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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lynne M Blank, Brighton, NY (US);
William C White, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; D06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252106 ; 252-86 ; 252-87 ; 252-875 ; 252-88 ; 252-89 ; 252D / ;
Abstract
A method of treating fabrics in order to eliminate odor caused by microbial growth by adding an antibacterially effective amount of an organosilicon quaternary ammonium compound to the rinse cycle of a textile laundering operation containing the fabrics in order to destroy bacteria and fungi. The organosilicon quaternary ammonium compound is the silane 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride of the formula ##STR1##