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Class 536/60 - Xanthate or viscose


Subclass of Class 536 - Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Definition: Compounds which are cellulose derivatives that include the
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 08/30/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6936136Amino-functionalized pulp fibers
The disclosed invention is directed to pulp fibers suitable for forming a wet-laid paper product which include amino-functionality which is non-extractable in an aqueous phase. The pulp fibers may be prepared by applying an amino-functional additive to a fibrous web...
08/30/2005
6538130Manufacture of viscose and of articles therefrom
In the manufacture of viscose, and an elongate cellulose member such as standard viscose rayon fibre, with reduced alkali ratio from dissolving-grade cellulose such as wood pulp by irradiation with a high energy beam at a dose of 1-30 kGy, steeping in aqu...
03/25/2003
6515121Method of manufacturing and collecting cellulosic particles
Cellulosic fibrids can be made by mixing together under turbulent conditions viscose and a coagulating and regenerating liquor containing preformed fibrids to form a suspension of fibrids in a spent liquor, and collecting the fibrids from the spent liquor...
02/04/2003
6475419Auxiliary agent for the production of cellulose fibers
Methods of preparing cellulose materials, which methods comprise (a) reacting a cellulosic material with a first basic component to form alkli cellulose; (b) reacting the alkali cellulose with carbon disulfide and a second basic component to form a cellul...
11/05/2002
6392033Method for viscose production
A process for producing viscose wherein the caustic soda used previously in the alkalization of electron-untreated cellulose can be used in the alkalization of electron-treated cellulosic material, provided the level of dispersed solids in the caustic sod...
05/21/2002
6262299Zwitterionic monomer having amino-multicarboxylic acid functionality
A zwitterionic monomer having amino-multicarboxylic acid functionality having Structure (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 is (CH2)n...
07/17/2001
6045587Method of reducing color and polymerization decay of cellulose viscose
A method of reducing color and polymerization decay of cellulose viscose includes the step of permeating a 1,3-phenylene-bis 2-oxazoline as a polymerization anti-decay additive during dissolving a cellulose in water and a solvent to form a cellulose visco...
04/04/2000
5880278Composition containing cellulose formate, capable of forming an elastic, thermoreversible gel
A composition containing cellulose formate and a solvent system. At a temperature at least equal to a value Tf the composition is a solution, and at a temperature appreciably less than Tf the composition is an elastic, thermoreversib...
03/09/1999
5454973Stable dispersible mineral acid slurry of benzidine derivatives
Mineral acid slurries of benzidine derivatives having high stability are provided by incorporating into such slurries a polysaccharide....
10/03/1995
5358679Manufacture of regenerated cellulosic fiber by zinc free viscose process
A process for the production of rayon fibers. The viscose solution is spun into a spinbath which is acidic in character but has no zinc salt like conventional baths. The spin bath contains sulphuric acid, aluminum sulphate and sodium sulphate. The spinnin...
10/25/1994
5032682Silated polysaccharides
Silated polysaccharides having 0.005 to 2.0 silyl molar substitution per anhydrosaccharide unit form water resistant films when cast from aqueous solution and dried in the presence of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These films are soluble in aqueous caustic....
07/16/1991
4959466Partially esterified polysaccharide (PEP) fat substitutes
Partially esterified oligosaccharides and polysaccharides (PEPs) of the formula [P--O--R)x ]n, where P is a polysaccharide having n=3-50 (preferably 3-10) C4 -C8 saccharide units, y is 0-4 (preferably 1 or 2), R...
09/25/1990
4904258Biocompatible, hydrophilic material, method of manufacture and uses of same
A biocompatible hydrophilic material is based on purified cellulose, from which material all or the majority of the water has been removed and which has a modulable potential for water recovery of up to an amount of water of approximately 60%. The materia...
02/27/1990
4902792Fine cellulose particles and process for production thereof
A process for producing fine cellulose particles, which comprises (1) mixing viscose with a water-soluble anionic polymeric compound or polyethylene glycol or its derivative to form a dispersion of fine particles of viscose, (2) (i) heating the dispersion or m...
02/20/1990
4703117Process for isolating microbial polysaccharides from their fatty amine adducts
Microbial polysaccharides can be liberated from their fatty amine adducts by treating these adducts in the presence of an alcohol with a salt of ammonia or of a highly volatile amine which is soluble in this alcohol or thermally readily dissociated. It is...
10/27/1987
4443596Viscose rayon filment yarn and process for producing same
A viscose rayon filament yarn excellent in resistance to deterioration with time and uniform in boiling water shrinkage factor in the longitudinal direction of yarn which has been produced by a continuous spinning process characterized by spinning out a v...
04/17/1984
4410693Process for preparing cellulose derivatives
Cellulose derivatives having a controlled molecular weight are prepared by adjusting oxygen concentration as measured by analyzing the quantity of oxygen in the head space of the reaction vessel to a level such that the cellulose derivative prepared there...
10/18/1983
4409384Viscose preparation using low concentration caustic
A process for the production of an acceptably filterable viscose from cellulose whereby cellulose is treated with an aqueous solution containing 13 to 16 weight percent NaOH, peroxide aged, xanthated and dissolved in dilute aqueous NaOH....
10/11/1983
4405324Absorbent cellulosic structures
Absorbent, coherent, flexible structures in the form of fibrous webs and porous sponges comprising cellulose derivatives having a DS of between about 0.05 and about 0.35 whereby upon application to the body and wet with aqueous body liquids, the protrudin...
09/20/1983
4373098Process for converting cellulose directly into alkali cellulose
A direct process for converting cellulose into alkali cellulose for subsequent production of a filterable viscose by combining particles of cellulose with the largest 1% of the particles having a minimum size Y of less than 600 microns and the bulk densit...
02/08/1983
4368078Process for the preparation of viscose and process for the spinning of the viscose thus obtained
A process for the xanthation of alkali-cellulose comprises the reaction of he alkali-cellulose with CS2 in excess with respect to the desired xanthate substitution degree at a pressure which increases from the initial 110 mm Hg to about 400-500 ...
01/11/1983
4342600Process for the manufacture of viscoses
The invention provides a process for the manufacture of viscoses from hemicellulose-containing cellulose pulps without requiring dialysis equipment. By addition of substances having a cross-linking or blocking action on the active groups of hemicellulose ...
08/03/1982
4340429Process for improving the filterability of viscoses
The invention provides a process for improving the solution state (filterability) of viscoses, wherein mashing of the alkali cellulose-xanthate with dilute sodium hydroxide solution or water and/or dissolving of the xanthate by agitation, disintegration o...
07/20/1982
4289875Process for continuous filtration and aging of xanthated alkali cellulose
A process for the continuous filtration and aging of a viscose solution comprising xanthated alkali cellulose (XAC) is described wherein the XAC is continuously passed in a downstream direction through a series of aging tanks and a series of filter means....
09/15/1981
4287334Process for manufacturing viscose
Process for manufacturing viscose solutions having good filterability and producing low amounts of sulfide gases during subsequent spinning; said process comprising treating cellulose with a first alkali metal hydroxide solution in a first alkalization st...
09/01/1981
4284765Automatic aging analyzer using a motor having a constant torque
This invention relates to a process and apparatus for the manufacture of viscose products which includes a motor means having a constant torque in the viscose during ripening wherein the resistance on said motor means changes as the viscose ripens because...
08/18/1981
4270914Process for controlling hemicellulose concentration during the mercerization of cellulose
The disadvantages stemming from a high content of hemicellulose in recirculated sodium hydroxide solutions used for the mercerization of cellulose in the preparation of viscose are reduced or eliminated by subjecting at least a part of the spent sodium hy...
06/02/1981
4215212Regenerated cellulose containing cross linked sodium lignate or sodium lignosulfonate
Regenerated cellulose products containing formaldehyde cross linked sodium lignate or sodium lignosulfonate in an amount of from about 1% to about 40% by weight based on the weight of the cellulose in the product are prepared by mixing one of the cross li...
07/29/1980
4210747Process for the preparation of viscose
A process for the preparation of viscose by adding to cellulose pulp, manufactured by alkali cooking without prehydrolysis or by acid cooking without alkali extraction, steeping lye and an organic compound, steeping the pulp to form alkali cellulose, agin...
07/01/1980
4158698Apparatus for continuous xanthation and production of viscose spinning solution
A continuous feed of alkali cellulose (AKC) is partially xanthated, and then dissolved and further xanthated to form a viscose solution, while passing continuously through a series of connected reactors and slurry vessels, wherein slurries of carbon disul...
06/19/1979
4145533Method for recycling regenerated cellulose scrap
A method for recycling regenerated cellulose scrap such as uncoated cellophane and rayon produced in the viscose process. The regenerated cellulose scrap is first shredded into relatively small flakes and then emulsion-xanthated at a temperature ranging f...
03/20/1979
4136255Process for making solutions of cellulosic compounds
A solution of cellulose or cellulose derivative suitable for spinning, extruding or other shaping process is prepared by steeping unaged cellulose or a cellulosic derivative a plurality of times, consecutively, subsequently shredding and then aging prior ...
01/23/1979
4098996Regenerated cellulose film recovery process
Waste raw uncoated and/or coated (such as saran, nitrocellulose and vinyl) regenerated cellulose film is treated to recover its plasticizer and cellulose components for recycling in the manufacture of regenerated cellulose film. The platicizer is first re...
07/04/1978
4081593Process for producing phosphazene fire retardant
A process for producing fire retardant phosphonitrilate polymers by reacting phosphonitrilic halide with a hydroxyl compound such as an aliphatic or aromatic alcohol at not more than about 40° C in the presence of an acid acceptor, such as pyridine, unde...
03/28/1978
4076934Method for controlling oxygen level during continuous xanthation of alkali cellulose
The amount of oxygen present during the continuous xanthation of alkali cellulose with carbon disulfide is narrowly controlled by continuously purging the alkali cellulose with nitrogen prior to entry of the alkali cellulose into the xanthator. Preferably...
02/28/1978
4075028Composition for treating cellulose-containing fibrous materials and method of producing composition for treating cellulose-containing materials
The composition proposed in the present invention is a cellulose gel consisting of no less than 13 wt.% of hemicelluloses in an aqueous solution of a compound selected from the group consisting of carbamide, thiocarbamide, alkyl-substituted thiocarbamide ...
02/21/1978
4037039Process for continuous xanthation and production of viscose spinning solution
A continuous feed of alkali cellulose (AKC) is partially xanthated, and then dissolved and further xanthated to form a viscose solution, while passing continuously through a series of connected reactors and slurry vessels, wherein slurries of carbon disul...
07/19/1977
 
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