Abstract: A shaped article, especially a tubing, is disclosed which comprises a plasticized cellulose hydrate composition of high mechanical strength which is obtained by reacting a plasticized cellulose composition obtained by treating cellulose hydrate with a plasticity-enhancing amount of at least one plasticizing alkyl derivative which comprises an alkyl containing from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms and which is selected from the group consisting of alkylamido-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetramethylol, alkylamino-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetramethylol, a substantially water insoluble ester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid containing from about 9 to about 25 carbon atoms, and a polyalcohol, such as glycerol or polyethylene glycol with a cyclic dimethylolurea derivative, and water and/or a plasticizer.

Abstract: A shaped article, especially a tubing, is disclosed which comprises a plasticized cellulose hydrate composition of high mechanical strength which is obtained by treating a plasticized cellulose composition obtained by treating cellulose hydrate with a plasticity-enhancing amount of at least one plasticizing alkyl-derivative which comprises an alkyl containing from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms and which is selected from the group consisting of alkylamido-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetra-methylol, alkylamino-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetra-methylol and a substantially water insoluble ester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid containing from about 9 to about 25 carbon atoms and a polyalcohol, such as glycerol or polyethylene glycol, with a synthetic polymer containing recurring oxyalkylene units and at least one, preferably at least two, terminal N-methylolcarbamate groups, and water and/or plasticizer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging material suitable for manufacturing synthetic sausage casings, comprised of a cellulose hydrate base layer and a layer of vinylidene chloride containing copolymer on the base layer, as well as several methods for preparing the packaging material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for coating the surface of a shaped article of cellulose hydrate with a layer of polymer material which comprises applying to the surface of a shaped article in the gel state and based on cellulose hydrate, a liquid layer of an aqueous solution of a chemically modified protein obtained by mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of N-methylolacrylamide or N-methylol-methacrylamide or of the alkoxy derivatives thereof of aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly of organic, tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, subjecting the liquid mixture to a dwell time, heating the coated shaped article, and wetting the shaped article.

Abstract: Disclosed are fiber-reinforced articles made of chemically-modified protein, such as sausage casings, and a method of producing such articles characterized by the steps of reacting a solution of a protein such as casein with at least two types of chemical modifying agents.

Abstract: A shaped article, especially a tube-shaped article, including a chemically modified cellulose hydrate and water which comprises:(a) a chemically modified cellulose hydrate which comprises a reaction product obtainable by reacting a cellulose derivative selected from the group consisting of a cellulose hydrate, a chemical reaction product of a cellulose hydrate with an alkylamido-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetramethylol, a chemical reaction product of a cellulose hydrate with an alkylamino-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetramethylol and mixtures thereof, with a synthetic polymer containing recurring oxyalkylene units and at least one terminal group having the formula --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--NH--CH.sub.2 -OH and(b) water,Is disclosed. Such articles can be prepared by treating a shaped article wherein the cellulose derivative is in the gel state with a solution of the synthetic polymer prior to drying the article under heating. Tube-shaped articles are particularly suited as sausage casings.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for coating the surface of a shaped article of cellulose hydrate with a layer of polymer material which comprises applying to the surface of a shaped article in the gel state and based on cellulose hydrate, a liquid layer of an aqueous solution of a chemically modified protein obtained by mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of N-methylol-acrylamide or N-methylol-methacrylamide or of the alkoxy derivatives thereof of aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly of organic, tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, SUBJECTING THE LIQUID MIXTURE TO A DWELL TIME, HEATING THE COATED SHAPED ARTICLE, AND WETTING THE SHAPED ARTICLE.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of a thermoplastic synthetic material of chemically modified protein, which comprises mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of a tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated, organic compound of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms,R.sub.2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms,Subjecting the mixture to a dwell time, causing a precipitating liquid to act upon it, freeing the formed precipitate from excess liquid, and drying. The invention also relates to a shaping material of plastic material of chemically modified protein and a chemical plasticizer. The invention also relates to a plastic material of modified protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of a shaped body from a cellulose derivative which comprises extruding a viscose solution through a shaping die into a precipitation bath and passing the shaped body thus formed through regenerating and washing baths, then treating the body with an acid aqueous solution of a secondary chemical plasticizer, drying it by heating, and finally moistening it with water after drying, said viscose solution being mixed with a liquid containing alkyl-trimethylol-urea of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein n is a whole number between 9 and 24, preferably between 14 and 19, and especially the number 17, and/or with a liquid containing alkyl-ethylene-urea of the following general formula ##STR2## wherein n is a whole number between 11 and 19, preferably between 15 and 18, and especially the number 17, or with a liquid containing alkylamine-bis-dimethylene-triazinonetetramethylol of the following general formula ##STR3## wherein n is a whole number between

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of a thermoplastic synthetic material of chemically modified protein which comprises mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of a tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated compound of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6, preferably 1 to 3, carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, SUBJECTING THE LIQUID MIXTURE TO A DWELL TIME, CAUSING A PRECIPITATING LIQUID TO ACT UPON THE LIQUID, VISCOUS MIXTURE, FREEING THE FORMED PRECIPITATE FROM EXCESS LIQUID, DRYING, MIXING THE PRECIPITATE WITH AN AT LEAST BIFUNCTIONAL, SATURATED, ORGANIC COMPOUND, AND SUBJECTING THE MIXTURE TO HEAT AND PRESSURE. The invention also relates to a plastic material of chemically modified protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of a shaped article of a plastic material of chemically modified protein, which comprises mixing an alkaline aqueous protein solution with an aqueous solution of an organic tetrafunctional, unsaturated compound of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, SPINNING THE RESULTING VISCOUS LIQUID READY FOR SPINNING BY MEANS OF A SHAPING DIE INTO A PRECIPITATING LIQUID, WASHING THE SHAPED ARTICLE WITH A WASHING LIQUID, CAUSING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ORGANIC, SATURATED, AT LEAST BIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUND TO ACT ON THE ARTICLE, HEATING THE ARTICLE, OPTIONALLY CAUSING PLASTICIZER LIQUID TO ACT ON IT, AND DRYING.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fiber fleece based on synthetic fibers and containing a polymeric organic reinforcing material, and having, at a proportion of polymeric elastic reinforcing material of at least 10 per cent by weight and not more than 80 per cent by weight, calculated on the total weight of a base fleece having a density between 0.1 and 0.28 g/cm.sup.3, a tensile strength of at least 0.01 kg/mm.sup.2, a tear propagation resistance of at least 7 kg/mm (according to IUP 8), and a tensile stress or not more than 0.03 kg/mm.sup.2, measured in a tensile elongation test at an elongation of 10 per cent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cellulose hydrate moulding which comprises (a) treating a cellulose hydrate moulding while in the gel state, for a period within the range of from 10 seconds to 20 minutes, with an aqueous liquid having dissolved therein at least one plasticizer, a chemical cross-linking agent comprising at least one cyclic urea compound having at least 2 N-methylol groups, and at least one cross-linking catalyst, (b) drying the moulding to a residual water content of from 8 to 12% by weight, and (c) heating the moulding at a temperature within the range of from 100.degree. to 150.degree.C for a period of from 30 seconds to 20 minutes. The invention also relates to a cellulose hydrate moulding prepared by the novel process.

Abstract: An aqueous composition containing (A) an aminoplast precondensate, (B) a polymeric ethylene imine, the monomer of which is a reaction product of toluenediisocyanate a fluorinated alkanol and ethylene imine, which polymer is dispersed by means of a dispersant obtained by reacting said fluorinated alkanol, toluenediisocyanate and a polyethylene glycol, (C) a long-chain alkyl urea and (D) a cross-linking catalyst is useful for rendering a velvety suede-like polyurethane structure oil- and water-repellant.