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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4164395 | Peroxygen bleaching and compositions therefor A process of removing soil and/or stains from fabrics by immersing the fabrics in a peroxygen bleach bath containing as a peroxygen activator a sulfonyl oxime. Also described are dry blend compositions containing the bleach bath components.... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4141685 | Method of bleaching textile fibers and activated bath for the cold bleaching of such fibers A sodium chlorite bath for the bleaching of textile fibers, e.g. cotton, is activated by one or more bisulfite derivatives of an organic-reducing compound having one or more aldehyde or ketone functional groups and which are capable of forming bisulfitic ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4120651 | Disulfones as peroxygen activators A process of removing soil and/or stains from fabrics by immersing the fabrics in a peroxygen bleach bath containing as a peroxygen activator a disulfone of the formula wherein R and R1, which may be alike or different, are each selected from t... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4106979 | Preparation of paper pulps from dicotyledonous plants Paper pulp is prepared from dicotyledonous plants by stirring said plants in an alkaline solution in the presence of a surfactant and stain inhibiting agent to obtain a stock containing a woody core fraction and a bark fraction containing bast fibers, sep... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4102642 | Treatment of fabric comprising cotton or keratinous fibers for shrink resistance A fabric comprising cotton and/or keratinous fibers, e.g., wool, is treated to impart wash and wear characteristics including dimensional stability by contact of said fabric with hot, aqueous, relatively concentrated solution of a sulfite for a time suffi... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4076795 | Hydrosulfite production An improved method for producing iron hydrosulfite liquor by reduction of sulfur dioxide with metallic iron is disclosed. Also disclosed are improvements in the conversion of the iron hydrosulfite liquor to produce sodium hydrosulfite bleach liquors.... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4066390 | Stable hydrosulfite compositions A stable hydrosulfite composition particularly useful for treating a dyed or tinted textile is provided by a homogeneous particulate admixture of a hydrosulfite, a pH builder salt and a pH buffer salt, and either detergent or stabilizer, or both.... | 01/03/1978 |
| 3985674 | Stabilized sodium dithionite solutions Sodium dithionite bleaching solutions for groundwood pulps which require no additional chemicals for pH adjustment prior to direct application to the pulps, based on zinc-derived or formate-derived sodium dithionite and containing small percentages of at ... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3962030 | Bleaching wood pulp with sodium hydrosulfite in the presence of hexamethylenetetramine A process for bleaching wood pulp with sodium hydrosulfite in the presence of at least 2 weight percent of hexamethylenetetramine based upon the weight of sodium hydrosulfite.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3960649 | Wood pulp bleaching composition containing sodium hydrosulfite and hexamethylenetetramine An aqueous composition for bleaching wood pulp containing sodium hydrosulfite, and at least 2 weight percent hexamethylenetetramine based upon the weight of sodium hydrosulfite, wherein the solution has a pH between about 4 and about 11. The hexamethylene... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3954652 | Bleaching agent Reductive bleaching agents which contain alkali metal sulfites and zinc oxide or soluble zinc salts.... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3933676 | Stabilized aqueous solutions of sodium borohydride This invention relates to stabilized aqueous solutions of sodium borohydride containing soluble zinc in the form of sodium zincate. They may contain from about 35 to about 46.9 percent sodium hydroxide and from about 9.35 to about 12.9 percent sodium boro... | 01/20/1976 |
