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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5587434 | Process for polymer degradation A process for reacting molten polyolefin with a free radical generator wherein the molten polyolefin passes through an extruder and free radical generator is mixed with the molten polyolefin in increments along the extruder such that any previously added ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5558806 | Surfactant blend of a polyalkleneoxide polysiloxane and an organic compound having a short chain hydrophobic moiety A surfactant blend comprising a polyalkyleneoxide polysiloxane and an organic compound having a hydrophobic moiety containing less than 11 carbon atoms in the main chain or backbone and a method of using the surfactant blend as an adjuvant in pesticide sp... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5542960 | Efficient diesel fuel antifoams of low silicon content The present invention is a class of organosilicone terpolymers which may be used to abate the foaming of diesel fuel at silicon levels below 1.2 ppm. Said silicone terpolymers are modified alkyl phenol derivatives and polyethers grafted on a polysiloxane ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539011 | Use of softening additives in polyurethane foam An amine softening additive is useful in softening all-water blown flexible polyurethane foam to achieve low IFD valves while retaining the other commercially necessary properties of the foam. The additives are tertiary amine polyisocyanate catalysts whic... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5525640 | Silicone surfactants for use in inert gas blown polyurethane foams It has now been found that the use of inert gases as an auxiliary blowing agent in flexible polyurethane foams places unexpected requirements on the composition of the silicone surfactants used in such foams. Typical silicone polyalkylene oxide polyether ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5514827 | Silylated cyclic hydrocarbons and their uses This invention includes di- and tri(alkoxysilylalkyl)- or haloalkoxysilylalkylcyclic pentanes, which may have substituents thereon, including vinyl groups, and their use as waterproofing agents, as crosslinking agents in room temperature vulcanizing silic... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5504054 | Super-spreading, low-foam surfactant for agricultural spray mixtures Methods for preparing and applying agricultural sprays without undue foaming of the spray mixture employ a superspread-promoting, low foaming trisiloxane surfactant. Agricultural spray mixtures with super-spread properties, but limited foaming, comprise (... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5489701 | Process for the preparation of silane polysulfides Sulfur-containing organosilicon compounds useful as coupling agents in vulcanizable rubbers to enhance various properties, including low rolling resistance for automobile tires, are prepared. Preferred compounds include Ω,Ω'-bis (trialkoxysilylalkyl) po... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5472987 | Surfactant composition for flexible polyurethane foam Surfactants for conventional flexible polyurethane foam may be improved by the addition of a minor amount of an organic acid salt.... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5472686 | Cosmetic formulations Conventionally, polyether pendant dimethyl polysiloxane and linear polyether-polysiloxane-polyether block copolymer have been frequently proposed and dominantly used in cosmetic formulations. In this invention, non-hydrolyzing block copolymers comprising ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5466848 | Process for the preparation of silane polysulfides Sulfur-containing organosilicon compounds useful as coupling agents in vulcanizable rubbers to enhance various properties, including low rolling resistance for automobile tires, are prepared. Preferred compounds include Ω, 106 '-bis (trialkoxysilylalkyl)... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466729 | Aqueous silylated epoxy resin dispersion from secondary silanes This invention provides a dispersion composition comprising (a) water and (b) a silylated epoxy resin prepared by reacting (i) a silane having at least two silicon atoms each bearing at least one hydrolyzable group and attached to a secondary amine by a h... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466529 | Polysiloxanes having anionic carboxy, phosphonic or carboxy and sulfonate groups useful as an antistain finish for nylon A method is provided to impart stain resistance to a polyamide substrate, which method comprises contacting the substrate with an anionic polysiloxane selected from the group consisting of (A) a polysiloxane having at least one carboxy group, (B) a polysi... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5439674 | Hair cosmetic material A hair set retaining cosmetic material comprising a polymer complex prepared by (1) reacting an amino group containing polysiloxane having the formula: Am R3-m SiO(R2 SiO)x (QRSiO)y SiR3-n A | 08/08/1995 |
| 5393330 | Cationic emulsions of alkylalkoxysilanes The present invention teaches masonry water repellents comprising aqueous emulsions of alkylalkoxysilanes with either a quaternary ammonium surfactant or a mixture of a quaternary ammonium surfactant with an amino and/or a nonionic surfactant. The alkylal... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5391400 | Aqueous emulsion containing an oxidatively crosslinked aminopolysiloxane An aqueous emulsion composition containing an aminopolysiloxane, a water-soluble oxidant such as hydrogen peroxide and its salts, water and optionally a hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane, which emulsion imparts slickness and durability to a fibrous substrat... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5364924 | Substituted ureas containing cyclic amines as chain extenders in polymeric systems Diamino ureas having the formula ##STR1## wherein each ring is saturated and includes 3-5 carbon atoms and n alkyl substituents R of 1-4 carbon atoms each and n for each ring is 1-4, a method of using these materials as chain extending agents in the ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5360571 | Surfactant compositions Synergistic surfactant compositions. Polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene copolymers in which the polyether pendants bear carboxylic acid groups or salts of carboxylic acid groups are demonstrated to have synergystic interactions with anionic and cationic organic... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359109 | Surface-active siloxane coating compounds and their use in coatings The present invention provides a class of surface-active siloxane compounds each having a single reactive alkoxysilane moiety. The siloxane compounds are linear or cyclic and are reactive to moisture and to compositions having hydroxyl-functionality.... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5354830 | Vulcanizable one-component polysiloxanes Linear polysiloxanes containing alkylhydrosiloxane units, alkylvinylsiloxane units, and dialkylsiloxane units which polysiloxanes are siloxy-endblocked that are useful as vulcanizable one-component precursors for silicone elastomer compositions, a process... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5338352 | Process for the emulsification of polydimethyl siloxane oils, organomodified siloxane oils and organic oil using non-ionic surfactants A process for preparing an oil-in-water emulsion is provided, which process comprises mixing and heating a water-insoluble organomodified polysiloxane oil or an organic oil, an organomodified silicone emulsifier, water and an alkaline metal salt above the... | 08/16/1994 |