber sliver into a compact fiber sliver in an adjacent hydrodynamic pressure zone acting at all sides and pressing liquid into the fiber sliver in said pressure zone by passing the fiber sliver between the circumferential surfaces of the discs.

Abstract: A method of applying a stable, aqueous, low viscosity resin composition to porous or absorbent materials and controlling the migration thereon which comprises: treating the porous or absorbent materials with an alkaline material to raise its pH above about 7 and give it an alkaline reserve potential; and applying to the porous or absorbent materials a stable, aqueous, acidic low viscosity resin composition having a viscosity of less than about 1,000 centipoises and an acidic pH less than about 7 and comprising from about 10% to about 60% by weight on a solids basis of a synthetic resin and from about 0.