Abstract: A powdered carpet composition comprising a blend of an inorganic salt carrier, an agglomerating agent such as starch and fragrance, said composition being in proper form for ready application to the carpet and serving to provide deodorizing and/or freshening effects thereto.

Abstract: Insecticidal compositions in the form of a homogeneous liquid organic solution comprising as essential components:A. from about 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of the composition of an insecticidal ortho-substituted phenyl N-methyl carbamate;B. from about 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition of a liquid non-volatile to low-volatile organic diluent which has a weak solvent power for the active substance A andC. from about 25 to 99% by weight, based on the total weight of said composition of a liquid volatile organic solvent for the active substance A andD. from 0 to about 75% by weight, based on the total weight of said composition of a liquid moderately volatile to volatile organic diluent which has a weak solvent power for the active substance A.

Abstract: Insecticide evaporator comprising at least one volatile phosphoric ester insecticide, an agent for stabilizing the said ester against decomposition by protonization and used in an amount of 0.2 to 20% based on the weight of phosphoric ester, characterized in that the stabilizing agent contains at least one compound selected from the compounds of the chemical class of 1,3-benzodioxoles and at least one diazene.

Abstract: A device intended to emit vapors emitted by an active substance, in particular an insecticidal substance, which comprises, in a rigid assemblyA. a reservoir intended to contain the active substance and having an evaporation surface for the emission of the active vapors,B. an electrical resistance associated with the said reservoir in such a way as to heat at least the part of the said reservoir which comprises, or is close to, the said evaporation surface, andC. a system for connecting the resistance to a source of electric current: the said reservoir comprisesI. a system of two plates of a porous or fibrous material, one of the large faces of one of the plates facing one of the large faces of the other, and a frame for the plates, which separates the space between the two plates from the exterior while leaving entirely or partially free at least one of the two large external faces of the two plates, which can thus serve as an evaporation surface, andIi.

Abstract: A device destined for the emission of vapors of an active substance, in particular an insecticidal substance, is described which comprises, in a rigid assembly,A. a reservoir containing the active substance and having an evaporation surface for the emission of the active vapors, said reservoir comprisingI. a system of two plates of a porous or fibrous material, one of the large faces of one of the plates facing one of the large faces of the other, and a frame for the plates which separates the space between the two plates from the exterior while leaving entirely or partially free at least one of the two large external faces of the two plates, which can thus serve as an evaporation surface, andIi. an insecticidal organo-phosphorus substance having a vapor pressure, at 25.degree. C, of between 5 .times. 10.sup.-.sup.5 and 5 .times. 10.sup.-.sup.3 mbar, with or without addition of a pyrethrinoid insecticidal compound having a vapor pressure, at 25.degree. C, of between 1 .times. 10.sup.-.sup.6 and 2 .times. 10.

Abstract: Granular products for the treatment of soil are described which comprises a central solid nucleus containing fertilizer, herbicide, or a mixture of fertilizer and herbicide, all soluble in water without decomposition, as well as, about each product a coating consisting of solid materials at least 40% of which are soluble in water without decomposition, and at least 15% of which consist of active material different from that of the nucleus, and a polymeric resin the amount of which does not exceed 10% of the total weight of the coating. Comparative tests are described which show that these novel granular products can be as readily dissolved in the soil as uncoated fertilizer granules.

Abstract: A container for air treating materials comprising a base wherein said air treating material is suspended and an adjustably displaceable cover associated therewith, said base having sidewall segments with openings therebetween and projections extending from the top thereof adapted to engage a plurality of oblique grooves on the inner surface of said cover so as to facilitate the raising of the cover and the corresponding exposure of the openings to allow the diffusion of the air treating material.

Abstract: A dispenser for solid air treating materials having a base container for the material and a displaceable cover. The base contains a socket which is adapted to receive prongs which project from the underside of the cover and to engage the prongs so as to permit the positioning of the cover in different vertically spaced positions with respect to the container and thereby to effect a corresponding release of air treating material.

Abstract: A composition capable of rendering the surface of a substrate such as a wooden parquet floor shiny, without prior stripping and without subsequent polishing, by simply applying and drying the same on such surface, and which composition is a true, anhydrous solution, comprising at least six and preferably seven constituents which consist, in critical proportions, of a solid, film-forming macromolecular compound, a hard resin, a liquid plasticizer, a solid plasticizer and a solvent mixture consisting of at least one lower alkanol and a liquid co-solvent, as well as, as an optional seventh component, of a silicone oil, all of which constituents must fulfill certain physical and/or physico-chemical requirements in order to obtain a fully satisfactory anhydrous floor care agent.

Abstract: Pesticidal composition comprising: a pesticidal, phosphoric ester the molecule of which has at least one alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 0.05 to 10% of an agent stabilizing the said ester against decomposition by protonisation, together with adjuvants characterized in that the stabilizing agent comprises at least one sulphur compound containing per molecule at least one divalent sulphur atom of which one valence is bonded to an atom chosen from sulphur, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and metals capable of giving a salt, the other valence being bonded to an atom chosen from hydrogen, the carbon atom already noted, a second carbon atom, the nitrogen atom already noted, a second nitrogen atom, the metal atom already noted in the case of a metal of valence greater than one, a second atom of metal and oxygen when the first valence is not attached to an atom of hydrogen, the proportion of sulphur calculated with reference to the weight of the sulphur compound being between 5 and 99%.

Abstract: Compositions comprising an effective amount of an active ingredient such as a medicinal agent, disinfectant, pesticide, insect repellant, or a cosmetic agent such as an antiperspirant, a bath oil, a fragrance, sunscreen, soap, hair dye, tanning agent, etc., in a carrier comprising a polymer comprising a monomer having hydrophilic functional groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, or amino groups and containing aluminum, zinc, or zirconium bound in complex form.

Abstract: An evaporator system adapted for emitting insect killing vapors of an insecticide therefrom and comprising a liquid or solid composition enclosed therein, said insecticide consisting in at least one volatile phosphoric acid ester which is stabilized by at least one diazene compound.

Abstract: Insecticide evaporator comprising at least one volatile phosphoric ester insecticide, an agent for stabilising the said ester against decomposition by protonisation and used in an amount of 0.2 to 10 % based on the weight of phosphoric ester, characterised in that the stabilising agent contains at least one compound selected from the compounds of the chemical class of 1,3-benzodioxoles and the balance of said stabilising agent being selected from elemental sulphur, a compound of divalent sulphur, a diazene and an epoxidized compound.