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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4104460 | Method for treating seaweed with hydrogen peroxide or hydrogen peroxide compound A method is disclosed for stripping off the outer skin of seaweed with hydrogen peroxide or a hydroperoxide compound, which is suitable for use in preparing seaweed powder or algin from the seaweed.... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4098615 | Method of manufacturing a resin-like material by crosslinking a saccharide-containing substance with glyoxal and controlling the reaction by the use of an alkali halide Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a resin-like material suitable for formed articles by cross-linking a saccharide-containing substance with glyoxal in water by controlling, by accelerating or retarding, the rate of the crosslinking reaction b... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4098859 | Method of manufacturing a bonded particulate article by reacting a polyol and a polyaldehyde Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a bonded particulate article by admixing particulate material with a binder system, the binder system being formed by admixing a polyol selected from the group comprising a saccharide, a saccharide polymer, an... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4076930 | Polysaccharide polyols Hydroxyalkyl ethers of hydroxyalkoxy polysaccharides are prepared by reacting the corresponding polysaccharide first with an epoxide in an aqueous alkaline medium, and then with an epoxide in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst in a nonaqueous, nonalcoh... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4073653 | Printing paste compositions containing sodium cellulose sulfate, and processes therefor Sodium cellulose sulfate can be used alone, or in combination with other natural or synthetic gums, as thickening agents for fabric printing paste compositions containing acid dyes. The printing paste is applied in the usual manner, and then the printed g... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4043952 | Surface treatment process for improving dispersibility of an absorbent composition, and product thereof The aqueous dispersibility of a water-absorbent composition of matter is improved by a surface treatment which ionically complexes the surface thereof to a moderate degree. A dispersion is formed comprising a water-absorbent composition of matter based on... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4034764 | Smoking material and method for its preparation An improved smoking material is provided by the treatment of a film-forming carbohydrate material with ozone. In accordance with the present disclosure, a film-forming carbohydrate material, for example, polysaccharide is contacted, under controlled condi... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4013629 | Art of catalyzing the reaction between a polyol and a polyaldehyde An inorganic alkali halide is employed in a binder system to catalyze the reaction between glyoxal and polyhydroxyl compounds while permitting a controlled reaction rate and control of properties. The binder system has shown good utility as a foundry core... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4013820 | Universally useable tableting ingredients Known polymers of a defined class are converted into a universally useable tableting ingredient that provides controlled release of a drug from tablets made with this material. The new material is made in a rapidly stirred, nonaqueous solvent in a one-ste... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4003792 | Conjugates of acid polysaccharides and complex organic substances This invention relates to chemical conjugates of acid polysaccharides and biochemically active complex organic molecules and particularly to such conjugates which are capable of forming soluble sodium salts and insoluble calcium salts.... | 01/18/1977 |
| 4000127 | Carboxymethylated derivatives of polysaccharide and detergent compositions containing same Carboxymethylated derivatives of polysaccharide compounds such as starch are disclosed which have improved sequestering properties and are useful as water softeners as well as detergency builders in detergent compositions. The compounds are water-soluble ... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3998974 | Comestibles containing non-nutritive flavoring Nonnutritive flavor imparting compounds of the general formula (F--Z)n C wherein F is an active flavor imparting agent, C is a controlling agent for transporting and essentially restricting absorption of the compound (F--Z)n C in a b... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997508 | Improvements in treatment of high-molecular-weight water-soluble compounds with glyoxal A process for the manufacture of finely-powdered, water-soluble without formation of lumps, high-molecular weight compounds, preferably modified natural polymers, comprising dry mixing the finely-powdered high-molecular weight compounds to be treated with... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3948881 | Process for the production of alkylene glycol alginates An improved process for the production of alkylene glycol alginates from seaweeds of the Class Phaeophyceae by treating with a dilute aqueous solution of a strong acid, washing the solid residue, optionally but preferably neutralizing only part of the fre... | 04/06/1976 |
