Abstract: Device which is intended for dispensing insecticide vapors and which can be used in or on a heating apparatus, the said device consisting of several different juxtaposed solid compositions each containing a substance with an action against insects, which is absorbed in an absorptive bulk material, the said active substance being chosen, in at least one of the compositions, from the group comprising the pyrethrinoids and the isopyrethrinoids.

Abstract: A device for the metered release of an active ingredient from a stock container into a surrounding liquid, said device comprising a float-containing metering unit which releases a defined quantity of active ingredient when the float is raised and a release control unit which has a collecting chamber and an overflow syphon positioned in the chamber for transferring the defined quantity of active ingredient into the surrounding liquid.

Abstract: A pulverulent composition for rug and carpet maintenance and cleaning formed by mixing approximately 40.0 to 98.5% by weight, of a borax carrier with a primary cleaning system comprising approximately 1.0 to 10.0%, by weight, of an ether alcohol cleaning solvent and approximately 0.5 to 10.0%, by weight, of surfactant, together with optional ingredients such as an anti-static agent.

Abstract: A composition capable of cleaning and protecting the surface of a substrate and of rendering it shiny, without subsequent polishing, comprising an aqueous system containing, in specified concentrations, a solid film forming high molecular weight acrylic polymer, a non-film forming resinous material, a plasticizing agent, a fluorocarbon surfactant and a blend of ether alcohol component and isopropanol in a pre-determined concentration range, the latter blend and the concentration of alcohol therein being primarily responsible for providing the substantially improved cleaning ability of the instant compositions.

Abstract: A pouch for the controlled release of active ingredients into an aqueous medium comprising liquid or solid active ingredients enclosed in a sealed envelope of cold water-insoluble polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: Process for cleaning clothes at home with the aid of solvent, byA. treating the article of clothing with a cleaning agent comprising at least one organic solvent, and thenB. laying the article of clothing flat on an absorbent sheet, andC. laying the article of clothing+absorbent sheet flat on the interior circular surface of the drum of a washing machine in order to spin it.Operation A can be carried out in two successive stages using a stain-removing agent and a rinsing agent.

Abstract: A pouch for the controlled release of active ingredients into an aqueous medium comprising liquid or solid active ingredients enclosed in a sealed envelope of cold water-insoluble polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a straight-chain or branched alkene which has 20 to 24 carbon atoms and in which the ethylenic bond is located after a carbon atom numbered between 8 and 11, which process comprises reacting, in an anhydrous solvent, preferably in an oxahydrocarbon an organometallic copper compound with an alkyl or alkenylsulfonate.

Abstract: A system for the controlled release of air treating material comprising a hydrophilic membrane secured to a reservoir containing an active ingredient in aqueous medium, the membrane serving as the means for releasing the active ingredient to the atmosphere and for controlling the rate of release.