Abstract: A sound deadening material is obtained with a very high loading of sound damping materials such as barium sulfate, calcium carbonate or metal powders. These materials are mixed with water and are bound together by adding a water-miscible isocyanate-terminated prepolymer which reacts with the water to form a cross-linked binder.

Abstract: Clothing weatherproofed by being coated with plastics material of low permeability to water vapor is uncomfortable to wear.The present invention provides a breathable polyurethane film for coating on fabrics to make them waterproof. The film comprises a hard segment formed by reaction of a low molecular weight difunctional compound with excess diisocyanate to form a prepolymer and a soft segment provided by polyethylene glycol with which the prepolymer is reacted in a stoichiometric amount. If desired the film can be formed by reacting the polyethylene glycol with excess diisocyanate to form a prepolymer which is then reacted with a stoichiometric amount of a low molecular weight difunctional compound. The mechanical properties of the film can be improved by cross linking with a cross linking agent such as a triisocyanate.

Abstract: Polyurethane diacrylate compositions are obtained by reacting a diacrylate in the presence of from about 30 to about 95 weight percent of a hydrophilic polyurethane resin. The resulting products will form a hydrogel upon immersion in water and are permeable to gases, ions and other low molecular weight species. The hydrophilic polyurethane diacrylate compositions may be molded to form shaped products that are dimensionally stable after repeated exposure to boiling water and exhibit memory.

Abstract: A method of forming a hydrophilic urethane prepolymer useful in consolidating aggregate material comprises the steps of adding an isocyanate compound to a hydrophilic polyether or polyester compound which has been heated to such a temperature that the temperature of the reactants after addition of isocyanate is at least as high as about 120.degree. C. The resulting urethane prepolymer may be reacted with an aqueous slurry of unconsolidated aggregate material, such as peat, to form a consolidated aggregate product, such as a plant growth-supporting rooting medium.

Abstract: An organic polyurethane resin capable of water and aqueous organic solvent redispersibility comprising the reaction product of at least one hydrophilic diol, at least one hydrophobic diol, at least one organic diisocyanate and, optionally, at least one chain extender.

Abstract: A process for improving the water vapor permeability of polyurethane coatings by incorporating a hydroxy alkyl amine, an alkoxylated amine or the salt of either with an inorganic or organic acid into the coating composition is taught. Coating compositions including this water vapor diffusion enhancing additive are also taught as is a process for coating water vapor permeable substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water soluble or water dispersible polyurethane elastomers which have a substantially linear molecular structure and which contain both ethylene oxide units incorporated in polyether chains and sulphonate groups, characterized in that they contain from about 0.5 to 20% by weight of ethylene oxide units of the formula --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O-- arranged within polyether chains and from about 0.1 to 25 milliequivalents, per 100 g of solid, of sulphonate groups of the formula --SO.sub.3.sup..crclbar. in the form of structural units of the formula--O--X--Rarranged in end positions and/or side positions, whereinX represents a polyalkylene oxide chain having from 5 to 90 chain members, at least about 40% of which chain members constitute ethylene oxide units andR represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms containing at least one sulphonate group --SO.sub.3.sup..crclbar. andto a process for their production.

Abstract: There is described a polyurethane anionomer which is particularly suitable as a textile sizing agent because it is water-soluble and sufficiently hydrolysis-resistant to be recoverable by ultra-filtration. It is superior to previously known ionomers in being hard, tough and having a smooth surface.This anionomer is produced by reacting organic diisocyanates with tri- or tetra-ethylene glycol and optionally other aliphatic glycols as well as glycols bearing carboxyl, carboxylate, sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups in selected ratios which render the anionomer water-soluble after neutralization of an appropriate amount of the carboxyl or sulphonic acid groups. Aqueous solutions can be formed by dissolving the solid anionomer in water and these solutions can be used to size textile fibers with the recovery of excess anionomer by ulra-filtration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reinforced glass laminate, comprising a non-hydrophilic synthetic resin, at least one surface of which has been rendered hydrophilic by bonding thereon a layer of a hydrophilic material, a layer of hydrophilic synthetic resin being bonded to said layer of hydrophilic material and a layer of glass being bonded to said layer of hydrophilic synthetic resin.The present invention also provides a process for producing a reinforced glass laminate, wherein a non-hydrophilic synthetic resin is coated with a solution capable of forming a layer of a hydrophilic material thereon, the solvent medium is then removed, a hydrophilic synthetic resin is placed on the layer of hydrophilic material and glass is then placed on the hydrophilic synthetic resin, whereafter bonding together of the layers is achieved either by applying an increased pressure at an elevated temperature or by heating under reduced pressure.

Abstract: Novel anti-soiling and anti-redeposition adjuvants for detergent compositions include at least one polymer A, said polymer itself having anti-soiling and anti-redeposition properties, at least one solubilizing and dispersing agent B for said polymer A, and at least one water repellent C for said agent B.

Abstract: A cationic electrodeposition-coating resin is prepared by reacting(1) a polyisocyanate with(2) a polyol and(3) a monofunctional blocking agent at a molar ratio of excess of isocyanate groups to total of hydroxyl groups of the polyol and functional groups of the monofunctional blocking agent to obtain an intermediate (A) having isocyanate groups; and reacting a tertiary amine having at least two hydroxyl groups with the intermediate (A) at a molar ratio of excess of hydroxyl groups of the tertiary amine to isocyanate groups of the intermediate (A); and cationizing the resulting reaction product (B).

Abstract: A sustained release delivery means comprising a biologically active agent and a hydrophilic linear block poly oxyalkylene- polyurethane copolymer.

Abstract: Continuous process for producing hydrogels by charging preselected feeds containing poly(oxyalkylene) polyols, organic diisocyanate and catalyst to a reaction zone followed by crosslinking by exposure to atmospheric humidity. Solvents are not used and the hydrogels are shaped in desired configuration as they exit the extruder.

Abstract: Sustained release delivery means comprising (i) a biologically active agent, (ii) a linear hydrophilic block polyoxyalkylene-polyurethane copolymer, and (iii) optionally containing a buffer. Included among the biologically active agents are abortifacient compounds.

Abstract: Novel linear hydrophilic polyurethane polymers are presented. The polymers provide outstanding soil-release, anti-soil redeposition and anti-static properties when applied to natural and synthetic textile substrates, especially textile substrates containing polyester fibers. These polyurethanes are particularly useful in detergent compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of substantially linear isocyanate polyaddition products having side-chain hydroxyl groups by the reaction of reactive systems which contain free isocyanate groups and oxazolidine groups with water, characterized in that(a) substantially linear prepolymers which contain both isocyanate groups and oxazolidine groups in end positions or(b) a mixture containing substantially linear isocyanate prepolymers and bis-oxazolidinesare chain lengthened by mixing with water, using a quantity of water calculated to provide at least about 1 mol of water per mol of oxazolidine groups present in the reaction mixture. The present invention also relates in particular to an embodiment of this process in which the prepolymers used contain chemically built-in hydrophilic groups and/or external emulsifiers, and water is used in such excess that the reaction leads directly to aqueous dispersions or solutions of the polyaddition products.

Abstract: Water-soluble polyurethanes are obtained by reacting sulfonated anionic polyesters containing about 0.8 to 2% sulfur with at least one diisocyanate to form film-forming polyurethanes which are directly soluble in water. The polyurethanes of the invention are advantageously applied in aqueous solution form as sizing for textiles and for bonding leathers.

Abstract: Water soluble, high solids urethane coating compositions comprising a polycaprolactone derivative, an aliphatic polyisocyanate and water. The polycaprolactone derivative is a water soluble, carboxyl modified oligomer addition reaction product mixture obtained by the reaction of polycaprolactone polyol and an anhydride of a polycarboxylic acid to produce a water insoluble adduct that on reaction with an inorganic or organic base produces the water soluble, carboxyl modified oligomer addition reaction product mixtures which are eminently suitable for the production of urethane coating compositions of this invention. The polycaprolactone polyol reacted with the polycarboxylic acid has an average at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule, a hydroxyl number of from about 15 to about 600 and an average molecular weight of from about 290 to about 6,000. The carboxylic acid anhydride has at least one intramolecular carboxylic anhydride group.