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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7276085 | Methods of treating and cleaning fibers, carpet yarns and carpets Methods of enhancing stain resistance of fibers, carpet yarns and carpets are disclosed. In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of treating fiber, yarn or carpet comprising applying an aqueous treating composition to fiber, yarn or carpet, wherein the aque... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7198638 | Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis is provided. The graft included in the stent-graft is a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a warp knit pattern of interlacing ya... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6863697 | Process for enhancing the absorbency of a fabric having conjugate yarns In a preferred embodiment, the present process involves subjecting a fabric having splittable conjugate yarns both to an acidic treatment and to a basic treatment, each of which erodes a portion of the components of the conjugate yarns. The acid treatment, given cer... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6814758 | Process for protecting dyed nylon fibers from colorants and chemical agents Nylon fibers are protected from colorant staining by treating them with at least 2% we/wt (weight dry SAC/weight dry nylon fiber) of sulfonated aromatic aldehyde condensation product. The treated fibers are then fixed by the wet heat method. ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6736856 | Crosslinked acrylic moisture absorbing fibers and production methods thereof The invention provides a production method capable of reducing the amount of the chemical liquid (hydrazine and sodium carbonate, etc.) for applying a crosslinking treatment and a hydrolytic treatment, capable of shortening the treatment time, and capable of obtaini... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6293972 | Process for fluorinating cellulosic materials and fluorinated cellulosic materials In the fluorinated cellulosic material obtained by a method for fluorinating a cellulosic material by reacting a cellulosic material selected from the group consisting of cellulose material and lignocellulose material with at least one fluorine-containing... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6045680 | Process for making thermally stable metal coated polymeric monofilament or yarn A polymeric yarn to be coated with electroless nickel is pretreated with an acid and a surfactant to render the yarn surfaces water wettable and not substantially mechanically degraded. All surfaces of yarn formed of polymeric monofilament fibers are coat... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5843191 | Process for bleaching fabrics The present invention relates to the bleaching of fabrics with a hypochlorite-containing composition. The well-known prejudice against using hypochlorite bleaches to bleach synthetic fabrics because of the resulting fabric yellowing is addressed by the pr... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5837011 | Method for making metal oxide textiles for spectral emitters Several new and useful compositions of rare earth oxides and mixtures of rare earth oxides are made into strong flexible fibrous textiles and strands. By varying the mixtures of rare earth metal oxides that make up the textiles and strands, the emission s... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5795487 | Process to manufacture stabilized alkali or alkaline earth metal hypobromite and uses thereof in water treatment to control microbial fouling The invention is a method for preparing a stabilized aqueous alkali or alkaline earth metal hypobromite solution. The method comprises the steps of: a. Mixing an aqueous solution of alkali or alkaline earth metal hypochlorite having from about 5 percent t... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5683654 | Process to manufacture stabilized alkali or alkaline earth metal hypobromite and uses thereof in water treatment to control microbial fouling The invention is a method for preparing a stabilized aqueous alkali or alkaline earth metal hypobromite solution. The method comprises the steps of: a. Mixing an aqueous solution of alkali or alkaline earth metal hypochlorite with a water soluble bromide ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5656037 | Reaction products of magnesium acetate and hydrogen peroxide for imparting antibacterial activity to fibrous substrates The preparation of water-insoluble, bactericidal, peroxide-containing products, by reaction of magnesium acetate with hydrogen peroxide, and products obtained are disclosed. Processes for application and deposition of these reaction products on natural, s... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5630846 | Agent for treating textile, method for treating textile and treated textile The present invention provides an agent for treating textile having a combination of a modifying agent and a fixing agent, wherein the modifying agent is a fluorine-containing phosphoric acid derivative represented by the formula wherein R1 and... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5571444 | Textile treatment A textile treatment composition which comprises; a textile binding agent which forms a chemical bond with the outer layer of the textile according to the formula (Ia): ##STR1## and, a barrier agent which forms a chemical bond with the textile binding... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5539037 | Spandex containing certain alkali metal salts An alkali metal salt additive in very low concentration in spandex (e.g., 0.02-0.25%) increases the heat set efficiency of spandex. The anion of the salt is a carboxylate having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or thiocyanate.... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5476518 | Process for producing two-toned lustrous effects in dyed fabrics A process for treating a dyed, velvet fabric is disclosed wherein two-toned color effects between the pile and the fabric backing are achieved. The preferred fabric comprises a cellulosic (cotton or rayon) or synthetic fiber weave backing dyed preferably ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5397483 | Composition for sizing textiles and process using same A composition and process for formulating a size and for sizing and desizing textiles using an inorganic compound are provided. One inorganic compound that may be used is basic aluminum chloride. The use of basic aluminum chloride in a size formulation cr... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5306782 | Surface-modified polyacrylonitrile fibrous substrates A surface-modified fibrillated fiber composition is disclosed herein which comprises polyacrylonitrile homopolymer or copolymer and a surface of pendant N-haloamide groups. Also disclosed is a process for the production of said composition.... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5230708 | Methods and compositions to enhance stain resistance of nylon carpet fibers: thlocyanate to reduce yellowing 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... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5199953 | Process for reducing discoloration of cellulosic fibers, treated at a high temperature with a solution of a polycarboxylic acid and boric acid or borate A process for reducing discoloration of fibrous cellulosic material, treated at temperatures above about 175° C. with a treating solution of a polycarboxylic acid and a phosphate salt curing catalyst, comprises adding to the treating solution an inorgani... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5155174 | Surface-modified polyacrylonitrile fibrous substrates A surface-modified fibrillated fiber composition is disclosed herein which comprises polyacrylonitrile homopolymer or copolymer and a surface of pendant N-haloamide groups. Also disclosed is a process for the production of said composition.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5152803 | Methods and compositions to enhance stain resistance of carpet fibers with water-soluble thiocyanate 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... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5110317 | Methods and compositions to enhance stain resistance of dyed nylon carpet fibers: thiocyanate to reduce yellowing 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... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5049159 | Deodorizing material and process for producing the same: cellulose fibers treated with copper hydroxide or zinc hydroxide colloid solution This invention is concerned with a process for producing deodorizing cellulose fibers on which a considerable amount of copper hydroxide and/or zinc hydroxide is fixed highly strongly, which process is characterized in that cellulose fibers are allowed to... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4996098 | Coated cation exchange fabric and process A coated cation exchanged fabric having as its base a fluorinated cation exchange resin, oriented at least 1x, in alkali metal salt form and as its coating an unoriented or oriented melt-fabricable precursor of the same salt-form fluorinated cation exchan... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4990228 | Cation exchange membrane and use A fluorinated cation exchange membrane made using reinforcement of oriented, hydrolyzed fabric of a cation exchange copolymer, the fabric having a coating of a melt-processible precursor or derivative of a fluorinated cation exchange resin on at least one... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4988364 | Coated cation exchange yarn and process A sheath/core yarn having as its core a fluorinated cation exchange resin, oriented at least 1x, in alkali metal salt form and as its sheath an unoriented or oriented melt-fabricable precursor or derivative of the same salt-form fluorinated cation exchang... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4875901 | Treating fibrous polyamide articles A method for providing fibrous polyamide materials with stain resistance is provided. The method comprises contacting the fibrous polyamide materials with an aqueous solution comprising a normally solid, water-soluble, partially sulfonated novolak resin, ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4865615 | Process for improving the properties of cotton textile materials A process for the treatment of textile materials consisting of or containing natural vegetable or animal fibres, in which (a) ketatolytic liquid is allowed to act on the textile material, and then washed out, then preferably the material is further treate... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4840636 | Modifying the surface of the interior pore walls of objects such as membranes with gas activated by partial brush discharge A stream of gas is forced through the pores of an object and either the gas itself or a component thereof is electrically activated through partial brush discharge such that reaction products will modify the surface of the pore walls as the gas flows thro... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4808188 | Polyester fibers, yarns and fabrics with enhanced hydrophilicity and method of producing same with borohydride anions and lithium cations The present invention relates to products with enhanced hydrophilicity produced by treating polyester materials such as fibers, yarns and fabrics with aqueous solutions or dispersions of metal hydrides or complex metal hydrides.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4775383 | Method of treating fiber A polyester fiber suitable for reinforcing resin can be obtained by subjecting a fiber obtained by melt-spinning a polyester which exhibits anisotropy in its molten state to (a) a treatment comprising adhering to the fiber a solution of an epoxy group-con... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4773912 | Process for increasing the performance of pleated silk or wool by treatment with keratolytic liquor and impregnating with glazing powder and heating A process for the treatment of textile materials consisting of or containing natural vegetable or animal fibres, in which (a) ketatolytic liquid is allowed to act on the textile material, and then washed out, then preferably the material is further treate... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4722979 | Differential acid dyeing of polyamide A method for producing a differentially dyeable polyamide is disclosed. Polyamides produced according to the process of this invention will have distinct areas thereon that show varying degrees of receptivity to acid dyes and can thereby be differentially... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4681591 | Process for producing an electromagnetic radiation-shielding, metallized polyester fiber textile material An improved process for producing an electromagnetic radiation-shielding, metallized polyester fiber textile material comprising the steps of: pre-treating a textile material containing at least 15% by weight of polyester fibers with an aqueous solution o... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4603178 | Differential acid dyeing of polyamide reacted with N-halogenating agent A method for producing a differentially dyeable polyamide is disclosed. The method comprises selectively reacting a polyamide's free amines with an N-halogenating agent. Polyamides produced according to the process of this invention will have distinct are... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4600407 | Process for the production of swellable filaments, fibers and shaped structures of acrylic polymers, and the products obtained thereby The invention relates to a process for the production of swellable filaments, fibers and shaped structures of acrylic polymer, by reacting the free carboxyl groups of the filament-forming substance with substances which react in a basic manner, with water... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4582510 | Stabilized dithionite solutions Guar and xanthan gums are used as additives to sodium dithionite aqueous solutions for enhancing the stability of such solutions when in contact with air and used for vat dyeing of textiles and bleaching. The gums are added at levels of 0.1-0.2% by wt. an... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4524041 | Processes for preparing thermostable fibers and filaments The invention relates to continuous processes for preparing dimethylformamide-insoluble acrylic filaments and fibers which incur a weight loss of at most 20, preferably 15% on being heated up to 400° C., by spinning appropriate polymer solutions, treatin... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4396389 | Method of manufacturing a fabric having soil-release properties, particularly forming fabrics used in papermaking machines and cellulose machines, and filter cloths used in the papermaking and cellulose industries and related industries A method of improving the soil-repellant properties of fabrics such as forming fabrics used in papermaking and cellulose machines, and filter cloths used in pa;permaking and cellulose industries and related industries. The improvement in accordance with t... | 08/02/1983 |
