Abstract: Textiles are washed by a process comprising contacting the textile with a cleaning composition comprising a copolymer comprising styrene, methyl methacrylate and methyl polyethylene glycol.

Abstract: A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition comprising: (1) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali metal carbonate, and/or an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, b) up to 5% by weight of alkali metal silicate having a modulus in the range from 1.8 to 2.5, c) up to 2% by weight of phosphonic acid and/or alkali metal phosphate, d) up to 50% by weight of alkali metal phosphate, and e) up to 10% by weight of polymeric polycarboxylate, wherein at least two of components b), c), d) and e) are present in amounts greater than 0% by weight, and (2) a soil release-capable alkyl or hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivative. The soil release-capable action of cellulose derivatives is particularly marked when they are used in laundry detergents or cleaning compositions which comprise only water-soluble builders.

Abstract: A textile care composition comprising nitrogen-containing cellulose ethers of the formula (I) ((R—O—)3Rcell)y ??(I) herein Rcell is an anhydroglucose radical (C6H10O5), y is from 80 to 65 000; R is a radical of the formula (II) wherein each of a and b is independently 2 or 3; c is 1, 2 or 3; each of m and p is independently an integer from 0 to 10; n is an integer from 0 to 3, q is 0 or 1; each of R1 and R2 is independently hydrogen or a C1-4 alkyl radical; R3 is hydrogen, —NR1R2, a carboxylic acid group or a sodium carboxylate, potassium carboxylate or ammonium carboxylate group, with the proviso that R3 is hydrogen when q is 0, and with the further proviso that n in at least one of the R radicals is greater than 0 or the —R3 moiety in at least one of the R radicals represents —NR1R2. These textile care compositions impart to textiles improved softness, increased shine and color brilliance, odor freshening, and reduction in the creasing behavior and in the static charge.

Abstract: A textile care product comprising quaternary nitrogen containing cellulose ether, for protecting textiles. The product can be used in order to reduce fluffing, to reduce pilling, to reduce creasing, for smoothing and to improve soft touch, in addition to facilitating ironing of a flat textile sheet material.

Abstract: A method of washing a soiled textile comprising cotton, the method comprising contacting the textile with a wash liquor, the wash liquor containing a soil-release effective amount of one or more soil release polymers obtained by polymerizing one or more polyisocyanates with one or more polymeric polyols having an average molar mass of above 1000 D and a 20° C. water solubility of above 300 g of polymer per liter, one or more polyols having an average molar mass of below 12,000 D and a 20° C. water solubility of below 100 g per liter, and optionally one or more further polyols.

Abstract: A method for making dendritic cells reactive to an antigen comprises obtaining a sample of dendritic cells and contacting the cells with the antigen and at least one Toll-like receptor stimulant. Dendritic cells activated by this method provide a means for treating tumors and for creating animal models of autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: A combination of a specific non-ionic soil release-capable cellulose derivative and carboxymethylcellulose, which improves stain-removing power in textiles of non-ionic cellulose derivatives.

Abstract: A detergent for cleaning textile materials is compried of a combination of a soil release-capable alkyl or hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivative and a hygroscopic polymer selected from the group consisting of polypeptides, hydrogels, polyvinyl alcohol, the polyalkylene glycols, the homopolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and maleic acid, copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and maleic acid and mixtures of the homo and copolymers. The use of the hygroscopic polymers in combination with the cellulose derivatives results in improved cleaning performance.

Abstract: Cellulose derivatives, obtained by the alkylation and hydroxyalkylation of cellulose, which contribute to a reduction of the foaming properties of cleaning agents or detergents when used in aqueous cleaning or detergent solutions.

Abstract: Textile materials comprised at least partially of cotton are cleaned with a laundry detergent comprising bleach and an alkylated and/or hydroxyalkylated soil release-capable cellulose derivative having an average of from 0.5 to 2.5 alkyl groups and/or from 0.02 to 0.5 hydroxyalkyl groups per anhydroglycose monomer unit. The textile materials are cleaned more effectively with a laundry detergent containing the alkylated and/or hydroxyalkylated soil release-capable cellulose derivative.

Abstract: The water absorption capacity of textiles is increased by contacting a textile material with a soil release-capable alkylated or hydroxyalkylated cellulose derivative comprising on average from 0.5 to 2.5 alkyl groups and from 0.02 to 0.5 hydroxyalkyl groups per anhydroglycose monomer unit. The cellulose derivative can be used by itself or in a laundry detergent composition in a washing step or is a post washing step. The cellulose derivative is particularly effective on synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition is comprised of: (1) alkali metal percarbonate; (2) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali metal carbonate, and/or an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, b) up to 10% by weight of alkali metal silicate having a modulus in the range from 1.8 to 2.5, c) up to 2% by weight of phosphonic acid and/or alkali metal phosphate, d) up to 50% by weight of alkali metal phosphate, and e) up to 10% by weight of polymeric polycarboxylate, wherein at least two of components b), c), d) and e) are present in amounts greater than 0% by weight, and (3) a soil release-capable alkyl or hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivative. The soil release-capable action of cellulose derivatives is particularly marked when they are used in laundry detergents or cleaning compositions which comprise alkali metal percarbonates and contain only water-soluble builders.

Abstract: A builder-containing laundry detergent or cleaning composition comprising: (1) a water-soluble builder block which comprised of: a) from 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal citrate, an alkali metal carbonate, and/or an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, b) up to 5% by weight of alkali metal silicate having a modulus in the range from 1.8 to 2.5, c) up to 2% by weight of phosphonic acid and/or alkali metal phosphate, d) up to 50% by weight of alkali metal phosphate, and e) up to 10% by weight of polymeric polycarboxylate, wherein at least two of components b), c), d) and e) are present in amounts greater than 0% by weight, and (2) a soil release-capable alkyl or hydroxyalkyl cellulose derivative. The soil release-capable action of cellulose derivatives is particularly marked when they are used in laundry detergents or cleaning compositions which comprise only water-soluble builders.

Abstract: Soil is removed from cotton and/or a cotton/wool blend material and the resoilability of the material is reduced by a process which comprises contacting the material with a composition comprising nanoscale particles having a particle size of from 5 to 500 nm wherein the particles are comprised of of precipitated silicas, aerogels, xerogels, Mg(OH)2, boehmite (Al(O)OH), ZrO2, ZnO, CeO2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, SiO2, TiN, hydroxy.

Abstract: Textile care agents containing optionally graft copolymers of (a) ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and (b) carbhydrates. The agents reduce fluffing of textiles in textile treatment processes.

Abstract: A method of washing a soiled textile comprising cotton, the method comprising contacting the textile with a wash liquor, the wash liquor containing a soil-release effective amount of one or more soil release polymers obtained by polymerizing one or more polyisocyanates with one or more polymeric polyols having an average molar mass of above 1000 D and a 20° C. water solubility of above 300 g of polymer per liter, one or more polyols having an average molar mass of below 12,000 D and a 20° C. water solubility of below 100 g per liter, and optionally one or more further polyols.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of particles with a particle size of 5 to 500 nm for improving the removal of dirt from and/or reducing the re-soiling of surfaces. Said particles can be used for finishing textiles, in textiles detergents and for pre-treating or post-treating textiles in particular.

Abstract: The present invention is related generally to the methods and materials for altering cytokine receptor signaling through the manipulation of the activity of the transmembrane PTPase, CD45.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid fabric conditioner for fabric care and to the use of the conditioner in a washing or laundry drying process, to a conditioning substrate containing a liquid fabric conditioner, and to a conditioning process using the conditioning substrate in a laundry drying process. The liquid fabric conditioner and conditioning substrate are used to reduce fluff formation and pilling.

Abstract: Low-concentration, highly viscous liquid detergents which maintain their degree of viscosity in storage in a range of climatic conditions, do not undergo any phase separation or agglomerate separation, and maintain their color under the influence of light. Liquid detergents with the desired properties contain 0.2 to 5 wt. % of a polyurethane or modified polyacrylate, 0.5 to 7 wt. % of a boron compound and 1 to 8 wt. % of a complexer.