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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320713 | Treatment of fiber with water containing fine powder of noble metal dispersed therein A method of burning noble metals in high-pressure water using hydrogen and oxygen to produce noble metal micro-dispersion water in which super-fine noble metal particles are dispersed, and use the obtained noble metal micro-dispersion water to treat fiber products i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7060108 | Hair dyeing process Hair can be dyed by applying an oxidizing-agent-free, air-oxidative, one-pack hair dye composition to the hair without mixing the hair dye composition with an oxidizing agent and, after the hair is left over for 5 minutes to 1 hour, rinsing off the hair dye composit... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6905520 | Mineral stains for wood and other substrates According to the invention, a metal salt and an oxygen source are applied to penetrate or impregnate a suitable substrate sequentially in effective amounts so as to react in contact with the substrate and produce a mineral compound fixed within the surface of the su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6814763 | Mediator systems based on mixed metal complexes, used for reducing dyes Mediator systems obtainable by mixing one or more salts of a metal capable of forming a plurality of valence states with at least one amino-containing complexing agent (K1) and at least one hydroxyl-containing but amino-devoid complexing agent (K2) in an alkaline aq... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6797014 | Lighfastness-improvement of dyeings on aluminum oxide layers Process for the production of dyed oxide layers on aluminum or aluminum alloys by dyeing in an aqueous dyebath, rinsing with water and sealing, in which the dyeing is carried out using at least one water-soluble anionic dye (A) which possesses at least one substitue... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6648925 | Coloring agent comprising transition metals The present invention relates to a composition for coloring keratin fibers and a method of using the same. The composition of the present invention contains at least one dye precursor, and one or more clathrate compounds that contain transition metal comp... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6136044 | Stable coloring by in situ formation of micro-particles Micro-particles of transition metals or their compounds can be generated as an integral part of a fiber by first attaching a nucleating agent to the fiber, and then adding a solution of metal ions. The ions are reduced by the nucleating agent in the fiber... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5888251 | Method of coloring hair or eyelashes with compositions which contain metal containing pigments and a copaiba resin Hair upon the scalp or eyelashes are treated with hair coloring or mascara compositions in hair or eyelash coloring methods. The hair is typically colored with a mascara brush to achieve streaking and a non-homogenous coloring of the hair upon the scalp o... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5861045 | Method of dyeing textiles There is provided a method of dyeing cellulosic and/or wool fibers and fabrics in a dyebath containing a dilute solution of tannic acid and/or tannic acid containing products at a proper pH. An exhaust salt is added to the bath to exhaust the tannic acid ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5628799 | Hair dying methods and kits which contain a dopa species, reactive direct dye, and a ferricyanide oxidant A process for dyeing hair by preparing and applying to the hair an aqueous reaction medium comprising a dopa species, a reactive direct dye and an oxidant, said aqueous reaction medium optionally containing at least one hair dyeing agent selected from the... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5603734 | Hair dyeing with persulfate oxidants and catechols A process of dyeing hair by preparing and applying to the hair an aqueous reaction medium buffered to a pH of from 7 to 11 with a bicarbonate or a TRIS buffer, a catalytic quantity of a cupric or ferrous salt, a catechol and a persulfate oxidizing agent a... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5525123 | Composition for simultaneous dyeing and brightening of human hair This invention comprises a hair dyeing composition based on oxidation dyestuff precursors which dyes and brightens the hair containing, besides at least one developing and at least one coupling agent, at least one metal salt and at least one ammonium comp... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5462565 | Process for dyeing delustered polyamide fibers with acid dyestuffs and metal salts The new process for dyeing polyamide fibers with acid dyestuffs, in which small amounts of metal salts are added to the dyebath, gives dyeings having improved lightfastness.... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5443599 | Process for reduction of textile dyestuffs A process comprising the reduction of textile dyestuffs in an aqueous alkaline medium by means of a reducing compound which is a complex of an organic complexing agent and an iron (II)-salt. The iron (II)-salt is present in an amount sufficient to ensure ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5368610 | Use of metal salts and chelates together with chlorites as oxidants in hair coloring The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for oxidative hair dyeing utilizing an oxidative hair dye precursor, and an alkali metal chlorite together with a water soluble copper, iron, manganese or cobalt salt, a chelate of said salts or a mixt... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5346509 | Process for dyeing hair by the sequential treatment of hair with metal ion-containing composition and with a dye composition containing 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid and certain derivatives thereof Process for dyeing human hair by the sequential treatment of the hair with a metal ion and particularly transition metal ion containing composition and with a dye composition containing 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5244469 | Process for preparation of black coloring materials and application thereof: chitosan treated with black extract of lithospermum root A novel black coloring material is obtained by treating a chitosan with a dyestuff of the lithospermum root. If a water-insoluble chitosan is used as the chitosan, a finely divided black coloring material is obtained, and if a gelatinous chitosan salt is ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5163971 | Dyestuff mixtures of metal phthalocyanine and pyridone azo reactive dyes Dyestuff mixtures containing one or more dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## and one or more dyestuffs of the formula ##STR2## in which the substituents have the meanings given in the description are highly suitable for producing green cotton dyei... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5145487 | Methods and compositions to enhance stain resistance of carpet fibers using sulfonated aromatic condensates This invention relates to improved methods and compositions to enhance stain resistance of carpet fiber. The improved methods relate to a continuous aftertreatment for dyed carpet fabric and to two-step processes, either batch-batch, batch-continuous or c... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4992077 | Agent for the oxidative dyeing of hair, method for the preparation of the agent and use of the agent In a method for the oxidative dyeing of human or animal hair a hair dyeing agent is prepared from at least one oxidation dye in creme or gel form, which is adjusted to a pH of 5.9 to 6.9. The preparation is performed with the addition of at least one metal sal... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4981773 | Method for stabilization of organic base substances against light The present invention relates to a method of stabilizing an organic base substance having an absorption mixture in the range of from about 300 nm to about 200 nm, against light, by combining the organic substance and at least one complex of formulae (I), ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4971596 | Process for dyeing hair with hydroxyquinone dyes and metal salts Process for dyeing human keratinous fibres, characterized in that there are applied on these fibres, in separate stages, a composition (A) containing a metal salt chosen from copper, iron, cobalt, magnesium, and silver salts, or mixtures thereof, in a cos... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4960433 | Deposition processes A process for the deposition of a film of an electrophoretic resin upon the surface of a substrate which comprises the steps of (i) electrophoretically depositing from a bath comprising water, a water miscible organic solvent and the resin, a film of the ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4946472 | Hair-dyeing composition and hair-dyeing method using the same Disclosed is a hair-dyeing composition comprising geraniintannin and a water-soluble iron salt and optionally containing one or more selected from tannic acid, L-cysteine and salts thereof, sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium sulfite, hydrolyzed product of co... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4923480 | Opaque tinting of contact lenses with random positions of color depth In opaquing and tinting a contact lens, an opaquing medium is deposited on the lens anterior surface as discrete randomly sized, randomly positioned droplets from a fine mist spray of the medium so that the ultimately formed opaque covering on the lens wi... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4904274 | Coloring hair with aminoalkyl-or aminohydroxyalkyl-catechols A process for coloring hair in which a functional metal ion and aminoalkyl or aminohydroxyalkyl catechols are used in combination or applied sequentially to dye the hair rapidly.... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4765797 | Storable formulations of cationic dyes with oxidizing agent as stabilizer Liquid formulations of mixtures of cationic dyes frequently have a very short storage life. As a consequence, these formulations give rise to customer complaints concerning incorrect dyeing strengths and hues and concerning isoluble constituents. It has n... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4752297 | Process for coloring wood with iron salt in water A process for coloring wood whereby the resulting color will not change or substantially fade upon exposure to long term environmental weathering, which process comprises contacting the wood with an aqueous solution containing 0.01%-10% of an iron salt de... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4720422 | Material for collecting radionuclides and heavy metals A material is, herein disclosed for collecting radionuclides and heavy metals that comprises an acrylic fiber element having MnO2 and/or ferrocyanide compound of the formula K2 MII [Fe(CN)6 ] (wherein MII | 01/19/1988 |
| 4655785 | Process for photochemical stabilization of polyamide and polyurethane fiber materials with metal complex compounds A process for the photochemical stabilization of undyed and dyed polyamide or polyurethane fibre material that is characterized in that the fibre material is treated with a water soluble, organic copper, manganese or nickel complex that displays an affini... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655787 | Deposition processes: incorporating solvent dye into electrophoretic resin on metal surface A process for the deposition of a film of an electrophoretic resin upon the surface of a substrate which comprises the steps of (i) electrophoretically depositing from a bath comprising water, a water miscible organic solvent and the resin, a film of the resin... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4620852 | Grained artificial leather having good color fastness and dyeing method of ultrafine polyamide fibers Artificial leather and a dyeing method therefor; the leather includes ultrafine polyamide fibers and is particularly a grained artificial leather having bright, deep color, good color fastness to dry cleaning with charged soap, a delicate touch free from ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4615837 | Propylene oxide polyadducts containing carboxyl groups and their salts useful as dyeing assistants for dyeing wool fibers A propylene oxide polyadduct containing carboxyl groups, or a salt thereof, obtained from (a) an adduct of propylene oxide and an aliphatic alcohol having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which is at least trihydric, (b) an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride the... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4378312 | Water-soluble azo dyestuffs Water-soluble compounds and their salts suitable as dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## in which D is a benzene or naphthalene nucleus, R1 and R2 are, inter alia, hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and sulfo, R... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4370268 | Reactive dyestuffs Reactive dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## wherein D, R, R1, R2, n, p, R3, R4 and m have the meaning indicated in the description, and their use for dyeing and printing various materials, above all material... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4302199 | Hair dyeing method A method for coloring hair comprising sequentially treating the hair with a solution of water soluble ferric ion salt and with a carboxylic acid solution.... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4274831 | Process for dyeing or printing synthetic fiber materials by means of disperse dyes, and colorant compositions utilizable for this purpose A process of dyeing or printing of synthetic fiber materials by means of disperse dyes carried out in the presence of at least one derivative of a metal having an atomic number in the range of 24 through 30 to prevent or diminish the degradation of the dy... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4147512 | Fixing agent for improving fastness properties of dyeings on polyamide fibers and preparation thereof A fixing agent for improving the fastness properties of dyeings on polyamide fibers being a new condensation product of 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylsulfonesulfonic acid and a lower aliphatic aldehyde, which has a mean molecular we... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4144029 | Nickel stabilizers and dye enhancers for polyolefins Products of the reaction of about 30 to 90 parts by weight of a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are each alkyl radicals having up to 8 carbon atoms at least one of which is branched on the alpha carbon, and R | 03/13/1979 |
