Water repellent treatment of textiles with long chain substituted phenol aldehyde resin emulsion

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A CONTINUOUS DEPOSIT OF A PHENOL ALDEHYDE RESIN ON A SMOOTHFIBER THERMOPLASTIC SYNTHETIC RESINOUS FABRIC SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYAMIDE FABRIC AND VINYL POLYMER FABRIC, COMPRISING FORMING A SUBSTITUTED PHENOL ALDEHYDE CONDENSATE BY DISSOLVING IN A WATER-SOLUBLE ALCOHOL A PHENOL HAVING AS ITS SOLE SUBSTITUENT A SATURATED ALIPHATIC SIDE CHAIN OF AT LEAST 12 CARBON ATOMS OF THE CONFIGURATION CH3 (CH2)X.Y- WHEREIN X IS AT LEAST 10 AND WHEREIN Y IS SELECTED FROM THE -CH2GROUP ATTACHED IN THE METAL POSITION TO THE PHENOL RING AND THE-CO-GROUP ATTACHED TO THE PHENOL RING, AND AS EXCESS OF A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF YIELDING A REACTIVE METHYLENE GROUP, SAID SUBSTANCE BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMALDEHYDE, FORMALDEHYDE POLYMERS AND HEXAMETHYLENE TETRAMINE, HEATING SAID SOLUTION UNTIL SAID PHENOL AND SAID SUBSTANCE ARE PARTIALLY CONDENSED, THEN EVAPORATING A MAJOR PART OF SAID ALCOHOL, THEN ADDING AN INERT ORGANIC WATER-IMMISCIBLE SOLVENT, AND EMULSIFYING THE SOLUTION IN A HOT ALKALINE WATER SOLUTION, COATING SAID FABRIC WITH SAID CONDENSATE FROM SAID EMULSION, AND CURING THE COATED FABRIC AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BELOW THE SOFTENING POINT OF SAID FABRIC, WHEREBY A CONTINUOUS WATER-INSOLUBLE AND STRONGLY FABRIC-ADHESIVE DEPOSIT IS FORMED ON SAID FABRIC.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING A CONTINUOUS DEPOSIT OF A PHENOL ALDEHYDE RESIN ON A SMOOTHFIBER THERMOPLASTIC SYNTHETIC RESINOUS FABRIC SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYAMIDE FABRIC AND VINYL POLYMER FABRIC, COMPRISING FORMING A SUBSTITUTED PHENOL ALDEHYDE CONDENSATE BY DISSOLVING IN A WATER-SOLUBLE ALCOHOL A PHENOL HAVING AS ITS SOLE SUBSTITUENT A SATURATED ALIPHATIC SIDE CHAIN OF AT LEAST 12 CARBON ATOMS OF THE CONFIGURATION CH3 (CH2)X.Y- WHEREIN X IS AT LEAST 10 AND WHEREIN Y IS SELECTED FROM THE -CH2GROUP ATTACHED IN THE METAL POSITION TO THE PHENOL RING AND THE-CO-GROUP ATTACHED TO THE PHENOL RING, AND AS EXCESS OF A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF YIELDING A REACTIVE METHYLENE GROUP, SAID SUBSTANCE BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMALDEHYDE, FORMALDEHYDE POLYMERS AND HEXAMETHYLENE TETRAMINE, HEATING SAID SOLUTION UNTIL SAID PHENOL AND SAID SUBSTANCE ARE PARTIALLY CONDENSED, THEN EVAPORATING A MAJOR PART OF SAID ALCOHOL, THEN ADDING AN INERT ORGANIC WATER-IMMISCIBLE SOLVENT, AND EMULSIFYING THE SOLUTION IN A HOT ALKALINE WATER SOLUTION, COATING SAID FABRIC WITH SAID CONDENSATE FROM SAID EMULSION, AND CURING THE COATED FABRIC AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BELOW THE SOFTENING POINT OF SAID FABRIC, WHEREBY A CONTINUOUS WATER-INSOLUBLE AND STRONGLY FABRIC-ADHESIVE DEPOSIT IS FORMED ON SAID FABRIC.