Textile sizing agents plasticized with blends of water-soluble polyhydroxy alcohols, aliphatic amides and hydroxy acids

Claim 1

A SIZING COMPOSITION FOR NYLON YARN CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A (1) BLEND OF (A) FROM ABOUT 1% TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF A WATER-SOLUBLE POLYHYDROXY ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLYCERINE, ALKYLENE GLYCOLS HAVING A CARBON CHAIN LENGTH OF FROM 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AND POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL CONTAINING UP TO 15 MOLES OF ETHYLENE OXIDE, (B) FROM ABOUT 1% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF A WATER-SOLUBLE, LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT, ALIPHATIC NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC AMIDES CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, MONO AND DIALKYL DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND DERIVATIVES OF SAID AMIDES WHICH ARE THE CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF SAID AMIDES WITH UP TO 15 MOLES OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND (C) FROM ABOUT 40% TO ABOUT 90% BY WEIGHT OF A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DIGLYCOLLIC ACID, WATER-SOLUBLE, ORGANIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING A CARBON CHAIN LENGTH OF FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN ATOM ATTACHED TO A CARBON ATOM IN THE CARBON CHAIN THEREOF HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A HYDROXYL RADICAL AND DERIVATIVES OF SAID ACIDS WHICH ARE THE CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF SAID ACIDS WITH UP TO 15 MOLES OF A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETYLENE OXIDE AND ETHYLENE GLYCOL, AND (2) POLYACRYLIC ACID, THE TOTAL SOLIDS IN SAID SOLUTION BEING FROM ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT, SAID BLEND FURNISHING FROM ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 40% BY WEIGHT AND POLYACRYLIC ACID FURNISHING FROM ABOUT 60% TO ABOUT 95% BY WEIGHT OF SAID SOLIDS.