Abstract: A method for marking tin coated sheet metal blanks is provided in which the marking is indicative whether the blank comprises an edge region that includes a tin coating thicker than the rest of the blank. This marking is preferably brought on the blanks when a plurality of blanks is cut from a sheet metal plate. In the alternative the marking may have been applied to the sheet metal plate already. The sheet metal blanks thus marked are provided in form of a stack comprising marked and unmarked blanks, depending on whether there is a thicker edge region coating present on the individual blank or not. When making container bodies of these blanks by de-stacking and rounding the sheet metal blanks and welding the longitudinal seam of the rounded container body blanks, the marking is read in the container making apparatus and at least one welding parameter is changed for welding container body blanks with a marking in comparison with container body blanks without marking.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous textile treatment composition comprising:a) a non-reactive UVA compound;b) an emulsifier for the UVA compound;c) water, and, optionally,d) a polysiloxane-based product;as well as a method of treating a textile fibre material with this composition. The treated textile fibre material, in addition to having an excellent sun protection factor (SPF) value, may also exhibit improved wash permanence and other desirable properties.

Abstract: The device according to the invention for ejecting sheet metal blanks from a processing station or for any transport of such sheet metal blanks has ejector dogs mounted on a transport conveyor, which bump the trailing edge (trailing in the ejection direction (A)) to eject the blanks. These ejector dogs are arranged so that upon impact on the blank edge they are shifted and/or tilted in a damped manner, and with absorption of energy, with respect to the transport conveyor, in the opposite direction to the ejection direction, thus reducing the forces acting on the edge of the blank. As transport conveyor, the preferred embodiment has a toothed belt which is elastically deformed and deflected from its path upon impact of the dog on the blank edge, so that the belt itself acts as damper and as return spring for the dog.

Abstract: A process for dyeing or treating textile fibre materials with foam, which process comprises applying to the textile fibre materials a foamed aqueous composition which, in addition to containing the dye (or fluorescent whitening agent) or the fabric finishing agent, contains a foamable system comprising water and(A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product andat least two of the following components(B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical,(C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or a fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety,and(D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A storage-stable, formaldehyde-free composition containing a water-soluble epoxide resin, an acrylic copolymer and an aliphatic polyamine or alkanolamine. This composition is used for the treatment of textile material containing hydroxyl groups and imparts to the fabrics a high resistance to creasing.

Abstract: Diester-amine adducts of the formula ##EQU1## are provided, wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each denote alkyklene with 2 or 3 carbon atoms or 2-hydroxy-n-propylene, X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 each denote hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyhalogenoalkyl with 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a radical of the formula ##EQU2## and, if n is 3 or 4, the individual X.sub.2 radicals are identical or different, Y.sub.1 denotes hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a radical of the formula ##EQU3## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each denote alkyl or alkenyl with 12 to 22 carbon atoms, m, s, s' and s" denote 1 or 2 and n denotes 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the ratio of the diester groups to the nitrogen atoms being at most 1:1. The adducts may be in the form of the free bases, acid salts or quaternary ammonium salts and are useful as agents for imparting a soft handle to organic fibrous materials, especially paper and textiles.