Abstract: A lawn and garden cart has a frame and an axle attached to the frame. A pair of wheels are attached to the axle, each wheel being rotatably attached to an opposing end of the axle. A longitudinal tow bar is attached to the frame at a first end, the tow bar including a connector at a second distal end. The cart further includes a container having a base, a plurality of generally vertical sidewalls and an angled rear wall, the container being pivotally attached to the frame and releasably coupled to the tow bar.

Abstract: A method has been found for brightening synthetic fibers and plastics. In this method, a granulate optical brightener is incorporated into the synthetic fibers or plastics, the granulated optical brightener being obtained via compacting of an optical brightener in powder form in a pressure compactor under a pressure of from 3 to 50 kNewton/cm of tube length and then comminuting the resultant compactate.

Abstract: The invention relates to granulated optical brightening agents that are coated with a wax.

Abstract: In the production of polyester from a polyol, preferably di-alcohol, and a polycarboxylic acid, preferably dicarboxylic acid, an optical brightener is added in the esterification process whose structure is free from open-chain ethylenic double bonds and as a result is chemically stable to the free acid used.

Abstract: An optical brightener mixture comprising

Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures of optical brighteners comprising nonionic polyester brighteners and anionic or nonionic polyamide brighteners, which develop a synergistic effect. The brighteners of the invention are suitable for polyamide and polyurethane fabrics but also for blends of these fabrics with other natural or synthetic fibers.

Abstract: Storage-stable liquid brightener formulations essentially comprise a basic optical brightener, an aprotic polar organic solvent and an acid.

Abstract: Stable and homogeneous aqueous formulations of surfactantsStable and homogeneous aqueous formulations of surfactants having an HLB value of less than or equal to 13, which additionally contain a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkenyl, phenyl, alkylphenyl or phenalkyl having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain or cyclohexyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or one of the radicals mentioned for R.sup.1, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the nitrogen atom, are a heterocyclic radical, M is an alkali metal cation, an ammonium cation or one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal or aluminium cation and m and n in each case independently of one another are numbers from 6 to 8.By the presence of the compounds of the formula I, it is possible to prepare stable and homogeneous aqueous formulations even from those surfactants which are otherwise only sparingly soluble or not soluble at all in water.

Abstract: Water-soluble sulphur dyes can be applied to cellulose without reducing agents, without added salt and without oxidising agents if the cellulose has been grafted with a polymer obtained by polymerisation of at least one N-containing basic monomer.

Abstract: Process for producing pattern effects when dyeing or printing textile material in the absence of alkali or reducing agents, which comprises pretreating the textile material with a cationizing agent, drying, applying an oxidizing agent in the form of a pattern, drying and dyeing or printing with reactive, direct, acid, water-soluble sulfur dyes or pigment dyes in the absence of any alkali or reducing agent.

Abstract: Process for dyeing textile material with pigment dyes, which comprises1. pretreating the textile material with a polymer which consists wholly or partly of monomeric units of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.22)alkyl which may be interrupted by --CO--NH-- or --NH--CO--, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or methyl, and Y.sup.- is a monovalent anion or one equivalent of a polyvalent anion,2. then dyeing with a pigment dye in the presence of a leveling or dispersing agent by the exhaust method and if necessary3. treating the dyeing in a liquor with a pigment binder and subsequently fixing it.This process makes it possible to dye textile material, in particular ready-made jeans garments, with pigment dyes by an exhaust method.

Abstract: New optical brighteners of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, benzyl, phenylethyl, phenyl, alkylphenyl or xylyl,X denotes a C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkylene group or a bridge member of the formula --X.sup.1 --(OX.sup.2).sub.n -- in which X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 denote C.sub.2 H.sub.4 or C.sub.3 H.sub.7 and n denotes 1 or 2 and Me denotes a proton, an alkali metal cation or a cation NH.sub.2 R.sup.1 R.sup.2 in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent hydrogen, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which n denotes 1 or 2,X denotes an OMe group,Me denotes a proton, an alkali metal cation or an optionally substituted ammonium cation,R denotes hydrogen, a lower alkyl group or halogen, and, in the event thatn is 1,X also denotes an --NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 group in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl group,a process for their preparation and their use as optical brighteners, especially for polyamide fibers and wool.

Abstract: Cationic compounds of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R denotes alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, phenylalkyl, or phenoxyalkyl,R' denotes alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, benzyl, or allyl andX.sup.(-) denotes a colorless anion, process for their manufacture and their use.

Abstract: Cationic compounds of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R denotes alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, phenylalkyl, or phenoxyalkyl,R' denotes alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, benzyl, or allyl andX.sup.(-) denotes a colorless anion,process for their manufacture and their use.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners consisting of 1 to 60% by weight of a brightener from the bisbenzoxazolylnaphthalene series and 99 to 40% by weight of one or more brighteners of the formulae 2 to 10 listed in the description.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners composed of(a) 1 to 99% by weight of one or more compounds of the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 can be identical or different and denote hydrogen, chlorine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carbalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy and(b) 99 to 1% by weight of one or more compounds of the formulae ##STR2## in which n denotes 0 or 1, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 denote identical or different radicals from the group comprising hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, phenyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, carboxyl, carboalkoxy, carboxamide or alkyl sulfonates, and two adjacent radicals R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 together can also represent a benzene ring, a lower alkylene group or a 1,3-dioxapropylene group, and B denotes a cyano group, a carboxylate group or a carboxamide group or a 1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl group, a 1,3,5-oxadiazol-2-yl group, a phenyl group or a 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl group.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners consisting of(a) 1 to 99 weight % of one or several compounds of the formula 1 ##STR1## (b) 99 to 1 weight % of one or several compounds of the formula 2 ##STR2## wherein n is 0 or 1,X is oxygen or sulfur,B is a group of the formulae ##STR3## and the other substituents are defined a specified in the description.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners consisting of 5 to 95% by weight of a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which A denotes a o- or p-cyanophenyl group, and 95 to 5% by weight of one or more further optical brighteners.

Abstract: Mixtures of optical brighteners consisting of 5 to 95 parts by weight of a mixture consisting of 0 to 80% by weight of the compound of the formula 1 ##STR1## 20 to 100% by weight of the compound of the formula 2 ##STR2## and 0 to 80% by weight of the compound of the formula 3 ##STR3## and 95 to 5% by weight of one or more other optical brighteners.