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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364595 | Composition for hair bleaching or hair dyeing Provided is a hair bleach or dye composition containing an amino-modified silicone, a highly polymerized silicone having a number-average degree of polymerization of 1000 or greater, a cationic polymer and an oxidizing agent. The hair bleach or dye compositio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7320711 | Dyestuff for keratin fibers The colorant for keratin fibers contains direct and/or oxidative dyes as well as a perfume system consisting of an encapsulated perfume and an unencapsulated perfume of the same composition. The ratio of encapsulated perfume to unencapsulated perfume is equal to abo... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7148066 | Dye solutions for use in methods to detect the prior evaporation of anhydrous ammonia and the production of illict drugs Systems and methods providing for the introduction of a dye, particularly a xanthene dye, and more particularly a rhodamine dye, to liquid anhydrous ammonia to discourage theft of the anhydrous ammonia and provide for leak detection in storage vessels. The dye will ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7044986 | Hair dye compositions Hair dye compositions comprise (A) ammonia or an ammonium salt, (B) a carbonate (other than an ammonium salt), (C) a transition metal salt, and (D) a chelating agent, and have a pH of from 8.5 to 12. They do not give off an intensely irritating odor and have low irr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004980 | Hair dye composition Provided is a one-part air-oxidative hair dye composition containing (A) 5,6-dihydroxyindoline-2-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, (B) an alkali agent selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonia, guanidine, basic amino acids and carbonates, and (C)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6042616 | Method for processing cellulose fiber-containing textile fabrics A method for finishing a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric comprises treating a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric with liquid ammonia, applying a resin finishing agent to said fabric, subjecting subsequently to either or both of a hot cale... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5846266 | Fabric printing By using printing pastes containing thiourea dioxide together with finely dispersed calcium, magnesium or zinc hydroxide, present in the paste as such or generated from components in the printing paste during a treatment process, fabric discharge printing... | 12/08/1998 |
| 4451262 | After-treatment of finished, cellulose-containing fibrous materials with liquid ammonia A process for finishing cellulose-containing fibrous material, in which (a) commercially available textile finishing agents are applied to the fibrous material and fixed, (b) the material is subsequently washed and dried, if necessary, and (c) the textile... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4304566 | Process for the dyeing of wool with reactive dyestuffs A process for the dyeing of textiles consisting of wool without anti-felt finish or wool having an anti-felt finish in the form of a coating of a polyimine resin or a polyacrylic resin, or textiles containing such wool, with reactive dyes according to the... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4099911 | Ammonia processing of fabrics-effective removal of residual ammonia The disclosure relates to equipment and techniques for the removal from fabrics of excess residual ammonia, remaining in the fabric after liquid ammonia processing. The process involves contacting the opposed surfaces of the fabric with a thin film of wat... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4074969 | Process for recovery and reuse of ammonia in a liquid ammonia fabric treating system The disclosure is directed to a system for the recovery of spent ammonia, in connection with the processing of fabrics and the like with liquid ammonia, and concerns particularly the elimination from the recovered ammonia of undesired water. Economic proc... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4066387 | Method of improving the sorption capacity of polymers A method of improving the sorption capacity of a substantially hydrophobic, thermoplastic polymer, which comprises introducing into the polymer a halogen by contacting the polymer with a solution containing the halogen under conditions which avoid chemica... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4057389 | Process for the printing with developing dyes Cellulosic material is printed with a paste containing the alkaline solution of a coupler, the dispersion of a diazotable aromatic amine, a nitrite and a thickener, and the dyestuff is developed on the fiber by adding solutions of organic acids and, after... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4030881 | Coloration process Process for the coloration of aromatic polyester or cellulose triacetate textile materials which comprises applying to the said textile material by an aqueous dyeing, padding or printing process a disperse dyestuff which contains at least two carboxylic a... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4030883 | Process for treating natural polyamide fibres of asymmetric structure, such as wool, with liquid ammonia This invention relates to a process for treating natural polyamidic fibres of asymmetric structure, particularly wool, with liquid ammonia, in which a nucleophilic substance is added to said liquid ammonia. The treatment time is thus reduced and the dye a... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4011043 | Liquid ammonia dyeing process This invention relates to a process of dyeing natural or synthetic polyamidic textile materials, textile materials composed of polyacrylic polymers, textile materials composed of polyester and textile materials composed of chlorinated hydrocarbons, in whi... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3948490 | Method for mixing volatile liquid with non-volatile material A method and apparatus for mixing and feeding a volatile liquid, such as liquid ammonia, with a non-volatile material, such as a fabric finisher; the method comprising the steps of feeding the liquid to a mixing vessel and, by volatilizing a portion of th... | 04/06/1976 |