Abstract: Liquid and solid compositions are provided for souring and imparting softness to freshly laundered textile materials. When in the form of a stable homogeneous liquid, the composition may contain a fatty amide of the class described more fully hereinafter as a softening agent, a water soluble organic acid containing about 1-20 carbon atoms and having a primary ionization constant between 10.sup.-1 and 10.sup.-5 as the souring agent, and water. When in the form of a stable dry solid, the composition may contain the aforementioned fatty amide as a softening agent, and a dry solid water soluble organic acid containing 2-20 carbon atoms and having a primary ionization constant between 10.sup.-1 and 10.sup.-5 as the souring agent. Stable homogeneous stock solutions are prepared from the novel liquid or solid compositions of the invention.

Abstract: The incidence of infectious disease in livestock is reduced and/or stress is relieved by providing the livestock with drinking water containing a catalytically effective amount of a unique catalyst. In a preferred variant, the drinking water may also contain lignite which has been pretreated with the catalyst until it is soluble. The catalyst is prepared by a process including the steps of admixing a water soluble alkali metal silicate with an aqueous medium containing carefully controlled amounts of water soluble substances which are sources of calcium ion and magnesium ion, reacting the same to produce an aqueous colloidal suspension of the reaction product, admixing a micelle forming surfactant with the aqueous medium, and agitating the aqueous medium containing the colloidal particles and surfactant to form catalyst-containing micelles. The preparation of the novel catalyst and the water soluble catalyst treated lignite is described in detail hereinafter.

Abstract: Ethereally substituted monosaccharides are prepared from certain selectively derivatized monosaccharides. In practicing the method:1. a monosaccharide derivative having the general formula A.sub.1 -O-H, wherein O is oxygen, H is hydrogen and A.sub.

Abstract: Liquid and solid compositions are provided for souring and imparting softness to freshly laundered textile meterials. When in the form of a stable homogeneous liquid, the composition may contain (a) a quaternized fatty amide, an aqueous emulsion of partially oxidized polyethylene or a fatty amphoteric compound as the siftening agent, (b) hydrofluorosilicic acid, ammonium silicofluoride, zinc silicofluoride, ammonium acid fluoride, potassium acid fluoride, or orthophosphoric acid as the souring agent, and (c) water. When in the form of a stable dry solid, the composition may contain (a) a quaternized fatty amide or fatty amphoteric compound as the softening agent, and (b) ammonium silicofluoride, potassium silicofluoride, sodium silicofluoride, zinc silicofluroide, ammonium acid fluoride, sodium acid fluoride or potassium acid fluoride. A method of preparing the liquid composition is provided which insures that it remains stable and homogeneous while awaiting use.

Abstract: An automotive draft vehicle and an independent load platform are provided which are especially adapted for use as the components of a unique composite automotive vehicle. The resulting composite vehicle utilizes the basic carry-pull technique of a conventional composite rig formed from a prior art truck tractor and a semitrailer, but the load platform is captured against lateral movement and does not have the tracking characteristics of a semitrailer. Also, the composite vehicle retains the handling-steering characteristics of the draft vehicle. A method of constructing and/or using the aforementioned composite vehicle and/or the components thereof is also provided. The invention is especially useful in restructuring basic two-axle four-wheel and six-wheel trucks of the lighter duty series for use as the draft vehicle component, and in adapting prior art semitrailers for use therewith as the independent load platform component.

Abstract: Coated dental textile material is provided which has a fluorine-containing compound distributed through the coating and/or deposited thereon. The fluorine-containing compound provides fluoride ion in a therapeutic amount to inhibit the formation of dental caries when the coated dental textile material is intimately contacted with the teeth and gingiva to remove food deposits. A method of preparing the dental textile material is provided which assures that a proper amount of the fluorine-containing compound is substantially uniformly distributed through the coating and/or deposited thereon. A method of inhibiting the formation of dental caries is also provided wherein the coated dental textile material of the invention is used periodically to remove food deposits from the teeth and gingiva.

Abstract: Tissue in warm blooded animals which is damaged and/or infected is treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a novel catalyst or synergist. The treatment is effective in relieving stress and/or shock. In a further variant warm blooded animals having damaged and/or infected tissue are treated with a composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of at least one antibiotic and the catalyst or synergist. Novel therapeutic compositions are provided which contain at least one antibiotic and an effective amount of the catalyst or synergist.

Abstract: Waxed dental textile material is provided which has a fluorine compound distributed through the wax coating. The fluorine compound provides fluoride ion in a therapeutic amount to inhibit the formation of dental caries when the waxed dental textile material is intimately contacted with the teeth and gingiva to remove food deposits. A method of preparing the dental textile material is provided which assures that a proper amount of fluorine compound is substantially uniformly distributed through the wax coating. A method of inhibiting the formation of dental caries is also provided wherein the waxed dental textile material of the invention is used periodically to remove food deposits from the teeth and gingiva.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel therapeutic composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing a therapeutically effective amount of an ethereal monosubstitution of a monosaccharide derivative having the general formula S-O-Y, wherein S is the residue of the monosaccharide derivative selected from the group consisting of pentoses, hexoses and heptoses as single or polysubstituted acetals, ketals or esters and Y is selected from the group consisting of cyclic monovalent nitrogen-containing organic radicals and residua and monovalent organic radicals and residua having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent organic radical having a linear carbon chain length of about 1-7 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are selected from the group consisting of --H, --OH, --SH; halogen and monovalent organic radicals and residua having a linear carbon chain length of about 1-7 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Soiled hot end coated glassware having a substantially colorless and transparent thin protective coating thereon including an organic coating material is washed in an inhibited aqueous caustic soda cleaning solution to inhibit the deleterious effects of repeated washings and thereby increase the effective life of the protective coating. The cleaning solution comprises on a weight basis from 0.3 to 6% of caustic soda, from 0.01% to 0.3% of at least one soluble zinc containing compound when calculated as zinc oxide, and the remainder water. Other ingredients which may be present include from 0.002 to 0.05% of a synthetic organic phosphate ester anionic surfactant having hydrotrophic properties, from 0.001 to 0.03% of a low foaming synthetic alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, and from 0.008 to 0.2% of a hard water conditioning sequesterant.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel therapeutic composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing a therapeutically effective amount of an ethereally monosubstituted monosaccharide having the general formula S--O--Y, wherein S is the residue of a monosaccharide selected from the group consisting of pentoses, hexoses and heptoses and Y is selected from the group consisting of cyclic monovalent nitrogen containing organic radicals and residua and monovalent organic radicals and residua having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent organic radical having a linear carbon chain length of about 1-7 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are selected from the group consisting of --H, --OH, --SH, halogen and monovalent organic radicals and residua having a linear carbon chain length of about 1-7 carbon atoms. The invention also provides certain novel ethereally monosubstituted monosaccharides, of which 3--O--3'-(N',N'-dimethylamino-n-propyl)-D-glucose is an example.

Abstract: Textile materials are treated with an alkaline aqueous medium having a pH value of 7.5-11 and containing 0.25-4% by weight of a dissolved water soluble hydrophilic soil release polymer having carboxylic acid groups and 0.05-1% by weight of a dispersed hydrophobic soil repellent fluorochemical. The soil release polymer and the soil repellent fluorochemical are deposited on the surfaces of the textile fibers and the resulting textile material is dried to impart the desired nondurable soil release and soil repellency properties. The aqueous medium also may contain polyvinylpyrrolidone to further improve the finish. In a preferred variant, the textile material is first contacted with an alkaline aqueous solution of the soil release polymer, and thereafter with an alkaline aqueous medium containing the dispersed soil repellent fluorochemical to reduce the tendency of the deposited soil release polymer to cover the deposited soil repellent fluorochemical molecules.

Abstract: Soiled hot end coated glassware having a substantially colorless and transparent thin protective coating thereon including an organic coating material is washed in an inhibited aqueous caustic soda cleaning solution to inhibit the deleterious effects of repeated washings and thereby increase the effective life of the protective coating. The cleaning solution comprises on a weight basis from 0.3 percent to 6 percent of caustic soda, from 0.01 percent to 0.3 percent of at least one soluble zinc containing compound when calculated as zinc oxide, and the remainder water. Other ingredients which may be present include from 0.002 percent to 0.05 percent of a synthetic organic phosphate ester anionic surfactant having hydrotrophic properties, from 0.001 percent to 0.03 percent of a low foaming synthetic alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, and from 0.008 percent to 0.2 percent of a hard water conditioning sequesterant.

Abstract: Aqueous streams contaminated with minor amounts of organic materials are separated into an aqueous fraction which is concentrated with respect to the organic contaminants and a water fraction relatively free of the organic contaminants by a method which includes a unique combination of reverse osmosis (RO) and ultrafiltration (UF). The organic contaminants include substances having molecular weights of less than 10,000 which are soluble in the aqueous stream initially but have limited solubility ranges and are precipitated therefrom upon concentration. The contaminated aqueous stream is circulated from the high pressure compartment of a RO unit to the high pressure compartment of an UF unit, then to the low pressure compartment of the UF unit, and then back to the high pressure compartment of the RO unit.

Abstract: Liquid and solid compositions are provided for souring and imparting softness to freshly laundered textile materials. When in the form of a stable homogeneous liquid, the composition may contain a quaternized fatty amide, a quaternized fatty amine, an aqueous emulsion of partially oxidized polyethylene or a fatty amphoteric compound as a softening agent, a water soluble organic acid containing about 1-20 carbon atoms and having a primary ionization constant between 10.sup..sup.-1 and 10.sup..sup.-5 as the souring agent, and water. When in the form of a stable dry solid, the composition may contain a quaternized fatty amide, a quaternized fatty amine or a fatty amphoteric compound as the softening agent, and a dry solid water soluble organic acid containing 2-20 carbon atoms and having a primary ionization constant between 10.sup..sup.-1 and 10.sup..sup.-5 as the souring agent. Stable homogeneous stock solutions are also prepared from the novel liquid or solid compositions of the invention.

Abstract: Tissue in warm blooded animals which is damaged and/or infected is treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a novel catalyst or synergist. The treatment is effective in relieving stress and/or shock. In a further variant warm blooded animals having damaged and/or infected tissue are treated with a composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of at least one antibiotic and the catalyst or synergist. Novel therapeutic compositions are provided which contain at least one antibiotic and an effective amount of the catalyst or synergist.

Abstract: An acidic, stable, homogeneous, mobile liquid, biodegradable surfactant composition is provided which consists essentially of1. at least one liquid hydrophilic nonionic surfactant,2. at least one substantially salt free liquid biodegradable alkyl benzene sulfonic acid surfactant corresponding to the structural formula: ##SPC1##Wherein n is an integer having a numerical value of from 3 to 14,3. about 0.0001-1% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, and4. about 0-95% by weight of water. The surfactant composition contains a weight ratio of surfactant (1) to surfactant (2) from 1:5 to 5:1, and surfactant (1) has hydrophilic properties whereby the surfactant composition is stable and remains homogeneous in the absence of an added hydrotrope. The hydrogen peroxide is present in an amount to control obnoxious odors and the use of an expensive perfume to mask odors is not necessary.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method of enhancing learning and/or memory in warm blooded animals. This is accomplished by administering an effective amount to enhance the ability of the animal to learn tasks, or to enhance the ability of the animal to memorize information of at least one ethereally monosubstituted monosaccharide having the general formula S.sub.1 --O--Y, and/or at least one ethereal monosubstitution of monosaccharide derivatives having the general formula S.sub.2 -- O--Y, and/or organic acid and inorganic acid salts thereof as defined hereinafter. The warm blooded animal is subjected to an environment wherein it is required to learn tasks and/or memorize information and it is capable of learning tasks and memorizing informaton at markedly increased rates.

Abstract: A hair grooming composition is provided which consists essentially of about 5-15% by volume of bees wax and about 95-85% by volume of paraffin wax. The composition is preferably in the form of a reinforced body which resists damage or breakage when applying to the hair. An instrument for grooming the hair having a handle, such as a hair brush or comb, is also provided wherein a coherent body of the hair grooming composition is applied to the handle. The handle is grasped by the hand when grooming the hair with the instrument thereby warming the composition prior to applying a thin coating thereof to the hair. A method of grooming the hair is also provided which employs the hair grooming composition and/or instrument of the invention.

Abstract: Bituminous sands are intimately contacted with an aqueous medium containing a catalytically effective amount of a novel catalyst to separate the bitumin at temperatures below the decomposition point of valuable hydrocarbons contained therein. Usually the temperatures of separation are not higher than 100.degree.C and preferably are about 40.degree.-90.degree.C. The catalyst used in practicing the present invention may be prepared by steps including admixing a water soluble alkali metal silicate with an aqueous medium containing carefully controlled amounts of dissolved water soluble substances which are sources of calcium ion and magnesium ion, reacting the same to produce an aqueous colloidal suspension of the reaction product, admixing a micelle-forming surfactant with the aqueous medium, and agitating the aqueous medium containing the colloidal particles and surfactant to form catalyst containing micelles.