A wrinkle-preventing mechanism for a high-speed printer, in which the web constituting the printing medium passes between skewed image and pressure cylinders while being subjected thereby to a high pressure, includes a flat-surfaced, rigid pressure pad underlying the web path toward the nip of the cylinders, a skewed, freely rotatable, elastomer-surfaced drag-inducing roller for pressing the web over its entire width against the pressure pad, and a loading system for applying forces to the rolle...

A product and process for relaxing and softening the fibers in textile fabrics. The product consisting essentially of an alcohol-aqueous admixture including a silicone-glycol copolymer surfactant and/or a fluorinated alkyl ester surfactant together with a quaternary ammonium salt surfactant. The product being preferably applied to the fabric in the form of a very fine mist and in quantities just sufficient to dampen the fabric. The dampened fabric is manipulated so as to form it to the desired c...

The present invention relates to a stable, aqueous odor-absorbing and wrinkle controlling composition, preferably for use on inanimate surfaces, especially fabrics. The composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of solubilized, water-soluble, uncomplexed cyclodextrin and an effective amount of at least one ingredient to improve the performance of the composition selected from the group consisting of: (1) cyclodextrin compatible surfactant; (2) cyclodextrin ...

A method for the treatment of wrinkles on human skin, by stimulating collagen growth beneath the epidermis layer, comprising the steps of: arranging a pulsed dye laser generator in light communication with a pulsed dye laser delivery device. The pulsed dye laser delivery device is applied against tissue having wrinkles. The pulsed dye laser generator generates a pulsed dye laser light. A pulsed dye laser light from the pulsed dye laser delivery device is directed onto the tissue, to reach hemogl...

Diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-Cotton, prepared so that the tertiary amine nitrogens have unshared electrons and are thus in the Lewis-base form, is reacted with an alcoholic solution of an alpha-omega dihaloalkane to quaternize amino groups. The fabric produced by this process is crosslinked between tertiary amine nitrogen groups in cellulose and every alkylene group introduced is connected to two quaternary ammonium ions. The products of this process have strong base anion exchange properties and fa...

The present invention relates to a stable, aqueous odor-absorbing and wrinkle controlling composition, preferably for use on inanimate surfaces, especially fabrics. The composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of solubilized, water-soluble, uncomplexed cyclodextrin and an effective amount of at least one ingredient to improve the performance of the composition selected from the group consisting of: (1) cyclodextrin compatible surfactant; (2) cyclodextrin ...

A method of packing garments for transportation or storage in which each garment is enclosed unfolded inside its own garment cover, the garment cover commensurate in size with the garment and the garment cover formed from a low-friction fabric material. The garment covers are packed adjacent one another in luggage, thereby reducing friction between the garments so that fewer wrinkles in the garments occur when they are transported or stored.

A disposable adhesively engagable neck and facial wrinkle gathering device which in one embodiment includes an elongated fully elastic main strip formed of flexible non-woven hypoallergenic elastic tape adhesively coated on one entire side thereof. This embodiment also includes a non-adhesive fully elastic fabric central strip adhered against and coextensive with a central length of the adhesive side of the main strip. Another embodiment includes a length of slender elastic string connectable at...

In order to eliminate gusset wrinkles in a closed end signature, a unique new and improved method and apparatus are disclosed. The method and apparatus contemplate printing a plurality of webs on presses to provide ribbons to be utilized in forming the signatures, delivering the ribbons after the webs have been printed on the presses to a common point for ribbon merger, and merging the ribbons at the common point to provide a composite to be utilized in forming the signatures. They further inclu...

A pressure roller fuser includes a member at the end of at least one of the rollers for extending the position for applying the loading force between the rollers away from the center of the roller to cause the roller to bend with respect to the other roller. The bending causes a spreading of the nip at the edges of the roller to reduce wrinkling of the sheets fed through the nip. The amount of bend can be varied by varying the position of the loading force with respect to the center of the rolle...