Abstract: A process for the removal of stains from fabrics, such as carpets. The process comprises treating the stained areas of the fabrics with a liquid, paste-form or foam-form stain remover and subjecting the entire fabric to cleaning with a powder-form cleaning composition before the treated areas have dried. The preferred stain remover is an aqueous composition containing a surfactant, and the preferred powder-form cleaning composition contains a finely divided cellulose powder as an adsorbent. The new process is suitable above all for the cleaning of carpets and carpeted floors.

Abstract: A method for the permanent shaping of hair, in which the hair is treated with an aqueous preparation of a keratin-reducing substance before and/or after a mechanical shaping step, rinsed with water and fixed by treatment with an aqueous preparation of an oxidizing agent and rinsed with water, wherein, after the oxidative fixing step, the mechanically shaped hair is aftertreated with an aqueous composition comprising a dissolved aluminium (III) salt and a hydroxydi- or tri-C.sub.4-6 -carboxylic acid; the novel composition itself; and a kit for effecting such method.

Abstract: To produce granular, free-flowing detergents containing sodium metasilicate, pentasodium triphosphate or zeolite NaA or a triphosphate/zeolite mixture, at least two of the components are first agglomerated and mixed as a granular preagglomertate with other components present in powder form and compacted by means of rolls, the pressure limit beyond which no further compaction is obtained not being significantly exceeded. The compactate is then size-reduced to the desired particle size.

Abstract: A highly effective surfactant mixture which is liquid at room temperature comprising:(1) from 50 to 84.degree. C. by weight ether alcohol corresponding to the general formulaR.sub.1 --O--[PO].sub.0-3 [EO].sub.6-8 H,(2) from 10 to 40% by weight ether alcohol corresponding to the formulaR.sub.2 --O--[PO].sub.0-3 [EO].sub.3-6 H,(3) from 0 to 10% by weight ethoxylation products of polyols which may be obtained by reaction of C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 1,2-epoxides with ethylene glycol, glycerol, trimethylol propane or neopentyl glycol,(4) from 0.1 to 10% by weith of an amino alcohol selected from(A)R.sub.3 --[EO].sub.0-4 N(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH).sub.2,orR.sub.3 --[EO].sub.0-4 NH--CH.sub.2 CHOH(B) the reaction product of C.sub.12 -C.sub.

Abstract: Fabric softeners intended for the treatment of fabrics after washing are disclosed. These softeners contain as active substance a combination of carboxylic acids and amines and/or quaternary ammonium compounds containing a long chain alkyl or alkenyl radical and comprise:(a) one or more amines corresponding to general formulae (I) and/or (II) below: ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and, independently of one another, represent hydrogen, straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl radicals, in addition to which R.sup.2 may represent a hydroxy group or a group corresponding to the following formula: ##STR2## where: R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical; andR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be the same or different and, independently of one another, represent hydrogen, staight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A process for the production of 2-benzyl fatty acids and esters thereof corresponding to the following formula ##STR1## comprising reacting 2-fatty alkyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolines with benzaldehydes corresponding to the formula R.sup.2 --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --CHO to form 2-(1-benzylidene)-fatty alkyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolines, catalytically hydrogenating the products of this reaction to the 2-(1-benzyl)-fatty alkyl-4,4-dimethyl oxazolines and converting the products thus formed by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis or solvolysis with an alcohol of the formula R.sup.5 OH into the 2-benzyl fatty acids or esters thereof. Amidosulfonic acid gives particularly high yields as catalyst for the reaction of the 2-fatty alkyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolines with the benzaldehydes.

Abstract: Low viscosity amphoteric surfactants are prepared by quaternization of low diamine content imidazolines by a process in which certain addition and temperature parameters are strictly observed. Imidazolines suitable as a starting material may be obtained by heating fatty acids and aminoethanolamine in an inert solvent until water is eliminated, removing the water formed from the reaction mixture by azeotropic distillation and, finally, distilling off the solvent and the residual amine.

Abstract: Free-flowing, particulate foam inhibitor concentrates, which suffer no loss of activity in admixture with surfactants or strong alkalis, are prepared by compacting a mixture of from 1 to 20% by weight of the foam inhibitor with 80 to 99% by weight of a water-soluble salt or salt mixture optionally containing blending aids and having a pH value in the form of a 1% aqueous solution of from 6 to 9.5 under elevated pressure and subsequently size-reducing the compactate to an average particle size of from 0.1 to 2 mm. The presssure applied to the mixture should not significantly exceed the pressure limit at which no further compaction occurs. In addition, the particle porosity, as measured by mercury porosimetry, should be below 10%. The foam inhibitors used are preferably paraffin hydrocarbons, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof with finely-divided hydrophobic solids, particularly finely-divided silica.

Abstract: Sebosuppressive compositions comprising a cosmetically- and pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier and an antiseborrheic agent consisting essentially of a 4-alkoxy- or 4-(4-alkylbenzyloxy)-benzoic acid and a purine compound corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## or the purine 1,3,7,9-tetramethyluric acid; or a physiologically-acceptable salt thereof. The antiseborrheic action of the 4-alkoxy- or 4-(4-alkylbenzyloxy)-benzoic acids is potentiated by the purine compounds. Preferred purine compounds are theophylline, theobromine and caffeine.

Abstract: This invention encompasses compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: one of R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 is nitro and the other is --SO.sub.3 H or COOH; andone of R.sup.3 or R.sup.4 is hydrogen and the other is --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6, where R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently are hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, or C.sub.2-4 hydroxyalkyl;or a water soluble salt thereof; hair dye preparations containing the above compounds as substantive hair dyes; and methods for dyeing hair using such preparations.

Abstract: A detergent composition which is distinguished by high detergency with respect to soil containing mineral oil and by low foaming both in the wash cycle and in the rinse cycle of automatic washing machines comprising (A) from 0.5 to 2% by weight C.sub.9 -C.sub.13 alkyl benezenesulfonate, (B) from 10 to 15% by weight of a fatty alcohol or oxo alcohol containing 2 to 4 ethylene oxide groups, (C) from 4 to 8% by weight of a fatty alcohol or oxo alcohol containing 6 to 8 ethylene oxide groups, the alcohols in (C) and (D) containing 12 to 15 carbon atoms, (E) from 0 to 2% by weight of a saturated or mono-unsaturated C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 alcohol containing 3 to 7 ethylene oxide groups, (E) from 5 to 20% by weight finely-divided crystalline zeolite, (F) from 40 to 60% by weight anhydrous sodium carbonate, (G) from 2 to 7% by weight sodium silicate and (H) from 0.5 to 2% by weight of a polymeric soil redeposition inhibitor.

Abstract: The method of using polyfunctional quaternary ammonium compounds which are at least substantially insoluble in an aqueous fabric detergent solution and/or are fixed to solids correspondingly insoluble in such aqueous solution, as a soil-collecting, concentration-reducing agent for reducing the demand for conventional detergent components in the aqueous solution.

Abstract: An applicator for hair treating liquids comprising a hair clip in which one or more such liquids are expressed through mutually opposed linings in the jaw face; the combination of the applicator with such hair treating liquids; and a method for using the combination.

Abstract: Aminohydroxy fatty acid amides obtained by condensation from epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters and polyfunctional aliphatic oligoamines may be employed as crosslinking agents for polyfunctional epoxide compounds used as adhesives and/or coating compositions.

Abstract: Oxidation hair-dyeing preparations which contain as couplers N-(2-4dihydroxbenzylidene)-amino compounds corresponding to the following formula ##STR1## in which A is a group corresponding to one of the following formulae ##STR2## or salts thereof and the developers normally present in oxidation hair dyes. p-Phenylenediamine and derivatives thereof are particularly suitable as developers. Yellow to olive-brown colors of high fastness are obtained.

Abstract: A multilayer detergent tablet for dishwashing machines based on alkali metal metasilicates, pentaalkali metal triphosphates, active chlorine compound, and surfactant. The tablet comprises a first cold water-soluble layer of alkali metal metasilicate nonahydrate, pentaalkali metal triphosphate, and a low-foaming nonionic surfactant; and a second layer which dissolves rapidly at increasing water temperatures comprising alkali metal metasilicate, pentaalkali metal triphosphate, and an active chlorine compound.

Abstract: A block-form detergent composition for dishwashing machines based on alkali metal metasilicates, pentaalkali metal triphosphates, active chlorine compound, and surfactant. The block-form detergent composition comprises a cold water-soluble layer (1) comprising alkali metal metasilicates, and a warm water-soluble layer (2) comprising alkali metal metasilicates and pentaalkali metal triphosphate. The layer (1) and layer (2) are formed as separate melts, one melt is poured into a mold to cool and partially solidify, and the other melt added to the mold whereby the layers fuse to each other. In use, the layer (1) and layer (2) have different dissolving rates in the time-temperature program of the dishwashing machines.

Abstract: Reactive resin systems suitable for cast-molding polyurethanes comprise reactive isocyanates and chain extenders for the isocyanates comprising polyol addition products of C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alcohols and epoxidized triglyceride oils: if desired, the polyol addition products used have been alkoxylated with C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene oxides.

Abstract: Salts of sulfonic acids of the type formed in the sulfonation of alkenyl alkyl polyglycol ethers corresponding to the following formulaR--O (--C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.x --R.sup.1with sulfur trioxide, followed by hydrolysis, are used as antistatic agents for plastics. R is a straight chain C.sub.10 -C.sub.22 alkenyl group, R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group, n is an integer of from 2 or 4, and x is an integer of from 0 to 35. The products show a particularly long-lasting effect as external antistatic agents on polyamide fibers.

Abstract: A pearlescent concentrate in the form of a free-flowing dispersion containing from 5 to 15% by weight of one or more ester corresponding to the following formulaR.sup.1 --(OC.sub.n H.sub.2n).sub.x --OR.sup.2and from 1 to 6% by weight of one or more fatty acid monoethanolamide may be prepared using from 2 to 8% by weight of one or more compound selected from the group alkyl (oligo) glucoside, sorbitan fatty acid ester, fatty amine ethoxylate, ether carboxylic acid, or fatty acid monoester or diester of glycerol ethoxylate as an emulsifier.