Abstract: A process for desizing a fabric web comprising the steps of: first wetting the dry size-loaded fabric with the desizing liquor separated from a previous batch of fabric after desizing, so that the fabric, and the size adhering thereto, take up water from the desizing liquor by swelling and/or solvation, thereby increasing the concentration of the desizing liquor; separating the concentrated desizing liquor from the fabric; recycling the concentrated desizing liquor to a sizing operation; desizing the wetted fabric by a continuous fresh water wash; separating the desized fabric from the resulting desizing liquor; and recycling the desizing liquor to the first wetting step.

Abstract: Finely-divided polymeric solids are prepared by free-radical polymerization on ethylenically unsaturated monomer or monomers in an organic solvent employing an alkylene oxide adduct of a styrene-allyl alcohol copolymer stabilizer.

Abstract: In the preparation of conventional or high resiliency flexible polyurethane flame retarded foams by reacting organic polyisocyanates with polyols containing vinylic polymers and employing flame retardant compounds, less flame retardant compound is required to pass the California Bulletin No. 117 flame test when the particle size of the vinylic polymers is greater than 0.5 microns.

Abstract: Foamed polymers such as polyurethanes useful, for instance, as cushioning, insulation, and in reaction injection molding to produce thin section moldings can be produced without substantial reduction in physical properties by the incorporation therein of about 2 percent to about 75 percent by weight based upon the weight of said polymer of at least one non-reactive, liquid urethane modifier compound processing aid or flame-retardant additive. Said modifier has a low viscosity at ambient temperatures and is a low-molecular weight urethane adduct formed by the reaction of (1) at least one polyisocyanate and at least one monohydric alcohol or (2) at least one monofunctional isocyanate with at least one monohydric or polyhydric alcohol or (3) at least one isocyanate-terminated quasi-prepolymer with at least one monohydric alcohol. Said modifier can also consist of mixtures of (1), (2), and (3). Utilizing halogenated alcohols, flame-retardant polymer foams such as polyurethane foams can be prepared.

Abstract: A strip-like recording medium, in particular a magnetic tape, is provided with at least one self-threading leader which wraps smoothly onto the periphery of a cylindrical body, the recording medium and the leader being joined to one another, over their butt joint, by a piece of splicing tape. The leader and the piece of splicing tape have a predetermined length which approximately corresponds to the circumference of the cylindrical body. A reel comprises a hub and a roll of recording medium with a leader at the beginning and/or end of the medium, the leader being attached to the medium by a piece of splicing tape of said predetermined length.

Abstract: 5-Benzyl-4-amino-pyrimidine-2-amidines which may or may not be substituted in the phenyl ring, and their physiologically acceptable addition salts with acids, processes for their preparation, drugs containing these compounds, and their use in infectious diseases.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media in which, following application of the magnetic dispersion to a web of tape base material, the magnetic particles are oriented in a preferred direction and the magnetic dispersion is dried to fix the magnetic particles in their oriented position. To assist the orienting action of the orientation magnet, a blanket is located between the latter and the coating device, which blanket is caused to make sliding contact with the applied magnetic layer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymerizable, primarily linear thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers with acrylate side groups comprising reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a mixture of(a) an acrylate diol having a molecular weight of 146 to 3000,(b) an organic polyhydroxyl compound other than those of paragraph (a) having a molecular weight between 400 and 5000, and(c) a chain extender selected from the group consisting of diols, diamines, aminoalcohols, and triols, having molecular weights between 61 and 400, water, and mixtures thereofwherein the ratio of isocyanate to active hydrogen containing groups is from 0.8:1 to 1.2:1 and wherein 1.4 to 1.8 moles of organic polyisocyante, 0 to 15 moles of component (c) and 0.3 to 6 moles of component (a) are used per mole of component (b). The polymerizable polyurethane elastomers may be used for the manufacture of molded parts, laminates, adhesives, coatings, magnetic tapes, and other articles.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of non-cellular and cellular polyurethane elastomers by(a) preparing a hydroxyl group-containing prepolymer by reacting a higher molecular weight polyhydroxyl compound and optionally a chain extender with an organic diisocyanate at a weight ratio of OH groups to NCO groups of 1.2:1 to 2:1,(b) dividing the prepolymer into two components A and B in a weight ratio of about 80:20 to 20:80,(c) reacting component A with 1,5-naphthylene diisocyanate (NDI) in a weight ratio of OH:NCO groups of about 1:2.5 to 1:12 to produce a terminal NCO group-containing NDI-polyurethane adduct,(d) mixing component B with chain extenders and/or cross-linking agents and/or water, and optionally auxiliaries and additives, and(e) reacting the NDI-polyurethane adduct (from step c) with the mixture from step d.

Abstract: A positioning device for a magnetic head of a magnetic tape recorder, comprising a head carrier which can be moved transversely of the magnetic tape by means of a threaded spindle and a follower, the head carrier being provided with a signal transducer for controlling the drive motor for the threaded spindle.

Abstract: A carbamylbiuret-modified polyisocyanate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from about 1 to about 20; R is a divalent radical containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; and Y is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NH; X, X', and X" are independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl of from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, provided that each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 differs from R; and R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, phenyl, and benzyl.

Abstract: A transparent pigmentary form of 4,4',7,7'-tetrachlorothioindigo is prepared by oxidizing the leuco compound of tetrachlorothioindigo in aqueous alkaline suspension, in the presence of a dithionite, at from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C., with simultaneous exposure to shearing forces. Preferably, the oxidation is carried out in the presence of a surfactant.The pigment obtained gives brilliant, transparent full-shade colorations, while white reductions have a deep pure reddish hue.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing transparent iron oxide pigment dispersions. The dispersions are prepared by milling a mixture of iron oxide pigment and a liquid vehicle in a bead mill containing glass beads as the grinding media. The pigment dispersions can be used in the preparation of paints and coatings which exhibit transparent quality and absorb ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: A process for elimination of free formaldehyde in textile materials treated with methylolated carbamates is disclosed. Textile materials comprising natural or regenerated cellulose are impregnated in the usual way with a dimethylolated carbamate. After impregnation, drying and curing, at least one side of the treated textile material is treated with a combination of a volatile inert carrier and a formaldehyde acceptor such as urea, ethylene urea, or propylene urea.

Abstract: A carbamylbiuret-modified polyisocyanate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from about 1 to about 20; R is a divalent radical containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; and Y is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NH; X, X', and X" are independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl of from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, provided that each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 differs from R; and R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, phenyl, and benzyl.

Abstract: A method of processing regenerated liquors of polyacrylate, polyvinyl alcohol and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) sizes for reuse, wherein the impurities are substantially removed, without noticeably changing the properties of the size, by constantly aerating the liquor and separating off the precipitate thereby formed.

Abstract: A carbamylbiuret-modified polyisocyanate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from about 1 to about 20; R is a divalent radical containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; and Y is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NH; X, X', and X" are independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl of from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, provided that each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 differs from R; and R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, phenyl, and benzyl.

Abstract: A process for making aryl isocyanates comprises thermally decomposing aryl urethanes at a temperature between 175.degree. C. and 600.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst, present in the heterogeneous phase, said catalyst being a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, aluminum, titanium, iron, chromium, cobalt and nickel.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an aminoalkyl half-ester of sulfuric acid by simultaneously adding an aminoalkanol and sulfuric acid to a suspending medium, boiling at 70.degree.-150.degree. C., with vigorous mixing, distilling off the water formed during the reaction, and any water introduced with the starting materials, together with a part of the suspending medium, as an azeotrope, separating off the water from the condensed azeotrope and recycling the suspending medium, as a gas, to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A carbamylbiuret-modified polyisocyanate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from about 1 to about 20; R is a divalent radical containing from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; and Y is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NH; X, X', and X" are independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl of from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, provided that each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 differs from R; and R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl containing from about 3 to about 7 carbon atoms, phenyl, and benzyl.