Abstract: This fuel tank dam closes a gap between a first structural component fixed to the inside surface of the outer plate of a fuel tank and a second structural component provided with a cutout part into which the first structural component is inserted. This fuel tank dam includes: a first portion that can be fixed to the first structural component; a second portion that has a surface extending in a direction intersecting with the first portion and can be fixed to the second structural component; and a third portion that has a bellows and is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. This fuel tank dam is configured such that the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are integrated, the bellows has a thickness of 0.381 to 1.524 mm, and the second portion has a thickness of 0.762 to 7.620 mm.

Abstract: A detergent composition is disclosed. The composition comprises polymer particles having an average particle size of 50-500 .mu.m in 5% by weight sodium chloride aqueous solution and a modulus of elasticity of 1.times.10.sup.3 -5.times.10.sup.5 dyne/cm.sup.2 in said sodium chloride aqueous solution. It exhibits a superior physical or mechanical washing performance, and gives remarkably reduced irritation and minimal damage to the object being washed. When a germicide is incorporated in addition to the polymer particles, its sterilization effect is greatly enhanced.

Abstract: A low-irritant detergent composition comprising (A) an alkyl saccharide surfactant and (B) a sucrose fatty acid ester surfactant, and, optionally, (C) an anionic surfactant or amphoteric surfactant is disclosed. The composition is low-irritant to the skin and hair and produces creamy and abundant foam, giving an excellent slippery feel to the skin and the hair.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hair cleansing composition having excellent detergency against oily dirts such as aged high-viscosity silicone compounds. The composition comprises the following components (a) to (d):(a) : 0.05 to 15% by weight of a surfactant,(b) : 0.5 to 40% by weight of an alcohol,(c) : 0.1 to 25% by weight of water, and(d) : 20 to 98% by weight of a liquid oil,wherein a viscosity ratio of a mixture of the components (a) to (c) to a mixture of oil components comprising component (d) is 1 or more.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hair cleansing composition having excellent detergency against oily dirts such as aged high-viscosity silicone compounds. The composition comprises the following components (a) to (d):(a): 0.05 to 15% by weight of a surfactant,(b): 0.5 to 40% by weight of an alcohol,(c): 0.1 to 25% by weight of water, and(d): 20 to 98% by weight of a liquid oil,wherein a viscosity ratio of a mixture of the components (a) to (c) to a mixture of oil components comprising component (d) is 1 or more.

Abstract: A skin detergent composition comprises (a) 5 to 95 percent by weight of a phosphoric acid ester having the formula (I) or (II) and (b) 0.0005 to 0.1 percent by weight of a water-soluble chitin compound.

Abstract: A low-irritation detergent composition comprising (A) an alkyl saccharide-type surface active agent and (B) a cationic polymer. The composition is a low irritant to the skin and hair, produces excellent creamy foam, possesses a superior hair conditioning effect, and imparts an outstanding moisture feeling to the skin.

Abstract: A detergent composition comprising an alkylsaccharide surface active agent and a silicone derivative is disclosed. The composition can produce fine, slippery, creamy foam, imparts the least irritation to the skin and hair, a tense, slippery feeling to the hair, and a light, refreshing feeling to the skin. The detergent composition thus can be favorably used as a shampoo and a body shampoo.

Abstract: A low-irritant detergent composition comprising alkyl saccharide surfactant and sulfosuccinate surfactant is disclosed. The detergent composition possesses excellent foaming capability and low-temperature stability. The detergent composition also imparts fine feeling when used as a detergent for the hair and the skin without irritation to the skin.

Abstract: A composition for a hair treatment agent comprising as essential components: a chelating agent having a specific chelating value with respect to the chelation of the calcium ion, and a polymer compound selected from a group consisting of cationic polymers containing quaternary nitrogen, and peptides of an average molecular weight of 40 to 10,000, or their derivatives. The composition provides a perm-treatment with a good finishing effect by depressing absorption of calcium to the hair when it is perm-treated. It also serves as a shampoo, by further formulating an anionic or amphoteric surface active agent, which gives an excellent effect of suppleness and smoothness after washing and rinsing to hair which is damaged from a perm treatment.

Abstract: A detergent composition is disclosed, which comprises (A) 0.1 to 40% by weight of at least one kind of anionic or amphoteric surface active agents and (B) 0.05 to 4% by weight of at least one kind of quaternary ammonium salts represented by the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a mixture of (a) a branched alkyl group represented by ##STR2## and (b) a linear alkyl group represented by CH.sub.3 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- wherein R.sub.7 represents a methyl or ethyl group, m is an integer to make the carbon atom content of the branched alkyl group to 8 to 16, and n is an integer of 7 to 15), with a ratio (a)/(a)+(b) being 0.1 to 1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represent a benzyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 independently represent an alkyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sub.6 represents a group ##STR3## or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X.sup.

Abstract: A surface active agent comprising a specific type of secondary amidoamino acid or ammonium ion or triethanolammonium salt thereof, ##STR1## as a major component, and not more than 0.2 mole of an inorganic salt per 100 gm of said secondary amidoamino acid or 100 gm of a salt thereof as converted to the acid type secondary amidoamino acid. The surface active agent can be prepared by subjecting the alkali metal salt of secondary amidoamino acid, usually containing a great amount of impurities such as sodium chloride, to electrodialysis. It has excellent compatibility with various additives such as water-soluble polymer due to its low ionic strength and yet exhibits a good low-temperature stability when made into an aqueous solution owing to its low Krafft point.

Abstract: A novel detergent composition comprising as a main detergent active ingredient a secondary amidoamino acid or its salts of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## The detergent composition has low irritativeness and good detergency, so that it is appropriately used as hair and skin detergents for babies, dish wash detergents and the like.

Abstract: A polyvalent metal salt of 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide (Mept compound) is dispersed in water by aid of a specific dispersant selected from the group consisting of (A), (B) and (C):(A) A polyglycol/polyamine condensation polymer, polyglycol/polyamine/alkylamine condensation polymer or alkyleneamine condensation polymer;(B) At least one water-soluble polymer compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkylcelluloses and partly quaternarized products thereof, and at least one non-ionic surfactant;(C) At least one cationic polymer compound and at least one inorganic salt.The resulting suspension has improved stability and is applicable to shampooes, hair rinses and the like.

Abstract: Novel detergent composition comprises one or more of N-acyl-N-hydroxyalkylglycines of the general formula (I) or salts thereof: ##STR1## The composition has a very good resistance to hard water, low stimulativeness, and good detergency. It is thus suitably employed as shampoo for babies, kitchen detergent and the like.

Abstract: A water-soluble viscosity increasing agent consisting essentially of: (i) an ester of a 40 to 400 moles ethylene oxide adduct of polyhydric alcohol and a C.sub.8-36 branched fatty acid, (ii) an ester of polyethylene glycol having average molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000 and a C.sub.8-36 branched fatty acid, and (iii) a 40 to 400 mole ethylene oxide adduct of an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a C.sub.8-36 branched fatty acid. The viscosity increasing agent can increase the viscosity of solutions of various surface active agents, while maintaining their stability and solubility in the solutions. When it is formulated to a detergent suitable for washing textiles, tablewares, human skins, hairs and the like, it can provide a detergent composition with a proper viscosity as well as a good detergency.

Abstract: A shampoo composition comprises a fatty acid ester of sucrose and a nonionic cellulose ether compound in addition to a shampoo base. It provides creamy foam and results in smooth combing and prevention of hair flying.

Abstract: The detergent compositions of the present invention comprising a phosphate surfactant and an amidoamine amphoteric surfactant; a hydroxysulfobetaine, aliphatic lactylate, or aliphatic glycolate, have excellent foam characteristics such as foaming property, foaming power, and rapidity of foaming, as well as excellent low-temperature stability, detergency, and mildness to the skin and hair. Therefore, these compositions can be effectively employed for shampoos and cleaning agents for infants which require not only good detergency but also a low incidence of skin irritation.

Abstract: A thick pearl luster dispersion comprising the following four components (A), (B), (C) and (D);(A) 15-40 wt % of a fatty acid glycol ester,(B) 0.3-12.5 wt % of an alkylsulfate or polyoxyalkylene alkylsulfate,(C) 3-25 wt % of a fatty acid dialkanolamide,(D) 45-85 wt % of water,the mixing ratios of the (B), (C) and (D) components lying within the area surrounded by straight lines obtained by connecting the determined four points on the triangular cordinate of the three-component system.A thick pearl luster dispersion according to the invention is uniform in crystalline form, low in viscosity and beautiful in appearance with excellent high and low temperature stability.

Abstract: Novel liquid shampoo compositions comprise the following components (A), (B) and (C):(A) 5 to 30 wt % of at least one surface active agent,(B) 0.05 to 5 wt % of a skin sensation inducing aromatic chemical such as menthol and camphor, and(C) 1/2 to twenty times by weight based on the amount of component (B) of a modified cyclodextrin, represented by the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## The shampoo compositions in which the specific odor of component (B) is effectively depressed by component (C) have a sufficient pharmaceutical effect on use and have good stability at low temperature.