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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6802871 | Composition for pretreating fiber materials Compositions which, as well as water, contain certain sulfonate salts or polyhydric alcohols together with ethoxylated/propoxylated alcohols and ethoxylated alcohols are useful for pretreating textile sheet materials. Further ingredients also render them useful for ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6676710 | Process for treating textile substrates A process for treating a textile substrate, the process including the steps of providing a textile substrate; providing a treatment bath; entraining a transport material in the treatment bath wherein the transport material further comprises a treatment ma... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6630342 | Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures The present invention provides methods for high-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compati... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6551358 | Alkaline enzyme scouring of cotton textiles The invention relates to a process for treatment of cellulosic material, as for example, knitted or woven cotton fabric, comprising the steps of preparing an aqueous enzyme solution comprising pectinase, treating the cellulosic material with an effective ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6544297 | Single-bath biopreparation and dyeing of textiles The present invention provides methods for single-bath biopreparation and dyeing of cellulosic fibers, which are carried out by contacting the fibers simultaneously or sequentially with a bioscouring enzyme, preferably pectinase, protease, and/or lipase, ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541442 | Highly alkaline compositions containing a hexyl glycoside as a hydrotrope The present invention relates to a clear and stable, highly alkaline composition with controlled foaming, containing a high amount of surface active nonionic alkylene oxide adduct and a hexyl glycoside as a hydrotrope. This composition has a very good wet... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537326 | Method for significantly enhancing the quality of scoured wool and machinery for achieving those enhancements A wool or the like fiber scour including at least one of the following, (a) scouring process wherein the fiber is subjected to an acid extraction process to remove absorbed iron, and by to greatly improve the brightness (Y tristimulus value) of the wool; ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6524349 | Maintaining the hydrophobicity of a polyolefin textile A method for maintaining the hydrophobicity of a hydrophobic polyolefin textile material over time and use. The method includes providing a solution having a pH level between 3.5 and 5.9, subjecting the hydrophobic polyolefin textile material to the solut... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6409770 | Bleaching and washing agents with enzyme bleaching system A bleaching detergent composition comprising an enzyme having amino alcohol oxidase activity, a substrate for said enzyme, and a bleach catalyst or activator, a method of bleaching fabric stains with an enzymatic bleaching system comprising an enzyme havi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6369023 | Use of polyether hydroxycarboxylate copolymers in textile manufacturing and treating processes The use of polyether hydroxycarboxylate copolymers in textile manufacturing and treating processes. The polyether hydroxycarboxylate copolymer has the structure ##STR1## wherein M+ is a cation wherein M is independently selected from the g... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6296671 | Enzymatic treatment method Polymethylgalacturonases belonging to family 28 of polysaccharide lyases and comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:1 show good performance in industrial processes s... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6258590 | Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures The present invention provides methods for higha-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compat... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6245268 | Method for producing polymer blend fibers having phase separation structure Polymer blend fibers having a phase separation structure are provided. The phase separation structure is a sea-island structure and a diameter D1 on a circle basis of an island phase of the sea-island structure in a transverse cross-section of ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6203577 | Shrink-proof treatment of cellulosic fiber textile A method for shrink-proofing a cellulosic fiber textile that involves liquid ammonia treatment, hot water or alkali treatment under tension or under no tension, and with optional resin treatment.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6183521 | Method of fiber scouring with supercritical carbon dioxide A method of removing spinning and finishing oils from fibers using supercritical carbon dioxide as an extraction media is provided. This process using carbon dioxide to remove oils from fiber surface operates at moderate pressures between 90 and 350 bar a... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6156074 | Biodegradable dry cleaning solvent A method of dry-cleaning garments which comprises treating the garments with a mixture of propylene glycol tertiary-butyl ether or propylene glycol n-butyl ether and water.... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6096097 | Simultaneous washing and bleaching of native fibres and textile products therefrom Raw native fibers and textile products therefrom can be simultaneously washed and bleached in one liquor if the liquor has added to it a combination product of a) one or more bleach stabilizers, b) one or more surfactants from the group of the nonionic, amphot... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6007584 | Scouring agent composition for fiber The present invention provides a method for souring, using an scouring agent composition which has low-viscosity although being highly concentrated, which has excellent scouring property under highly alkaline conditions, and which has excellent biodegrada... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5968203 | Clay-containing textile material treating composition and method The present invention relates to a composition for treating synthetic textile material and a method of using it. The composition comprises a smectite clay to scour the textile material, a wetting agent to enhance addition of the clay to other components o... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5954841 | Wool scouring The present invention provides an improved method for scouring wool. The method comprises differential heating of grease contaminants in the unscoured wool to at least partially liquefy the grease, absorbing the grease by the addition of a grease-absorbin... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5912407 | Alkaline enzyme scouring of cotton textiles The invention relates to a process for treatment of cellulosic material, as for example, knitted or woven cotton fabric, comprising the steps of preparing an aqueous enzyme solution comprising pectinase, treating the cellulosic material with an effective ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5888250 | Biodegradable dry cleaning solvent A method for dry-cleaning garments which comprises treating them with an azeotropic solvent of propylene glycol tertiary-butyl ether and water.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5851236 | Aqueous, concentrated polycarboxylic acid sodium salt solutions, their production and use Aqueous, homogeneous 20 to 60% solutions (L) of mixtures of (A) copolymers of (x) (meth)acrylic acid with (y) maleic acid or maleic acid anhydride in the molar ratio (x)/(y)=0.7/1 to 7/1, with an average molecular weight Mw in the range of from 500 ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5837009 | Method for the production of quality cotton yarns involving a low-cost process, free of environmental pollution A method for cotton purification is described, where the cotton is subject to a purification process in water. The process solution contains calcium hydroxide and a non-ionic detergent wetting agent. Following this processing the cotton is rendered hydrop... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833719 | Alkyl polyglycosides in textile scour/bleach processing A process for bleaching and scouring unfinished textile materials by adding to an aqueous alkaline peroxide bath an effective amount of a surfactant composition containing (a) from about 94.0 to about 6.0% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside having the ge... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5759207 | Flat duck greige fabrics suitable for processing into flame resistant fabrics with low shrinkage Improved flat duck griege cotton/thermoplastic fiber blend fabrics have been discovered which are suitable for processing into flame resistant fabrics with low laundry shrinkage while maintaining high resistance to molten metal.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5755827 | Method for the treatment of wool A method for the treatment of wool so as to impart shrink resistance and which comprises treating the wool simultaneously with permonsulphuric acid, or a salt thereof, one or more scouring or wetting agents and one or more fiber swelling or dispersing age... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5752981 | Finishing of textile fibre materials Finishing agent for the finishing treatment of textile fiber materials of natural origin and/or of regenerated cellulose and/or of synthetic fibers, containing i) a fine-grained, inorganic abrasive, ii) an anionic or non-ionic, low-foaming wetting agent, ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5728179 | Compositions for removing finishing agents containing silicone oil, aqueous dispersions prepared therefrom and their use A process for removing finishing agents containing silicone oil from textile substrates in an aqueous medium free of halogenated hydrocarbons, wherein the removing agent is a composition containing, as an essential ingredient, a surfactant carrying cation... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5542950 | Alkyl polyglycosides in textile scour/bleach processing A surfactant composition for use in scouring and bleaching textile materials containing: (a) from about 94.0 to about 6.0% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside having the general formula I RO (Z)a (I) wherein R is a monovalent organic radical having ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538648 | Process for pretreating a textile material A process for improving the removal of undesired substances from a cellulosic textile material comprising i) treating the textile material with an aqueous solution comprising a) citric acid, b) an alkali metal or ammonium salt of a gluconic acid, and c) optionally ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536275 | Method for the pretreatment of cotton-containing fabric The present invention relates to a method for the pretreatment of a fabric containing cotton, in which the fabric is treated in at least one pretreatment bath for a predetermined period of time at an increased temperature and subsequently washed or neutra... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527362 | Alkyl polyglycosides in textile scour/bleach processing The present invention provides a process for scouring and bleaching textile materials comprising adding to an aqueous peroxide bleaching bath an effective amount of a scouring and bleaching surfactant composition comprising: (a) from about 94.0 to about 6... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5490866 | Process for washing off prints or dyeings on cellulosic textile materials A process is disclosed for washing-off prints or dyeings produced with dyes on cellulosic textile materials, which comprises treating the printed or dyed fabrics in an aqueous wash liquor with a washing-off formulation comprising (a) a polyvinyl pyrrolido... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5407446 | Method and apparatus for the pretreatment of a cloth A method and an apparatus for the continuous pretreatment of a long cloth produced commercially in completely gaseous system, in which, by utilizing the combination of a desizing and scouring process in a low temperature plasma atmosphere and a bleaching ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5334224 | Method for continuous pretreatment of a cloth A method for the pretreatment of a long cloth continuously in which a cloth to be subjected to desizing, scouring and bleaching for the pretreatment thereof is preliminarily subjected to souring treatment in the sodium chlorite solution prepared by absorb... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5259963 | Surface active compositions their production and use Compositions containing the components (a), (b) and (c) and optionally (d) and/or (e) are eminently suitable as foam inhibiting and deaerating compositions with wetting properties and as wetting assistants for the treatment of corresponding substrates in ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5234463 | Method for desizing and scouring of a cloth A method for desizing and scouring of a long length of cloth comprising desizing a cloth washed with hot water, and then subjecting the cloth thus washed successively to soaking with a hot alkaline sodium chlorite solution, immersing in a hot acid solutio... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5069919 | Process for bleaching/sanitizing food fiber A high yield process is provided for treating lignocellulose food fiber to sanitize and bleach the fiber. The process is not only a high yield process but produces better or equivalent bleaching than alternative processes and further does not produce a wa... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4834766 | Method for preventing scale adhesion A method for preventing the adhesion of scale on the sealing mechanism of a high pressure steamer in a process of continuous scouring of a long cloth therein, which comprises washing the cloth to be subjected to scouring with the use of weak acidic water ... | 05/30/1989 |
