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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987539 | Fungicidal detergent compositions Disclosed is the use of the compound of formula wherein R1 is hydrogen; or C1-C5alkyl for the fungicidal treatment of hard surfaces and textile fiber materials. T... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7823236 | Actuation device and method An actuation device comprises a driving member, a driven member and an actuator device. The driven member has a seat, in which there is operatively inserted, with possibility of relative movement, an engagement part of the driving member. According to the invention ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7743443 | Liquid applicator and absorbent scrubbing means A device for applying a functional formulation to a surface is disclosed. The device includes a reservoir with a valve assembly for dispensing an effective stain removal formulation directly to the stain, spot or mark. The device also includes a shell accommodating ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7621012 | Controller effectively controlling the power for a washing machine or a dryer, and a method for doing the same The present invention relates to a controller effectively controlling the power for a washing machine and a drier, and a method of doing the same. More particularly, it relates to a controller for a washing machine or a dryer, and a method for supplying the power so... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7464426 | Internet-washer and operating method thereof A method of controlling an Internet washing machine is disclosed, in which the electric power required to keep the Internet washing machine be in a remote-controllable state can be reduced. The method of controlling the Internet washing machine comprises the steps o... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7377945 | Cleaning method A method of cleaning household articles entails contacting cleaning water with a container containing a substantially water-insoluble modifying agent able to bind calcium ions. The container is permeable to water and to calcium ions but retains the modifying agent. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7186273 | Treatment of textiles with fluorinated polyethers A polymer adapted for the Shrink resist treatment of textile materials imparting water, stain and/or oil repellency. The polymer includes a fluorinated polyether. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7140313 | Antiquing whole cloth quilt fabric Process for antiquing a quilt and resulting product includes providing a first fabric panel containing at least some of a first selected fiber, a second fabric panel containing at least some of a second selected fiber and a batting panel containing at least some of ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7084099 | Method for processing a contaminant-containing lipophilic fluid The present invention relates to a system for processing a lipophilic fluid, more particularly to a system for processing a lipophilic fluid utilized in a fabric treating process, even more particularly to a system for processing a lipophilic fluid such that contami... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7060105 | Copper complex monazo dyes and their preparation and use Copper complex monoazo dyes of general formula (V) and of general formula (VI) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018429 | Process for coloring a textile substrate The present invention relates to methods of imparting color and ultraviolet protection to synthetic yarns or substrates. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a method of solution dyeing a polymeric material during polymerization to form a base col... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003834 | Color-recovering agent This invention provides a composition and a means being capable of easily recovering the color of faded clothes in home. The composition is a color recovering agent which comprises (a) a water-insoluble polymer with a refractive index of 1.20 to 1.45 at 25° C., (b)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6836915 | Process for dyeing poly (trimethylene terephthalate) carpet continuously In the process for continuously dyeing a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) bulked continuous filament yarn carpet an aqueous dyeing solution is applied to a continuously moving poly(trlmethylene terephthalate) bulked continuous filament yarn carpet at a temperature o... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6834406 | Method to obtain a cloth suitable for cleaning any type of surface Method to obtain a cloth suitable for cleaning any type of surface, the surfaces being glasses, or metallic wooden, plastic-coated and other similar surfaces. It is made by means of microfibres, cloth of polyamide and/or polyurethane and/or polyester. Before being u... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6706076 | Process for separating lipophilic fluid containing emulsions with electric coalescence The present invention relates to a method for electrically coalescing emulsions especially those containing lipophilic fluid. The present invention is also directed to a method to treat fabrics wherein such an emulsion is created during the treatment process and req... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6673118 | Method for refreshing, deodorizing and finishing garments The present invention relates to methods for selection and treatment of a garment with a refreshing, deodorizing and finishing composition, in order to improve various properties of garments, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, odors... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6620210 | Method of washing laundry using ozone to degrade organic material Methods of using ozone have been developed which sterilize instruments and medical wastes, oxidize organics found in wastewater, clean laundry, break down contaminants in soil into a form more readily digested by microbes, kill microorganisms present in f... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6524493 | Textile sizing composition and textiles sized therewith The sizing of open-end yarn is disclosed. The sizing of the open-end yarns is performed using a low concentration sizing liquor including from about 20 to 100 percent by weight of high viscosity cellulose ethers.... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6508844 | Method for improving the stability of the shape of trousers A method for improving the stability of the shape of trousers (10) subjected to treatment with a fluid. During the treatment, the inside (12b) and outside (12a) of each leg (12) of the trousers are attached, at locations on the respective legs which are o... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6482756 | Method of retaining antimicrobial properties on a halamine-treated textile substrate while simultaneously reducing deleterious odor and skin irritation effects This invention relates to antimicrobial fabrics which are treated with a specific durable and regenerable halamine/chlorine system and methods of removing residual active chlorine from the target textile surface without reducing the antimicrobial activity... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6395041 | Method and apparatus for sizing a yarn sheet In a method and apparatus for sizing a yarn sheet, the yarn sheet is passed over rollers through a wetting unit and a following roller nip that reduces the moisture content to a selected level. The wetted yarn sheet then passes through a sizing unit and o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6139587 | Wet cleaning of delicate, non-structured garments with minimized wrinkling, shrinkage and color damage A method for laundering non-structured garments which are unsuitable for water washing and which are to be cleaned without wrinkling, shrinkage or color damage.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5980772 | Lubricants for and methods of processing synthetic fibers Synthetic fibers can be effectively lubricated by applying a lubricant containing one or more organic phosphoric acid ester compounds such as acidic phosphoric acid ester of the form ##STR1## where R1, R2, X1 and X | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5931971 | Method for removal of hydrocarbons from fabrics A method or removing and disposing hydrocarbons absorbed in a fabric, the method comprising the steps of providing a nonwoven fabric which comprises in excess of 55% fibers of polyvinyl alcohol, and wherein the nonwoven fabric is contaminated with hydroca... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5911902 | Use of modified fatty amines for preventing low molecular weight by-product deposits on textile materials The present invention relates to the use of a modified fatty amine of formula R--NR3 --(R1 --O)n --R2 (1), wherein R is C9 -C24 alkyl or acyl, R1 is C2 -C4 | 06/15/1999 |
| 5866069 | Liquid repellant silicone-treated gas-permeable material for sterilization Material that is to be used in wrapping medical items or in making gowns, drapes, and the like is treated with silicone to make it liquid repellent. The material, after being sterilized by an oxidizing plasma process, still retains its repellency.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5853493 | Cleaning of industrial fabrics using cryoblasting techniques The present invention provides a method of removing contaminants from industrial process fabrics relying upon cryogenic techniques, wherein the fabric is impacted with solid particles of carbon dioxide. A cryoblaster projects the carbon dioxide particles ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5718729 | Composition and method of use for an internally-carbonating non-surfactant cleaning composition Carpeting, upholstery, drapery and other textile fibers are cleaned by applying to the fibers, at ambient pressures, an aqueous, chemically carbonated cleaning composition prepared by admixing a carbonate salt solution, and an acid solution, such that the... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5624465 | Internally-carbonating cleaning composition and method of use Carpeting, upholstery, drapery and other textile fibers are cleaned by applying to the fibers, at ambient pressures, an aqueous, chemically carbonated detergent cleaning composition prepared by admixing a carbonate salt solution, and an acid solution, suc... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5601746 | Wet-slippage of textile material and wet lubricant therefor Aqueous dispersions (D) of a wax (W) dispersed in the aqueous phase by means of a dispersant (B), wherein in (D) the wax (W) is (A) an oxidized hydrocarbon wax or a mixture of oxidized hydrocarbon waxes or a mixture or (A) and at least one non-oxidized hydrocarbon ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5525122 | Process and apparatus for shrinking prepared bonded fiber color printed cellulosic type currency with anhydrous ammonia A process and apparatus for the shrinkage of prepared bonded fiber color printed cellulosic type currency where in the process the prepared bonded fiber color printed cellulosic type currency is substantially free (known as oven dry and/or bone dry) befor... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5447785 | Cloth prepreg, process for producing the same and reinforcing fabric Disclosed is a reinforcing fabric comprising warps and woofs which are multifilament yarns made of carbon fibers, the widths W (mm) and finenesses D (d:denier) of the warp and woof satisfying the equation of: W=k.multidot.(D/.rho.)5/9 (wherein k rep... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5331773 | Machine and method for the abrasive treatment of fabrics The machine for the superficial abrasive treatment of fabrics comprises means (B1, B2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) for feeding the fabric (T) for treatment and for pressing said fabric against an abrasive means (29; 51) which exerts an abrasive action on said fabr... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5244468 | Urea containing internally-carbonated non-detergent cleaning composition and method of use Carpeting, upholstery, drapery and other textile fibers are cleaned by applying to the fibers, from a pressurized container, an aqueous effervescing internally carbonated non-detergent cleaning composition prepared by admixing, in percent by weight, about... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5234464 | Method of dyeing textile webs with reactive dyestuffs: successive applications of reactive dye and alkali solutions A method of dyeing textile webs with reactive dyestuffs in which the dyestuff and alkali solutions are applied successively to the web separately and directly following one another in predetermined proportions to the dry weight of the web in a single mach... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5066308 | End identifier for multidye yarn A method of distinguishing two or more variant dye fibers in greige form is disclosed. The technique involves adding sufficient pigment to one of the fibers to make it visible to the eye.... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4742589 | Method for continuous liquid treatment of a cloth A method for continuous liquid treatment of a cloth comprising transporting a cloth soaked with a treating solution continuously under width expansion by the use of a tenter while subjecting the cloth successively to wet heat treatment by jetting high tem... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4655786 | Process for dyeing hydrophobic fibre material with disperse dye and surfactant The invention relates to a process for dyeing hydrophobic fibre material under HT conditions with unformulated disperse dyes from an aqueous liquor, which process comprises dissolving one or more such dyes in water, in the temperature range from 70° to 1... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4563186 | Multi-functional laundry product and employment of same during fabric laundering The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain rem... | 01/07/1986 |
