Blended fibers having improved antistatic properties

Claim 1

BLENDED FIBERS HAVING IMPROVED ANTISTATIC PROPERTIES, SAID BLEND BEING ESSENTIALLY COMPOSED OF HYDROPHILIC FIBERS AND POLYESTER STAPLE FIBERS CARRYING ON SAID POLYESTER FIBERS A TEXTILE LUBRICANT, SAID BLENDED FIBERS BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT AFTER AGING FOR ONE WEEK THE ANISTATIC PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY UNAFFECTED, SAID LUBRICANT BEING ESSENTIALLY COMPOSED OF, BY WEIGHT, (A) FROM ABOUT 20 PARTS TO 75 PARTS OF A WATER SOLUBLE COMPOUND WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF MONOHYDROXY OXYETHYLENE OXY 1,2-PROPYLENE ALIPHATIC MONOETHERS HAVING A VISCOSITY OF FROM ABOUT 200 TO 700 SAYBOLT UNIVERSAL SECONDS AT 100*F. AND IN WHICH ETHYLENE OXIDE AND 1-2-PROPYLENE OXIDE ARE COMBINED THEREIN AS OXYETHYLENE AND OXY 1,2-PROPYLENE GROUPS IN A WEIGHT RATIO OF 1,2-PROPYLENE OXIDE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE OF FROM 60:40 TO 40:60, THE MONOETHERS OF SAID MIXTURE CONTAINING IN A SINGLE MOLECULE BOTH THE OXYETHYLENE GROUP AND THE OXY 1,2-PROPYLENE GROUP, (B) FROM ABOUT 5 PARTS TO 35 PARTS OF A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOLAURYL PHOSPHATE, DILAURYL PHOSPHATE, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, (C) FROM ABOUT 1 PART TO 10 PARTS OF MORPHOLINE, (D) FROM ABOUT 5 PARTS TO 25 PARTS OF POLYOXYETHYLENE GLYCOL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FROM ABOUT 1,000 TO 2,000, (E) FROM ABOUT 1 PART TO 5 PARTS OF O-PHENYLPHENOL, (F) POLYOXYETHYLENE LAURYL AMINE WHEREIN THE POLYOXYETHYLENE GROUP HAS AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 200 IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FROM ABOUT 5% TO 30% BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF (A), (B), (C), (D), AND (E), AND (G) FROM ABOUT 5% TO 25% BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF (A), (B), (C), (D), AND (E) OF N, N-DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL SALT OF OLEYL SULFATE.