Cellulosic Patents (Class 428/393)
  • Patent number: 5230959
    Abstract: Discontinuous fibers are coated with a binder material with the binder material adhering the fibers to super absorbent particles. Fibers in the product are substantially unbonded except to the super absorbent particles. The binder may be present at an amount which is sufficient to substantially continuously coat the fibers. Plural coatings of various binder materials may be used. The binder material may be heat fusible or heat curable and the treated fibers mixed with other fibers for use in producing a wide variety of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Company
    Inventors: Richard H. Young, Sr., Amar N. Neogi, Michael R. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5228411
    Abstract: An adjustable and stable cotton bird perch for use in a bird cage is comprised of a plurality of tightly twisted skeins of cotton threads defining a dense cotton cable. The cable has attachment members secured to the ends thereof for securing the cable to the sides of the bird cage. The formed cotton cable has a density of about fifty to seventy percent greater than conventional cotton rope so as to render the cable sufficiently flexible to be readily formed into a plurality of different set configurations and sufficiently rigid so as to retain a set configuration without the need for additional support intermediary of its ends. By varying the configuration of the cable, a wide variety of stable cotton bird perch configurations can be readily provided within the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Booda Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 5219902
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method wherein fibers are treated with a first, second, and third treatment solution. The third treatment solution includes a chlorinated rubber and a rubber-containing composition having acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber or hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber. The treated fibers are positioned contiguous, and adhered, to an unvulcanized hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber composition which is then vulcanized. The resulting rubber-fiber composite exhibits improved adhesion between the hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber composition and the fibers. Adhesion is maintained in a hot environment even if subjected to what would conventionally be considered conditions that would result in thermal deterioration under high temperature. Thus, the rubber-fiber composite exhibits enhanced durability under the severe service conditions experienced by rubber-fiber composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd
    Inventors: Kyoichi Mishima, Masayoshi Nakajima, Takashi Hamada
  • Patent number: 5187202
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reproducible and aesthetically pleasing granite-like simulated stone appearance to a thermoplastic substrate by blending therewith a concentrate comprising: a cellulosic short fiber or flock; and at least one dispersant aid. Thus, the present invention also relates to a method for imparting a simulated stone appearance to a thermoplastic substrate and to simulated stone articles comprising a major amount of a substrate thermoplastic and a minor stone simulating amount of a cellulosic short fiber or flock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy L. Walkowski
  • Patent number: 5160789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fiber comprising, chemically bonded together, (a) a conventional cellulosic fiber, such as a Kraft fiber or a chemithermomechanical pulp fiber; (b) poly(acrylate-co-itaconate), such as the acid form of a poly(acrylate-co-itaconate) comprising 90-95 mole % acrylate and 5-10 mole % itaconate having weight average molecular weight of about 600,000-900,000; and (c) a polyol, such as polyethylene glycol; also disclosed are methods for making such fibers, especially evaporatively depositing an intimate mixture of the copolymer and polyol on the fiber followed by thermally crosslinking at specific temperatures for limited periods; absorbent paper which can be made by wet-laying the fiber, especially in admixture with conventional fiber; and derivative paper structures, such as multi-ply disposable absorbent towels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Robert L. Barcus, David W. Bjorkquist
  • Patent number: 5141542
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fire-resistant textile yarn comprising a core formed from an inorganic filament surrounded by fibres formed entirely or in part from aramid resin. Also disclosed is a fire-resistant textile yarn comprising a core formed from a ply yarn comprising double-threaded - multi-glass filaments, the core being surrounded by fibres formed entirely or in part from aramid resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Filature de la Gosse S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Fangeat, Pierre Christ, Alain Choserot
  • Patent number: 5124197
    Abstract: An absorbent web formed from inflated cellulose fibers said webs possessing improved vertical wicking properties compared to a similar web of cellulose fibers. The webs have been found to be particularly well suited for use in forming absorbent products such as diapers and the like. In one aspect of the present invention, the inflated cellulose fibers are generally free of a surface finish. In a second aspect the inflated cellulose fibers are crosslinked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Leo J. Bernardin, Patti J. Rhode, Catherine J. Heimbach
  • Patent number: 5106457
    Abstract: A hydroentangled nonwoven fabric containing ribbon shaped staple synthetic fibers having a crenulated cross-section and formed from a wet-laid web containing such crenulated fibers, preferably a blend thereof with short natural fibers, such as wood fibers. The use of a wet-laid web containing such crenulated synthetic fibers enables optimal interaction with the hydroentanglement jets of water, and a reduced level of hydroentanglement energy is required to achieve the desired performance characteristics in the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: James River Corporation
    Inventor: James H. Manning
  • Patent number: 5098700
    Abstract: A far infrared ray emitting, odor-absorbing material is disclosed. The material comprises cellulose acetate fiber having adhered thereto an ultrafine powder of alumina hydrate or silica hydrate which is chemically produced in an aqueous dispersion of the cellulose acetate fiber. The material possesses a high far infrared ray emitting, odor-absorbing capability as well as many characteristics inherently possessed by cellulose acetate fibers, and can expand the utility of cellulose acetate in such fields as sanitary, health-care, and medical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: O.K. Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakai, Setsuji Edagawa
  • Patent number: 5009954
    Abstract: A sheath core fiber having an inner continuous core made from an oriented thermoplastic material, such as polyester, nylon, acrylic, and olefin completely surrounded by an adherent continuous sheath which is not readily removable from said core, is retained on said core during ultimate usage of said fiber, and is made of a nonthermoplastic material, such as regenerated cellulose and protein. The fiber maintains the crease and tear resistance of the core material, yet has the water sorptivity and dyeability of the sheath material.A method of manufacturing such a fiber is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Ohio University
    Inventors: John R. Collier, Billie J. Collier
  • Patent number: 5004791
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polysaccharide derivative having the structure: ##STR1## and a polysaccharide graft polymer having the structure: Sacch--O--(G).sub.m --(M)--.sub.n, wherein Sacch- is a polysaccharide; m is zero or one; G is the residue of a polymerizable, unsaturated monomer which is bonded to the polysaccharide in an ether or ester linkage; n is greater than one; M is the residue of one or more polymerizable, unsaturated, monomer(s), at least one of which is a siloxane-containing monomer, which have been grafted to the polysaccharide by free radical polymerization; R is an organic group which is bonded to the polysaccharide by an ether or ester linkage and to the silicon by a carbon-silicon linkage; R.sub.1 is a straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl group, or an aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl group; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are, independently, straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl groups, or aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl groups, or alkoxides of straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Billmers
  • Patent number: 4973680
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polysaccharide derivative having the structure: ##STR1## and a polysaccharide graft polymer having the structure: Sacch-O-(G).sub.m -(M)-.sub.n, wherein Sacch- is a polysaccharide; m is zero or one; G is the residue of a polymerizable, unsaturated monomer which is bonded to the polysaccharide in an ether or ester linkage; n is greater than one; M is the residue of one or more polymerizable, unsaturated, monomer(s), at least one of which is a siloxane-containing monomer, which have been grafted to the polysaccharide by free radical polymerization; R is an organic group which is bonded to the polysaccharide by an ether or ester linkage and to the silicon by a carbon-silicon linkage; R.sub.1 is a straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl group, or an aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl group; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are, independently, straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl groups, or aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl groups, or alkoxides of straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Billmers
  • Patent number: 4954394
    Abstract: Phenolic resin compositions.Phenolic resin compositions containing an additive consisting of at least 20% by weight of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metaborate relative to the total weight of the additive.Applications to the manufacture of phenolic pre-preg mats which are stable in storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Norsolor
    Inventors: Francois Boinot, Michel Cousin, Andre Hochin, Nicolas Meyer
  • Patent number: 4912178
    Abstract: Phenolic resin compositions.Phenolic resin compositions containing an additive consisting of at least 20% by weight of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metaborate relative to the total weight of the additive.Applications to the manufacture of phenolic prepreg mats which are stable in storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Chimique des Charbonnages S.A.
    Inventors: Francois Boinot, Michel Cousin, Andre Hochin, Nicolas Meyer
  • Patent number: 4906521
    Abstract: A non-woven fibre product in which the fibre material consists, totally or in part, of fibres which are able to form bonds with natural or artificial fibres of the same or different type, and in which said fibres capable of forming bonds are cellulose carbamate fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Neste Oy
    Inventors: Olli Turunen, Kerstin Meinander, Johan-Fredrik Selin, Jan Fors, Vidar Eklund, Leo Mandell
  • Patent number: 4873141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new calcium-hydrosilicate based composition, consisting predominantly of 11 .ANG. tobermorite of fibrous structure and having optionally incorporated therein a minor quantity of inorganic and/or organic fibers. The invention also relates to a wet method for the manufacture of such compositions and the use of the new resulting material in applications requiring good insulating properties and a mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Quill-Quartz GmbH
    Inventor: Vida Popovic
  • Patent number: 4868041
    Abstract: Cloth for protection against flames which comprises woven or knitted composite yarns wherein wholly aromatic polyamide fibers of a general formula;--NHAr.sub.1 NHCOAr.sub.2 CO-- and/or --NHAr.sub.3 CO--wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2 and Ar.sub.3 are independently bivalent aromatic groups, respectively, are disposed as cores and flameproofed cellulosic fibers and/or wool fibers are disposed around said cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mashiro Yamagishi, Takumi Minagawa, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4863565
    Abstract: A method and media for producing bacterial cellulose under agitated culture conditions resulting in sustained production over an average of 70 hours of at least 0.1 g/liter per hour are achieved. A unique reticulated cellulose product is produced using the methods and conditions claimed, and may be in the form of a sheet characterized by substantial resistance to densification and great tensile strength when produced by sheet forming means.Strains of Acetobacter that are stable under agitated culture conditions and that exhibit substantially reduced gluconic and keto-gluconic acids production are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Johnson, Amar N. Neogi
  • Patent number: 4855139
    Abstract: Fungicidally active cellulosic textile compositions, or articles of manufacture, which can be placed in contact with infected human skin, or worn for the treatment and cure of skin diseases. A fungicidally active phenolic compound, drug, or medicinal, is bonded to cellulose or cellulose-containing materials, or finished articles of clothing, notably e.g., socks, rendering these materials useful for the treatment and cure of skin diseases caused by fungi infections over the infected skin areas with which they are in contact. These materials, as bandages or finished articles of clothing, can be washed, dried, and reused over-and-over without addition of a fresh drug, for effective continuing treatment of a skin disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Med. Fab (Lafayette), Inc.
    Inventor: Vadake R. Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 4851291
    Abstract: Temperature adaptable textile fibers are provided in which phase-change or plastic crystalline materials are filled within hollow fibers or impregnated upon non-hollow fibers. The fibers are produced by applying solutions or melts of the phase-change or plastic crystalline materials to the fibers. Cross-linked polyethylene glycol is especially effective as the phase change material, and, in addition to providing temperature adaptability, it imparts improved properties as to soil release, durable press, resistance to static charge, abrasion resistance, pilling resistance and water absorbency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Tyrone L. Vigo, Cynthia M. Frost, Joseph S. Bruno, Gary F. Danna
  • Patent number: 4839113
    Abstract: Composition (M) having a base of a cellulose ester having formate groups, this composition being an anisotropic solution containing:(a) the cellulose ester;(b) formic acid;(c) at least one phosphoric acid.A process for obtaining this composition by dissolving the cellulose and a process for obtaining articles by transformation of this composition, and, for example, regenerating the cellulose of these articles. A cellulose fiber is provided in which a degree of substitution of the cellulose by formate groups is either at least equal to 2% or is zero or less than 2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Villaine, Claude Janin
  • Patent number: 4791020
    Abstract: Composites are made from cellulose fibers dispersed in a matrix of polyethylene and an isocyanate and bonded thereto during subsequent extrusion and or molding. The isocyanate improves adhesion between the cellulose fibers and the polyethylene. The improved adhesion results in improved tensile properties in the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Novacor Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventor: Bohuslav V. Kokta
  • Patent number: 4766030
    Abstract: An oxonated poly (alkylene oxide) substantially devoid of hydrocarbon chains of 5 or more carbon atoms is used to treat substances bearing negative electrostatic charges, so as to reduce such charges without rendering the substance hyrophobic. In this manner static electricity can be reduced in textiles, paper or plastic film; glass or glass fibers can be lubricated; wood pulp can be debonded; anti-self sizing or water-dispersible paper can be made; clays, pigments and other minerals can be hydrophilized; bitumen can be recovered from oil or tar sands; and petroleum can be recovered from underground wells by secondary or tertiary recovery techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Inventor: Laurence R. B. Hervey
  • Patent number: 4756714
    Abstract: Textile yarns are treated with a sizing composition which, when dried and cured, remains durably bound to the yarn throughout wet finishing operations and subsequent use. The sizing composition comprises an aqueous self-crosslinking emulsion copolymer derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a latent-crosslinking monomer. The sizing composition may also include a water soluble or dispersible film forming polymer and a reactive resin. The durable size coating beneficially contributes to both the physical and the aesthetic properties of the yarn and fabrics formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Springs Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Hendrix, Nigel E. Neely, Martin K. Lindemann
  • Patent number: 4689267
    Abstract: This invention provides a composite hollow fiber comprising a porous hollow fiber substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface of said substrate. The coating layer comprises a polymer having at least one of the structural units represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a monovalent silicon-containing organic group.This composite hollow fiber is excellent in gas permeability and gas separation performance and has high heat resistance, humidity resistance and mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Takamizawa, Akira Yamamoto, Shigehiro Nagura
  • Patent number: 4687256
    Abstract: A process for mop manufacturing to produce a mop having improved liquid retention properties without requiring breaking in or rinsing the mop, including the step of coating natural fibers such as cotton with a surfactant in the amount of up to 4.0% by weight of the surfactant per weight of the fiber while retaining substantially all the natural oils of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Inventor: Peter G. Demetriades
  • Patent number: 4661405
    Abstract: Compositions comprising higher alkyl modified epoxy silicone terpolymers having the general formula:MD.sub.x D'.sub.y D".sub.z M whereinM=R.sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2D=R.sub.2 SiOD'=E--C.sub.b H.sub.2b Si(R)OE is either ##STR1## D"=R'Si(R)O R+lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atomsR'-high alkyl of at least 6 carbon atomsr=0 to 7b=2 to 12x=20 to 500y=4 to 15z=4 to 40 ##EQU1## said higher alkyl modified epoxy silicones are formed into aqueous emulsions using anionic and non-ionic emulsifiers. The resulting emulsions are useful as fiber and/or textile finishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: George H. Greene, Robert A. Daniele, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4659610
    Abstract: An inorganic binder composition is employed in combination with fillers comprising particulates, fibers, filaments or yarn to form a structure. The coating is prepared from colloidal silica, monoaluminum phosphate, aluminum chlorohydrate an organo tin catalyst and optionally a refractory material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Subtex, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen George, Thomas H. George
  • Patent number: 4634637
    Abstract: To a sheet of oriented polyethylene terephthalate a layer of nickel chrome alloy with an optical density of approximately 60% is applied by conventional vacuum deposition. To this sheet a subsequent stripe layer of stainless steel at 35% is applied by vacuum deposition down the center portion of the web which yields a combined optical density of approximately 21% over the center area. This first sheet is then laminated with a suitable optically clear adhesive to a second sheet of oriented polyethylene terephthalate incorporating a center portion which includes a nickel chrome stripe with an optical density of approximately 35% applied by conventional vacuum deposition. The resulting composite exhibits a vignette pattern of dark (optical density 7 to 12%) to light optical density 50 to 70% (from center to edge). A suitable optically clear mounting adhesive is then applied. When desired, the finished laminate contains a layer of clear PET which has been coated with a hard coat, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Gila River Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dell B. Oliver, Peter Jahoda
  • Patent number: 4615065
    Abstract: A mop having improved liquid retention properties without requiring breaking in or rinsing the mop, including coating natural fibers such as cotton with a surfactant in the amount of up to 4.0% by weight of the surfactant per weight of the fiber while retaining substantially all the natural oils of the fiber and the mop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Inventor: Peter G. Demetriades
  • Patent number: 4608305
    Abstract: Novel, improved binders comprising a combination of heat reactive polymers. The novel binders are especially useful as saturants for fibrous sheet materials to provide high quality shoeboard materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Texon, Inc.
    Inventor: Alphonse R. Presto
  • Patent number: 4600606
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for rendering non-thermoplastic fibers and fibrous compositions flame resistant when contacted with a hot molten material, that involves the application thereto of a flame retardant composition incorporating a water-insoluble, non-phosphorous, solid, particulate mixture of brominated organic compound and a metal oxide or a metal oxide and metal hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: White Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Vladimir Mischutin
  • Patent number: 4560718
    Abstract: A gasket composition which will swell but not degrade in contact with hydrocarbon oil containing fluids in internal combustion engines comprises a fibrous system and an ethylene propylene rubber binder therefor. Desirably, the fibrous system comprises from 50 to 90% by weight of the composition and is selected from asbestos and aromatic polyamide fibers and the binder is an EPDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ritchey
  • Patent number: 4542095
    Abstract: Antistatic compositions are disclosed comprising a binder and a nonionic surface-active polymer having polymerized alkylene oxide monomers and an alkali metal salt characterized in that the composition is heterogeneous, comprises on a dry basis, at least 7 weight percent polymerized alkylene oxide monomers and the binder is selected from the group consisting of a particulate material and a mixture of particulate materials with hydrophilic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David J. Steklenski, Jon E. Littman
  • Patent number: 4533597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive for use in the manufacture of a composite yarn product, that results in the preparation of a product having improved strength and resistance to distortion and fracture in use, in combination with improved texture and appearance. The adhesive composition comprises a first component and a second component, the first component including a resin material selected from acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymers, and butadiene-styrene copolymers. The first component is prepared in an organic solvent system. The second component contains an epoxy resin such as a bisphenol A-derived diepoxide, and a vinylchloride-vinylacetate copolymer, prepared in a like organic solvent system.The adhesive composition is prepared by the individual mixture of the respective components followed by the addition of the first component to the second component under agitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Multi-Tex Products Corp.
    Inventor: Michaelene Dwulet
  • Patent number: 4504546
    Abstract: Combustible materials such as fiber is made flame retardant by treating the material with a methanol or water solution containing the newly discovered compound ammoniumtriborate (NH.sub.4.B.sub.3 O.sub.5.3CH.sub.3 --OH) or a methanolic solution of newly discovered methylborate ammonia adduct. These new flame retardants have the ability to penetrate the combustible material when applied as a solution and thereafter be converted in situ to ammoniumpentaborate to result in enhanced flame retardation over that achieved by merely the direct treatment with ammoniumpentaborate with other borate flame retardants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventor: Stephen I. Sallay
  • Patent number: 4468428
    Abstract: Fibrous absorbent webs having a low density (about 0.01 g/cm.sup.3 to about 0.15 g/cm.sup.3) and comprising at least about 50% hydrophilic microfibers, such as cellulose microfibers, having a diameter of from about 0.01 microns to about 15 microns possess superior absorption properties, especially under typical usage conditions.Hydrophobic microfibers may also be used, provided such fibers are hydrophilized before or after web formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Allen D. Early, David W. Cawlfield, Trevor Walker, Paul T. Weisman
  • Patent number: 4446202
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for rendering non-thermoplastic fibers and fibrous compositions flame resistant when contacted with a hot molten material, that involves the application thereto of a flame retardant composition incorporating a water-insoluble, non-phosphorous, solid, particulate mixture of brominated organic compound and a metal oxide or a metal oxide and metal hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: White Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Vladimir Mischutin
  • Patent number: 4433028
    Abstract: A method of treating cellulose di-acetate fibers to reduce the shrinkage characteristics thereof. The fibers are first immersed in a treating solution comprising a nonionic fluorocarbon long chain polymer, an organic thermosetting resin, an acid liberating catalyst and a carrier selected from the group consisting of water, a water soluble organic solvent or a mixture of water and water soluble organic solvent. The fibers are then removed from the solution, dried at a temperature below 300.degree. F. to evaporate the water and/or solvent therefrom and cured at a temperatue above 300.degree. F. to effect polymerization of the resin and cross-linkage between the resin and the polymer. Fibers treated by the method exhibit significantly improved shrinkage characteristics without reductions in tear strength, tensile strength or abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: M.J.H. Converters, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Groelinger
  • Patent number: 4428996
    Abstract: A diaphragm for a speaker formed of a mixture of carbon fiber, pulp and polyvinyl alcohol fiber as a binder with a thermosetting resin on the diaphragm base on which a metal film is provided in the interstices between fibers and on the entire fiber surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 4382111
    Abstract: A method for imparting lubricity to fibers and masses of fibers such as yarn by applying a sublimable lubricating substance to said fibers in an amount sufficient to impart lubricity to said fibers. The preferred sublimable compounds are endo-trimethylenenorbornane, trimethylnorbornane, cyclododecane, adamantane and camphor. The invention also includes novel yarns containing an effective amount of a sublimable lubricating substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignees: Meisei Chemical Works Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kuwayama, Hiroshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 4378226
    Abstract: Electrically conducting fibers are prepared by introducing cyanic groups into a synthetic or natural starting fiber and then subjecting the fiber to a heat treatment with a copper compound, a reducing agent capable of reducing bivalent copper ions to monovalent copper ions, and a sulfur-containing compound capable of discharging a sulfur atom or sulfur ion for reaction with monovalent copper ions adsorbed by the fiber so that copper sulfide is impregnated into the fibers. Heat treatment with the sulfur-containing compound can be simultaneous with or separate from heat treatment with the copper compound and reducing agent. The electrically conducting fibers of the present invention have excellent conductivity, improved washability and are not plagued by the problem of static charging associated with the starting synthetic or natural fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Assignee: Nihon Sanmo Dyeing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinje Tomibe, Reizo Gomibuchi, Kiyofumi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4374176
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent H or CH.sub.3 ; A and A' represent ##STR2## B represents ##STR3## X represents H, NH.sub.4 or an alkali metal; and m and n represent numerals determined by the following formulae, 0.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.25, 5.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.50 and 5.ltoreq.(m+n).ltoreq.50, can impart to fibers or fibrous structures durable excellent antistatic property, water absorption property, softness and pollution-resistant property in a simple heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Assignees: Kanebo, Ltd., Kanebo Synthetic Fibers Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Aoki, Saburo Ohara
  • Patent number: 4370381
    Abstract: Granulocytes are advantageously collected from blood cell suspensions, especially blood or other body fluids, by bringing the blood cell suspensions into contact with a granulocyte-separating material comprising a carrier, such as a fiber, having supported thereon a fatty acid derivative containing a fatty acid moiety having 10 to 22 carbon atoms, whereby granulocytes are adsorbed on the granulocyte-separating material; and then, recovering the adsorbed granulocytes therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunori Horikoshi, Tsutomu Abe
  • Patent number: 4363346
    Abstract: Pneumatic tires are rendered less susceptible to blow or blister defects by providing, in at least one cord reinforcement ply of a tire, a plurality of gas absorbing cords less in number than the reinforcement cords with the reinforcement cords and gas absorbing cords lying in the same general plane and with the gas absorbing cords consisting of staple filaments selected from the group consisting of nylon, rayon, polyester or glass.The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Richard J. Pepe
  • Patent number: 4323625
    Abstract: Composites are disclosed of discontinuous cellulose fibers mixed with a methylol phenolic modified polyolefin and a bonding agent. Treated fibers are also disclosed, which are treated to reduce fiber-to-fiber interaction so as to facilitate mixing into composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Aubert Y. Coran, Raman Patel
  • Patent number: 4322473
    Abstract: This invention relates to organosiloxanes which have SiC-bonded ester groups and contain at least one unit of the general formula: ##EQU1## in which R represents the same or different monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which are free of aliphatic unsaturation and which may contain one ether oxygen atom; R' represents hydrogen or a methyl group (CH.sub.3) and a is 0, 1 or 2. These organosiloxanes can be prepared by hydrolyzing or co-hydrolyzing silanes of the general formula:ROOCCH.sub.2 CH(COOR)CH.sub.2 CHR'CH.sub.2 Si(CH.sub.3).sub.a X.sub.3-a,where R, R' and a are the same as above and X represents the same or different hydrolyzable atoms or groups. Also, they may be prepared by the addition of a diester of allyl succinic acid and/or methallyl succinic acid to an organosiloxane containing Si-bonded hydrogen. These new organosiloxanes may be used as lubricants for inorganic and organic fibers, metal surfaces and as hydraulic fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Hafner, Erich Markl, Ludwig Eibel, Gerhard Kreis, Dietrich Samrowski, Manfred Wick, Bernward Deubzer, Wilhelm Friedrich
  • Patent number: 4317859
    Abstract: Soil-resistant carpet yarns are provided by providing yarns coated with, for example, a fluorochemical and zirconium oxide. Such yarns when used in the manufacture of carpets retain their soil-resistant properties during the carpet dyeing and finishing operation; the zirconium oxide in some way promotes the retention of the fluorochemical on the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: Andrew I. Smith
  • Patent number: 4314001
    Abstract: Water-soluble triazine-nucleated polymeric quaternary ammonium compounds, which are prepared by the interaction of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine with one molecular proportion of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diamine containing at least one tertiary nitrogen atom capable of being quaternized to effect polymerization and then with a second molecular equivalent of the same diamine or a different amine, are useful as mordants for water-soluble dyestuffs on cellulosic fibers; as fixing agents for pigments on cellulosic fibers; as softening agents for fibers; and as surface active agents for effecting aqueous dispersions of pigments and of colorless dyestuff precursors for carbonless duplicating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene P. Wesseler
  • Patent number: 4297407
    Abstract: A finish composition is disclosed for facilitating cotton type spinning of rimped cellulosic fibres comprising:(A) about 10-30% of an ester of a fatty acid with fatty alcohols;(B) about 8-15% of a partial ester of phosphoric acid, wherein part of the acid groups are free or salified;(C) about 50-70% of an oxyalkylated fatty acid;(D) up to 0.5% of a hydrosoluble organic or inorganic alkali metal salt; and(E) the balance to 100% of an alkali metal salt of a fatty acid with 6-20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Snia Viscosa Societa Nazionale Industria Applicazioni Viscosa S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Manca