Abstract: Antiperspirant compositions having aluminum or aluminum-zirconium salts as the active ingredients and containing particular lactate, citrate, tartrate or adipate esters to provide enhanced antiperspirant efficacy. The compositions may be formulated in the form of sticks, liquid roll-on and pump or aerosol sprays.

Abstract: An insect feeding station having a unitary base portion formed from a deformable material such as a plastic material, the base portion having a poison at the central area and ridges forming guide and baffle means to guide insects from the periphery of the station to the central poison area and to prevent probing of the poison from outside the station, and optionally, a partially or totally transparent cover. The station may have also a contrasting color under the poison to make removal of the poison easily detectable when at least a part of the cover is transparent.

Abstract: A package for wax-like cosmetic stick product having a twist-up in the bottom of the package, the twist-up comprising a base, spindle and elevator, vents in both said base and elevator, and a cap affixed to the package, wherein said package is filled through the bottom through an opening in the elevator.

Abstract: An aerosol dispensing device having a valve system enabling the container to be used in any orientation.

Abstract: Hair spray compositions, particularly non-aerosol compositions containing partially to fully neutralized copolymers of 70 to 90 percent methylmethacrylate and 10 to 30 percent methacrylic acid dissolved in aqueous alcohol containing up to 35 percent water.

Abstract: A method of removing undesirable organic matter, such as food soil, paint, or the like, comprises contacting the organic matter with imidazole, pyrazole, an alkyl or aryl substituted imidazole, an alkyl or aryl substituted pyrazole, or a mixture of two or more thereof. Compositions containing these compounds as the active ingredient are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aerosol dispensing device for a three phase system which dispenses the product in a uniform fine mist at a high spray rate. The aerosol package has a porous plastic diptube with graduated porosity along its length, the porosity increasing towards the lower end of the tube.

Abstract: Antiperspirant stick compositions containing dibenzyl monosorbitol acetal in the presence of acidic antiperspirant-active salts, which are stable for extended periods of time at elevated temperatures; said sticks comprising (a) about 1 to 80 percent by weight of a reactive solvent; (b) about 0 to 75 percent by weight of a non-reactive solvent; (c) about 1 to 10 percent by weight of dibenzyl monosorbitol acetal; (d) about 0 to 35 percent by weight of an emollient; (e) about 5 to 25 percent by weight of an antiperspirant-active compound; (f) about 0 to 2.5 percent by weight of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.20 fatty acid; and (g) 0.05 to 15 percent by weight of a gel stabilizer; said gel stabilizer being a member of the group consisting of magnesium sulfate, zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetramine and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for producing a wax-like stick product by pouring molten ingredients into the open bottom of a container for the stick, cooling to partial solidification, heating to melt the upper surface, inserting a twist-up assembly in the open bottom which also closes the bottom, and cooling to solidify the stick product. The latter cooling is done in decreasing temperature stages.

Abstract: This invention is to a process for sizing textile materials by treatment with copolymers, and/or multipolymers, of acrylamide, the products thereby obtained and the sizing compositions used.