Conditioning apparatus for conditioning a leaf vegetable material of a fibrous nature, which apparatus comprises a perforate bed whereby gaseous conditioning medium may be supplied through the perforations to establish a conditioning zone immediately above the bed whereby, in use, the material can be maintained in effectively a fluidized state, the bed being supported in a frame in a manner which permits adjustment of the configuration of the bed relative to the frame at least in a direction of ...

Conditioning of a sample of the cracked-gas effluent from a cracking furnace is accomplished by contacting the sample under suitable conditions with a suitable hydrocarbon absorbent in such a manner that the heavier components in the cracked-gas sample are absorbed. The rate at which the sample is contacted with the suitable hydrocarbon absorbent is controlled so as to maintain a desired composition of the conditioned sample.

In a fluid-conditioning apparatus having a fluid conditioner, having an axial flow passage between an axial inlet, an axial outlet, a nozzle mounted axially in this flow passage, and a nozzle mounted radially of the flow passage defining a radial inlet to the flow passage, the improvement comprising a fluid preconditioner comprising a structure defining a fluid source in communication with the inlet end of the radially mounted nozzle of the conditioner providing the fluid supply to this nozzle, ...

An article suitable for conditioning fabrics in a tumble dryer, comprising a combination of a substrate and a fabric-conditioning composition, the substrate comprising a porous material having a void volume of more than 90% and a cell count of more than 250 cells per cm, the fabric-conditioning composition comprising a fabric-softening material. The claimed article can spontaneously and consistently be adhered to the tumble dryer wall for one or more drying cycles. The moment at which the substr...

A conditioning shampoo containing as the conditioning agent a saturated, straight chain fatty acid having from about 14 to about 18 carbon atoms.

A method for temperature conditioning a blank of plastic material in which a conditioning mandrel is placed within the blank and thereafter expanded into reliable abutment against the inner surface of the blank. The mandrel is thereafter returned to its initial position. The outer surface of the mandrel is adjusted to and maintained at a certain temperature, whereby, during the abutment, an energy exchange takes place between the blank and the mandrel for adjusting the temperature of the blank. ...

Methods are described for treating sludge, e.g. biological and/or chemical sludge, with processed cellulose material combined with another material, e.g. a surface active agent, a detergent, a surfactant, a polymer and/or an organic polymer. Cellulose flakes and methods for making them are disclosed; in one aspect the flakes are useful as animal litter or bedding; in one aspect such used flakes are re-pelletized for use as litter, food or fertilizer. Methods for absorbing, removing, and for clea...

A conditioning fluid comprises between one and three parts by volume of silicone fluid and between two and six parts by volume of vegetable oil in a solvent comprising D-limonene and white spirit.

An improved hair conditioning composition comprises water, a cationic hair conditioning agent, a nonionic surfactant, a fatty alcohol, and an extremely small but effective amount of a fluorosurfactant, the hair conditioning composition preferably comprising from about 0.5 to 5 percent of the cationic hair conditioning agentm, up to about 5 percent of the nonionic surfactant, from about 0.5 to 10 percent of one or more fatty alcohols, less than 0.05 percent of the fluorosurfactant, and water.

Apparatus for the treatment of animal feedstuff prior to pelletizing thereof comprising a conditioning vessel and at least one sterilization vessel, each of which is in the form of a cylindrical drum, means for feeding the material to be treated through the conditioning vessel where steam or other a additive can be applied, means for passing material from the conditioning vessel to the sterilization vessel or vessels and means for discharging material from the sterilization vessel or vessels aft...