Process for pad-dyeing and printing wool and synthetic textile fibers in carrier compositions

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PAD-DYEING TEXTILE FIBERS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYAMIDE, POLYESTER, POLYACRYLONITRILE, POLYURETHANE, POLYETHYLENE AND POLYPROPYLENE-TYPE FIBERS, COMPRISING (A) IMPREGNATING SAID FIBERS AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 30 TO 70*C. WITH AN AQUEOUS PAD LIQUOR HAVING A PH RANGING FROM 2 TO 10, WHICH PAD LIQUOR CONTAINS AS ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS A NON-CATIONIC DYESTUFF CAPABLE OF DRAWING ON SAID FIBERS FROM A PAD LIQUOR OF A PH IN THE AFORESAID RANGE, A THICKENER AND A CARRIER MIXTURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) AN UNSULFATED AMIDE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY SATURATED FATTY ACID OF 8 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS SUBSTITUTED BY FROM 0 TO 1 HIGHER ALKYL-PHENOXY RADICAL WHEREIN THE HIGHER ALKYL MOIETY HAS FROM 8 TO NOT MORE THAN 12 CARBON ATOMS, AMIDIFIED WITH A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) MONO-TO DI-HYDROXYALKYLAMINE OF FROM 2 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, HAVING ONE HYDROXY GROUP IN W-POSITION, (B) BIS-(W-HYDROXYALKYL)-AMINE OF A TOTAL OF FROM 4 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, ($) N-METHYL-N-W-HYDROXYALKYLAMINE OF A TOTAL OF FROM 3 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, ($) N-ETHYL-N-W-HYDROXYALKYLAMINE OF A TOTAL OF FROM 4 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, AND (E) MONO-(W-ALKOXY-ALKYL)-AMINE OF A TOTAL OF FROM 3 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH PERTAIN TO THE "ALKYL" MOIETY; (B) A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (I) A SULFATED CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF AN ALKANOL OF 8 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE, CONDENSED WITH EACH OTHER IN A MOLAR RATIO OF FROM 1:1 TO 1:20, (II) A SULFATED CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF ALKYLPHENOL, THE ALKYL MOIETY OF WHICH HAS FROM 8 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE, IN A MOLAR RATIO OF FROM 1:1 TO 1:20, AND (III) THE ALKALI METAL, AMMONIUM, LOWER ALKYLAMMONIUM AND W-HYDROXY-LOWER ALKYLAMMONIUM SALTS OF (I) AND (II), AND (IV) A SULFATED AMIDE OF A SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY SATURATED FATTY ACID OF 8 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS SUBSTITUTED BY FROM 0 TO 1 HIGHER ALKYL-PHENOXY RADICAL WHEREIN THE HIGHER ALKYL MOIETY HAS FROM 8 TO NOT MORE THAN 12 CARBON ATOMS; (V) A SULFATED (HIGHER ALKYLPHENYL)-(2,3-DIHYDROXYPROPYL)-ETHER THE HIGHER ALKYL RADICAL OF WHICH HAS FROM 8 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, (C) A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ISOPROPANOL AND A B-ALKOXY-ETHANOL OF A TOTAL OF FROM 3 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, THE PROPORTIONS BY WEIGHT OF (A) TO (B) RANGING FROM ABOUT 2:1 TO 1:2, AND THE CONTENT OF (C) RANGING FROM 0 TO 20% BY WEIGHT, CALCULATED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURE, THE CONTENT OF SAID CARRIER MIXTURE IN SAID PAD LIQUOR RANGING FROM ABOUT 5 TO 100 GRAMS PER LITER OF LIQUOR; (B) REMOVING FROM THE IMPREGNATED FIBERS PAD LIQUOR IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 40 TO 130%, CALCULATED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE UNIMPREGNATED FIBERS, AND (C) HEAT-TREATING THE RESULTING HUMID FIBERS, THEREBY FIXING THE DYESTUFF ON THE FIBERS.