Abstract: Extrusion apparatus for extruding pliable materials wherein the material is introduced into an extrusion chamber and through a plurality of extrusion orifices located in an extrusion plate closing off one end of the extrusion chamber. The extrusion orifices are circumferentially spaced about the center of the die plate. Air injection means are provided for injecting air radially outwardly from the center of the die toward the ribbons of material being extruded, and also separate air streams are directed radially inwardly at the material as it is being extruded through the orifices.

Abstract: A die for extruding a honeycomb structural body capable of preventing the deformation of the honeycomb structural body when the honeycomb structural body is extruded.

Abstract: An extrusion tool consisting of a stack of thin metal wafers in which apertures have been machined by chemical etching. Each wafer has one or several apertures. For simple profiles the wafers are identical. The apertures in adjacent wafers are angularly offset one with respect of the other for helical extrusion.

Abstract: A textile treatment composition in emulsion form which is based on a mixture of cationic and nonionic softener includes an aromatic mono- or di-carboxylic acid as a viscosity modifier. The presence of a carboxylic acid such as benzoic acid or salicylic acid in emulsified mixtures of a di-higher alkyl quaternary ammonium salt and a nonionic material having at least one higher alkyl chain gives a significant increase in viscosity.

Abstract: Compositions and process for preparing stable aqueous liquid suspensions containing specific stabilized gelatinized vegetable starch and surface-active detergents. The compositions herein can be employed as fabric care agents, particularly following exposure of fabrics to washing media containing water-insoluble solvents.

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: Novel polyacetal polymers are presented. The polymers provide outstanding renewable soil release, anti-soil redeposition and anti-static properties when applied to natural and synthetic textile substrates, especially textile substrates containing polyester fibers.

Abstract: Liquid fabric conditioning compositions having good chemical and physical stability are provided by low pH mixtures of a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary imidazolinium salt, protonated di-polyethoxy monoalkyl amine, a lower alcohol, and water.

Abstract: A rotatable perforated molding element for embossing and/or perforating thermoplastic sheet or film, the molding element including a series of perforated strips having two parallel sides and two parallel ends, the strips being wrapped about a supporting drum in a manner such that the ends of the molding strips lie in a plane generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the molding element and the sides of the adjacent strips contact each other, and a method for connecting the rotatable perforated molding element to a supporting drum including wrapping a series of perforated strips having two parallel sides and two parallel ends about the supporting drum in a manner such that the ends of the molding element lie in a plane generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the molding element and the sides of the adjacent strips contact each other, and securing the ends of the strips to the drum.

Abstract: A rotatable perforated molding element for embossing and/or perforating thermoplastic sheet or film, the molding element including a series of perforated strips having two parallel sides and two parallel ends, the sides being perpendicular to the ends, each of the strips being welded at the end prior to placing the strips on a supporting drum. Additional strips are placed on the drum until the desired area of the drum is covered with the strips.

Abstract: A novel composition is described which is an aqueous oxidizing solution containing: (a) about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of an oxidant selected from the water-soluble iodate salts and the water-soluble bromate salts; (b) about 0.005% to about 5% by weight of a water-soluble vanadate salt; and (c) about 0.05 to about 10% of a water-soluble nitrate salt. An improved process for oxidizing vat or sulfur dyes is also described wherein the reduced form of the dye is oxidized by contact with the novel composition.

Abstract: An ink composition is provided which is suitable for use on bare metal, for example, tinplate or aluminum as well as on such metals having organic coatings applied to surfaces thereof. The compositions may also be used on plastic containers or retortable pouches comprising plastic or plastic-metal foil laminates. The inks are suitable for use in contact printers or in jet ink printing techniques. The ink compositions are thermotropic, i.e. they change color in the presence of steam at elevated temperature and are useful as sterilization indicators. The inks comprise essentially a binder resin component, an alcohol solvent and a colorant which reacts in the presence of steam at elevated temperature to produce a visible and permanent color change.

Abstract: A process for aftertreating dyed textile material consisting of or containing polyester fibres and thus preventing oligomer deposits on the dyeings, which process comprises treating said textile material at a temperature below the glass transition point of the polyester fibres with an aqueous emulsion of an oligomer-dissolving substance which consists of(a) an ester of an aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acid with an aliphatic or araliphatic monoalcohol containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms,(b) an aliphatic or aromatic halogenated hydrocarbon,(c) a non-ionic adduct of not more than 10 moles of alkylene oxide with alcohols, fatty acids or amines, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or with phenols which can be substituted by alkyl or phenyl, the cloud point of said adduct being below the application temperature, or(d) a polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide block polymer, the hydrophobic polyoxypropylene moiety of which has a molecular weight of 800 to 4000, and the hydrophilic moiety of the entire molecule is fr

Abstract: Cross-linked polyethylene is continuously produced by injecting dicumyl peroxide (Dicup) into the polyethylene in the mixing barrel of the extruder. The Dicup injection nozzle extends into the flight of the screw of the extruder and the flight is interrupted, or notched, at this position. This enables the Dicup to be injected at a position about half way between the extruder barrel wall and the core of the screw and also avoids pulsed back-pressure on the feed pump for the Dicup. A closely controlled and constant ratio of cross-linking agent to raw polyethylene is obtained.

Abstract: Concentrated liquid fabric softeners containing a fabric substantive agent, inclusive of polyamines and alkylpyridinium salts, in conjunction with a fabric softening component, inclusive of quaternary ammonium salts; alkylimidazolinium salts; fatty esters; fatty ethers; and fatty compounds containing a sulfur or nitrogen linking atom, are disclosed. The subject concentrated softener compositions are easily dispersible in aqueous medium and thus can evenly deposit onto fibers to thereby provide textile handling benefits inclusive of softening, static control, ease-of-ironing, fluffiness, pliability and smoothness.

Abstract: Containers are formed with latch openings and a reinforced region adjacent to each opening, molded in one operation from a softened sheet of organic polymer material. The latch opening is formed by vertical shearing of the sheet from a predetermined area of one of the mold dies during the closure of the molds. The sheared-off material is compressed against adjacent portions of the sheet to define a reinforced edge of the aperture. Accretion of sheet material adjacent the aperture region adds strength and rigidity to the container wall and eliminates removal of waste material separated during formation of the latch opening.

Abstract: An improved corrugator roll for use in an apparatus for making corrugated paperboard wherein the flute tip and a portion flank of the roll base metal are selectively hardened to a predetermined depth by an electro magnetic process. The valleys of the flutes and the remainder of the flank are maintained at the same hardness as the base material.

Abstract: Compositions in the form of aqueous emulsions containing salts of N-alkyl-.alpha.-sulfosuccinic acid amides, fatty acid amide sulfates or glycerin ether derivatives, polyethylene glycols and non-ionic dispersing agents. These emulsions are very stable to storage. They are used for the treatment of textile materials. Preferably they are added to the padding liquor in continous pad-dyeing or printing processes for textiles including carpets of synthetic fibers. They can also be used in space-dyeing processes. They give a soft feel to the textiles treated therewith and also provide a good wetting of the textile goods. On synthetic fibers also an anti-soiling effect has been observed.

Abstract: There are provided aqueous, heat curable compositions useful in the finishing of textile fabrics, the compositions comprising a diisophorone alkylene urea ethoxylate, a silanol end-stopped diorganopolysiloxane and a diorganopolysiloxane having an amino functionality. In preferred embodiments, the compositions also comprise a compound selected from among dimethylol dihydroxyethylene urea and dimethylol methoxy ethyl carbamate. The compositions, when applied to textile fabrics, result in improved wettability and soil releasability, without losses in hand modification and resistance to abrasion. Processes and articles are also provided.

Abstract: Fabric conditioning compositions contain particles of size 0.1 to 200 microns and of melting point 38.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. and comprising a wax-like carrier substance and a perfume. The particles are distributed throughout a composition, especially an aqueous fabric-softening composition, which contains a fabric-substantive cationic surfactant.