Abstract: A process for preparing a self-crosslinkable aminosiloxane emulsion, comprising:dispersing by emulsification in water in the presence of a cationic surface active agent and a nonionic surface active agent:(A) a specific organosilicon compound that may have a hydroxyl group and/or an alkoxy group;(B) a specific organosilicon compound having a nitrogen-containing monovalent hydrocarbon group; and(C) a specific organosilane having a hydroxyl group and/or an alkoxy group, and or a partial hydrolysis-condensation product thereof;subsequently carrying out emulsion polymerization in the presence of an alkaline catalyst; andthereafter neutralizing the reaction product.The resulting emulsion is useful as softening agents, smoothing agents or feeling improver for all sorts of textiles, and binders between fibers.

Abstract: A process for preparing organopolysiloxane emulsion comprised of dispersed particles having an average particle size of 0.5.mu. or less, comprising emulsifying a liquid organopolysiloxane with use of an emulsifying agent by means of a composite emulsifying apparatus equipped with(A) a stirring means having a stirring blade capable of stirring contents of a container at a low speed over the whole of the container, and at least one stirring means selected from(B) a disc type stirring means capable of rotating at a high speed and having tooth-like projections on its peripheral edge, and(C) a stirring means having a stator and a turbine blade disposed in the inside of the stator and capable of rotating at a high speed. According to this process, an organopolysiloxane having a high viscosity up to 500,000 cP can be emulsified to prepare an emulsion of high stability.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a stable aqueous emulsion of a poly(silsesquioxane) without formation of gelled particles. In the method, a trialkoxysilane compound as the starting material is first emulsified in an aqueous medium containing a cationic surface active agent and a non-ionic surface active agent having a specified HLB value in the range from 16 to 20 in combination followed by the addition of an alkali catalyst and heating to effect hydrolysis and polycondensation of the trialkoxysilane.

Abstract: The invention provides a silicone-coated release paper having a coating surface film of an organopolysiloxane composition curable by irradiation with ultraviolet light or electron beams to give a fully cured film resistant to migration of the organopolysiloxane constituents therefrom on to other surfaces in contact therewith. The composition comprises (a) a diorganopolysiloxane terminatd at both molecular chain ends each with a divinylmethylsilyl group or trivinylsilyl group, (b) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least 2 hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule, (c) a catalytic amount of a platinum or rhodium catalyst and, optionally, (d) a compound of a rare earth element such as ceric oxide.

Abstract: The silicone-based antifoam composition having excellent durability of the antifoam activity even under vigorous agitation or under an alkaline condition comprises three kinds of diorganopolysiloxanes, of which the first is free from aliphatic unsaturation, the second is terminated at both molecular chain ends each with a vinyl diorganosilyl group and the third is terminated at both molecular chain ends each with a diorganosilyl group having a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom, a finely divided silica powder, a platinum compound to catalyze the addition reaction between the silicon-bonded vinyl groups and silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in the second and the third diorganopolysiloxanes, respectively, and an organosilane compound of the formula R.sup.1.sub.a Y.sub.b Si, in which R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, Y is a hydroxy, carboxyl or hydrolyzable group and a and b are each 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that a+b=4.

Abstract: The silicone-based fiber finishing agent is particularly suitable for synthetic fiber-made fabric materials such as waddings of polyester fibers to impart excellent softness and smoothness in touch and free from yellowing even by heating with high resistance against dry cleaning. The fiber finishing agent comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane of a substantially linear molecular structure terminated at each molecular chain end with a silanolic hydroxy group or alkoxy group and having at least one amino-substituted hydrocarbon group bonded to the silicon atom in a molecule, (B) an epoxy-containing alkoxy silane compound such as methyl dimethoxy 3-glycidyloxypropyl silane and (C) an epoxy-containing organic compound free from silicon such as glycidyl alcohol and glycidyl methacrylate.

Abstract: The radiation-curable organopolysiloxane composition of the invention is quite free from the problem of the migration of silicone toward the surface of a body in contact with the surface of the cured film of the composition even by curing with an extremely small dose of radiation, e.g. ultraviolet light and electron beams, for curing. The mechanism for curing is in principle the radiation-induced addition reaction between the aliphatically unsaturated bonds in a first organopolysiloxane and the mercapto groups in a second organopolysiloxane but the aliphatically unsaturated bond in the first organopolysiloxane is bonded preferably remotely from the silicon atom with an electron-attractive atom or group intervening therebetween such as the divalent groups of the formula --O--CH.sub.2).sub.2 S-- and --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 --S--.

Abstract: The antifoam composition provided by the invention comprises (a) 100 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon oil, e.g. spindle oil, or a silicone fluid, e.g. polydimethylsiloxane fluid, having a viscosity of 20 to 1,000,000 centistokes at 25.degree. C., (b) 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of an organosilane compound having 1 to 3 hydroxy groups or hydrolyzable groups, e.g. alkoxy, acyloxy and alkenyloxy groups, (c) 1 to 40 parts by weight of a finely divided silica powder and, optionally, (d) up to 5 parts by weight of a catalyst. The antifoam composition can exhibit excellent and durable defoaming activity even under vigorous agitation or in an alkaline condition of the foaming liquid.

Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane-based high-impact thermoplastic graft copolymer superior in impact resistance, light resistance, surface gloss and color fastness produced by the emulsion graft polymerization of at least one vinyl monomer on an emulsion-polymerized polyorganosiloxane which consists of90 to 99.8 mole % of an organosiloxane unit represented by the formulaR'.sub.2 SiO.sub.2/2 (I)wherein R' is the same or different and denotes methyl, ethyl, propyl, or phenyl,0.1 to 10 mole % of a unit derived from a graft-linking agent, said unit being represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein; R.sup.2 denotes methyl, ethyl, propyl, or phenyl; n denotes a number of 0, 1, and 2; and p denotes a number of 1 to 6, and0.1 to 10 mole % of a unit derived from a tetrafunctional silane crosslinking agent, said unit being represented by the formulaSiO.sub.

Abstract: The inventive method for forming a cured film on a substrate surface comprises coating the surface with a room temperature curable organosiloxazane polymer comprising, in a molecule, (a) at least one organosiloxane unit represented by the unit formula (a) at least one organosiloxane unit represented by the unit formulaR.sup.1.sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2,and (b) at least one organosilazane unit represented by the unit formulaR.sup.2.sub.b Si(NR.sup.3).sub.(4-b)/2,in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, not all of them being simultaneously hydrogen atoms, and the subscripts a and b are each a positive integer of 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that a and b cannot be simultaneously equal to 3, in a molecule and subjecting the coating film to exposure to a moisture-containing atmosphere. The method is useful for forming a surface-protecting film or for imparting surface releasability.

Abstract: The silicone-based textile finishing agent comprises (a) an organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrocarbyl group substituted with a phosphate ester group --PO(OR).sub.2, in which R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, (b) an alkoxy silane having at least one organofunctional group such as amino and epoxy groups in a molecule, and, optionally, (c) a catalyst capable of promoting the reaction between the components (a) and (b), preferably, in the form of an aqueous emulsion. The textile finishing agent is capable of imparting excellent softness and slipperiness to the textile materials such as waddings of polyester or acrylic fibers treated therewith without the disadvantage of yellowing by heat treatment.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for protecting the surface of various kinds of shaped articles made of an organic polymeric material such as rubbers, leathers, woods, plastics and the like against weathering caused by exposure to ultraviolet light, ozone, moisture, etc. The method comprises providing the surface with a coating layer of a specific organopolysiloxane composed of difunctional, tetrafunctional and nonofunctional siloxane units in a limited molar proportion of 50-85%, 10-30% and 5-20%, respectively.

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient method for releasing a shaped body of a polymeric material such as a foamed polyurethane resin from a mold in which the body has been molded without the problem of adhesion to the mold. The inventive method comprises admixing the polymeric material with a specific organopolysiloxane represented by the structural formulaR.sup.1.sub.3 Si--O--SiR.sup.2.sub.2 --O).sub.m (SiR.sup.2 A--O).sub.n SiR.sup.1.sub.3,in which A is a substituent group represented by the general formula --C.sub.x H.sub.2x --O--R, R being a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms but free from terminal unsaturation and x being zero or a positive integer not exceeding 4, R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the same group as A, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or the same group as R.sup.1, and m and n are each zero or a positive integer with the proviso that at least one group denoted by A is contained in a molecule of the organopolysiloxane.

Abstract: A rotary packing apparatus wherein a plurality of bag-support elements support a flexible bag in suspension. The support elements are moved intermittently along an endless circular path, and the bags are fed to the bag-support elements on the path. Thereafter, objects are placed in the bags at a given position on the path. The filled bag is then subjected to a vacuum and sealed. Two vacuum chambers are provided between the position at which objects are placed in the bags and the position for sealing the bags, such that the bags are subjected to a vacuum at each of the two vacuum chamber stages, and are exposed to atmospheric pressure between these two stages.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel organopolysiloxane-containing aqueous emulsion composition which, upon removal of water by drying at room temperature, can give a cured rubbery elastomer having excellent mechanical properties and exhibiting strong adhesion to the substrate on which it has been cured. The inventive composition is prepared by blending (A) an aqueous emulsion of an organopolysiloxane having silicon-bonded hydroxy groups and emulsified in water by use of an anionic surface active agent, (B) a mixture of a reaction product of a carboxylic acid anhydride with an amino-functional organosilane and a colloidal silica in the form of an aqueous suspension and (C) a curing catalyst in limited proportions.

Abstract: A method for reproducing a color picture for use in a picture reproducing machine in which picture and recording cylinders are rotated at a certain rotation speed ratio, and pickup and exposure heads are moved in the direction of the cylinders' axis at a certain moving speed ratio, and in which picture signals picked up by scanning an original picture mounted to the picture cylinder are first stored in a memory and then are consecutively read out of the memory in synchronization with the rotation of the recording cylinder. Recording signals are composed from one scanning period of picture signals and the following scanning period of picture signals when the one scanning period of picture signals stored in the memory are skipped, and then thus obtained recording signals are fed to the exposure head.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel photocurable organopolysiloxane composition having an unusually high photosensitivity suitable, for example, for providing an anti-sticking layer on a release paper. The composition comprises an organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least one thioacyloxy-containing organosiloxane unit as the photosensitive functional group and a photosensitizer. Further improved photocurable composition of the invention comprises an organopolysiloxane having, in addition to the above mentioned thioacyloxy-containing organosiloxane units, at least one mercaptohydrocarbyl-containing organosiloxane unit in a molecule. Alternatively, photosensitivity of the similar degree is obtained when the composition comprises a first organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least one thioacyloxy-containing organosiloxane unit and a second organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least one mercaptohydrocarbyl-containing organosiloxane unit as combined.

Abstract: The invention provides a benzoin group-containing cyclic organopolysiloxane, which belongs to a novel class of organosilicon compounds hitherto not known or not described in any prior art literatures. The compound has at least one benzoin group of the formula ##STR1## in which Ph is a phenyl group and R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or, in particular, a methyl group, directly bonded to the silicon atom in the cyclic tri-, tetra-, penta- or hexasiloxane. The compound is useful as a sensitizer for the crosslinking reaction of a photo- or radiation-curable organopolysiloxane composition owing to the high miscibility of the inventive compounds with the organopolysiloxane composition.

Abstract: A novel photocurable composition suitable for preparing, for example, release papers is proposed which is formulated with photocrosslinkable organopolysiloxanes necessitating no conventional photosensitizers. Thus, the composition comprises(a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two mercaptoalkyl, e.g. mercaptopropyl, groups bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule,(b) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl, e.g. vinyl groups directly bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule, and(c) an organopolysiloxane having at least one benzoin group ##STR1## where Ph is a phenyl group, bonded to the silicon atom in a molecule, which component (c) serves as a photosensitizing ingredient.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of organopolysiloxane compounds having at least one benzoin group represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which Ph is a phenyl group and R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, bonded to the silicon atom in a molecule. The benzoin-bonded organopolysiloxane compounds can readily be prepared by the dehydrohalogenation, dehydrogenation, dehydration or dealkoholation condensation reaction between a corresponding organopolysiloxane having silicon-bonded halogen atoms, hydrogen atoms, hydroxy groups or alkoxy groups and an .alpha.-substituted or unsubstituted benzoin compound in the presence of a suitable reaction promotor or a condensation catalyst.