Abstract: Disclosed are dye mixtures comprising yellow dyes of the formulae indicated and defined in claim 1 which are useful for dyeing hydroxy- and/or carboxamido-containing material, especially fiber material, such as cellulose fibers, for example cotton and filament viscose, and wool and also synthetic polyamide fibers.

Abstract: The no-sew window drapery system comprises tucking fabric into a rod. The rod has a profile that creates an opening across the entire length and sufficient space in the interior to accept the fabric. The rod may additionally incorporate a locking system to secure the fabric ends inside the rod. The fabric employed is fed into the opening created by the profile, arranged into the style desired and secured into place. Because of the characteristics of the plastic, and the close-fit force exerted on the fabric, the result is to provide a rod which holds the fabric in place. Yet it is easy to install the fabric without the need for any sewing and still give the fabric a customized look.

Abstract: Azo pigment of the formula (1) which has a specific surface area of the pigment powder of more than 45 m2/g. The azo pigment is particularly suitable as colorant in electrophotographic toners and devlopers, and in powder coatings and electret materials.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing compound containing fluorine, particularly fluorobenzaldehyde and fluorobenzonitrle, by a halogen exchange reaction with a compound of the formula I as fluorinating agent, defined in the specification, and a quatenary aminophosphonium compound of the formula III as catalyst, as defined in the specification, and in a solvent consisting of a nitro and/or sulfoxy substituted organic compound of the formula IVa and/or IVb, as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions derived from polymers containing metal-nitrogen bonds, which compositions exhibit, among other things, desirable oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance and hydrolytic stability when exposed to adverse environments, whether at ambient or at elevated temperatures, and which may be useful as, for example, protective coatings on surfaces.

Abstract: A hollow structural member is reinforced by a housing in the form of a framework exposed structural foam on the housing. The housing is placed in the structural member at an orientation with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the structural member so that the foam is disposed directly against opposed walls of the structural member. Upon curing the foam becomes intimately bonded to the opposed walls of the structural member and to the housing for reinforcing the structural member. Preferably the housing is formed by extrusion so that it can be cut to size across its extrusion axis.

Abstract: Described are dye mixtures comprising dyes containing a coupling component comprising a 1-(chlorotriazinyl)amino-3,6-disulfo-8-naphthol radical, the dye or dyes of the one group of dyes containing an optionally loweralkyl-, loweralkoxy-, halogen, sulfo- and/or carboxy-substituted phenylamino or naphthylamino radical attached to the chlorotriazine radical and possessing a diazo component comprising an optionally loweralkyl-, loweralkoxy-, sulfo- and/or carboxy-substituted phenyl radical which is substituted by a fiber-reactive group of the vinyl sulfone series, and the dye or dyes of the other group of dyes containing attached to the chlorotriazine radical a phenylamino radical whose phenyl is substituted by a fiber-reactive group of the vinyl sulfone series and may be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, sulfo and/or carboxy, and possessing a diazo component comprising a radical of benzene or naphthalene which may in each case be optionally substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, sulfo and/Qr

Abstract: A method is provided for after-treating fabric with a fluoroacrylate emulsion by immersion, typically under poorly-controlled conditions (e.g. field conditions), and a second embodiment of this method is provided for treating large, previously manufactured items comprising fabric (e.g. upholstered furniture, tents, awnings, and the like) with an aerosol spray containing micrometer or submicrometer-sized droplets of a diluted version of the fluoroacrylate emulsion. In both embodiments, the fluoroacrylate emulsion contains, dispersed therein with the aid of a surfactant system containing an amphoteric surfactant, essentially a single particulate fluoroacrylate copolymer having repeating units of the formulas I and II ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a fluorinated alkyl radical; R and R.sup.1 are hydrogen or alkyl; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl. The aqueous dispersion further contains, in addition to the surfactant system, a minor amount of polar organic liquid.

Abstract: A filter for the adsorption of ingredients from and/or the dispersion of ingredients into a fluid includes a matrix which has a plurality of particles having an inherently active surface or an active surface made of a fluid treating material. The particles are held in place by a moderately viscous binder which is impervious to the flow of the fluid. The particles, however, are made of a fluid pervious material. An insufficient amount of binder is incorporated in the matrix to otherwise completely cover the particles. Thus portions of the active surface of the particles remains exposed to the flow of fluid thereby resulting in tortuous paths of flow through the matrix, thereby assuring contact with the treating particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering cobalt carbonyl catalysts used in the preparation of N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivatives by amidocarbonylation comprising the process steps:adding aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution to the reaction solution present after the preparation of the N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid derivative,then separating the aqueous phase containing water-soluble cobalt(II) salt from the nonaqueous product-containing phase,subsequently adding an alkali metal salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative to the aqueous phase from the previous process step,then separating off the precipitated cobalt salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative, andfinally converting the resulting cobalt salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative into the cobalt carbonyl catalyst in the presence of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: A balance shoe for a pivotable window sash assembly includes a base unit at the lower end of the balance shoe. The base unit includes a fixed wall having a movable wall connected thereto by a connecting structure. A cam is disposed between the fixed wall and the movable wall for moving the movable wall with respect to the fixed wall while the connecting structure maintains the movable wall in a generally parallel relationship with the fixed wall. The cam extends beyond the upper edge of the fixed wall and the movable wall. This arrangement of elements permits a smaller window to be used while still providing the same egress area when the window is open as compared to conventional window assemblies.

Abstract: Process to avoid adhesions during the annealing of non-ferrous metal alloys, comprising the heating, holding and cooling phases, whereby the material being annealed is exposed to an inert or oxidizing protective-gas atmosphere during the structure transformation, as a result of which a thin oxide layer is formed during this time on the surface of the material being annealed and/or an oxide layer that was previously there is maintained, thus preventing the non-ferrous metal objects from adhering together.

Abstract: A colour photographic material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing couplers, which layer contains as couplers a 2-equivalent magenta coupler and both at least one compound of the formula (III) and at least one compound of the formula (IV): ##STR1## in which R.sub.4 to R.sub.9 and n have the meaning stated in the description, is distinguished by reduced pressure sensitivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mixture of dyes which comprise one or more monoazo dyestuffs corresponding to the general formula (1) and one or more monoazo dyestuffs corresponding to the formula (2) ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2 and M are defined as given in claim 1, methods for preparing said dye mixtures and methods for dyeing hydroxy and/or carboxamido-containing materials using said dye mixtures.

Abstract: A method is provided for after-treating fabric with a fluoroacrylate emulsion by spraying or immersion. The immersion can be carried out in a laundering process (preferably in a late cycle of the process) or even under poorly-controlled conditions (e.g. field conditions). The spraying embodiment of this method is useful for treating large, previously manufactured items comprising fabric (e.g. upholstered furniture, tents, awnings, and the like) with an aerosol spray containing micrometer or submicrometer-sized droplets of a diluted version of the fluoroacrylate emulsion. In all embodiments, the fluoroacrylate emulsion contains, dispersed therein with the aid of a surfactant system, essentially a single hydrophobic component comprising a particulate fluoroacrylate copolymer having repeating units of the formulas I and II ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a C.sub.8 -rich fluorinated alkyl radical; R and R.sup.1 are hydrogen or alkyl; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl.

Abstract: Highly branched polyisoolefines are produced according to the invention by the polymerization of isoolefines in a single-stage process, in solution, suspension or in the gas phase in the presence of bifunctional monomers which contain at least one group capable of cationic polymerization and at least one group which serves as an initiator for the cationic polymerization of isoolefines (inimer), at temperatures from +20 to -100.degree. C., optionally in the presence of inert, organic solvents, and in the presence of alkylalumoxanes (coinitiator).

Abstract: Super-absorbent polymer in the form of pre-formed spherical particles obtainable by alkaline hydrolysis of aqueous emulsions of crosslinked and/or un-crosslinked homopolymers and/or copolymers of acrylonitrile in water/alcohol mixtures and the use of the polymer in hygiene products, as a water-storing material in agriculture and for the sheathing of electrical cables.

Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid phase-sintered, electrically conductive and oxidation-resistant ceramic material, to a process for producing it and to its use.