Method of imparting antistatic properties to textile materials

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF TREATING TEXTILE MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES IMPARTING ANTI-STATIC PROPERTIES THERETO BY TREATING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL FIRST WITH AN AQUEOUS PAD BATH CONTAINING 15% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE BATH, OF DIMETHYLOLUREA CONTAINING ABOUT 20 PARTS MONOMER AND 4 PARTS LOW POLYMER AND ABOUT 0.5% BY WEIGHT OF AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE CATALYST, DRYING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL THROUGHLY, AND THEN IMMERSING IT IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING (1) FROM 0.01% TO 0.1% BY WEIGHT OF A POLYACRYLYLOXYALKYLTRIALKYL AMMONIUM ALKYL SULFATE SALT IN WHICH THE ALKYL RADICALS CONTAIN FROM 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS; AND (2) ABOUT A MOLAR EQUIVALENT THEREOF OF A WATER-SOLUBEL SALT FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL CARBOXYLATES AND ALKYL SULFATES, THE ALKYL GROUP OF WHICH CONTAINS FROM 8 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS, AND THEREAFTER DRYING THE SAID TEXTILE MATERIAL.