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Transfer printing process for hydrophilic fibrous material

Assignee: Novartis AG
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Filing: 1974-10-15
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Granted: 1977-07-05
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Expires: 1994-10-15
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Abstract

Abstract A process for dyeing and printing hydrophilic fibrous material by the transfer printing process using carriers that are treated with at least one transferable, metallizable dye or color former and optionally a binder that is stable below 230° C, which comprises impregnating the material to be dyed or printed with a solution which contains A. at least one organic solvent with a boiling point higher than 100° C and B. at least one compound that yields complex forming metals, drying the impregnated material and bringing it into contact with the treated carrier, then subjecting both material and carrier to a heat treatment, and subsequently providing the resultant print with an aftertreatment.

Inventors

  • 👤 Raymond DeFago
  • 👤 Visvanathan Ramanathan
  • 👤 Gerhard Back

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 14:08
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P1/00; D06P1/36; C; C09; C09B; C09B45/00; D06P1/44; D06P1/445; D06P5/00; D06P5/003; D06P5/004

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 221 words
In a transfer printing process for the dyeing or printing of hydrophilic fibrous material which comprises (A) bringing the surface of a hydrophilic fibrous material into contact with the treated surface of a carrier, said carrier sheet having been treated with a printing ink containing at least one transferable, metallizable dye or color former, (B) subjecting the carrier and hydrophilic fibrous material to heat treatment for a time and at a temperature sufficient to achieve transfer of the dye or color former to the hydrophilic fibrous material, (C) separating the hydrophilic fibrous material from the carrier sheet, and (D) subjecting the hydrophilic fibrous material to aftertreatment, the improvement according to which the hydrophilic fibrous material is, prior to contact with the carrier sheet, impregnated with an aqueous solution comprising (a) an organic solvent which (1) has a boiling point higher than 120° C. (2) has a solubility in water of at least 25 g/l at 25° C. directly or with the aid of an auxiliary solvent, and (3) is sparingly volatile but fluid under the heat treatment conditions of (B), and (b) at least one compound which yields a metal which forms a complex with the dye or color former of the printing ink, and following impregnation, said hydrophilic fibrous material is dried at a temperature up to about 100° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 221 words
In a transfer printing process for the dyeing or printing of hydrophilic fibrous material which comprises (A) bringing the surface of a hydrophilic fibrous material into contact with the treated surface of a carrier, said carrier sheet having been treated with a printing ink containing at least one transferable, metallizable dye or color former, (B) subjecting the carrier and hydrophilic fibrous material to heat treatment for a time and at a temperature sufficient to achieve transfer of the dye or color former to the hydrophilic fibrous material, (C) separating the hydrophilic fibrous material from the carrier sheet, and (D) subjecting the hydrophilic fibrous material to aftertreatment, the improvement according to which the hydrophilic fibrous material is, prior to contact with the carrier sheet, impregnated with an aqueous solution comprising (a) an organic solvent which (1) has a boiling point higher than 120° C. (2) has a solubility in water of at least 25 g/l at 25° C. directly or with the aid of an auxiliary solvent, and (3) is sparingly volatile but fluid under the heat treatment conditions of (B), and (b) at least one compound which yields a metal which forms a complex with the dye or color former of the printing ink, and following impregnation, said hydrophilic fibrous material is dried at a temperature up to about 100° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent contains at least one functional group selected from those consisting of hydroxy, alkoxy, epoxy, acyloxy, keto, mercapto, alkylthio, acylamino, ureido and amino.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent contains at least two of the groups referred to in claim 2.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 76 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is of the formula ##STR32## wherein R represents H or CH 3 , R 1 represents H, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl, phenylethyl, ##STR33## in which R' represents alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl with 5 to 6 carbon atoms, benzyl, phenylethyl or phenyl, and R 2 represents OH, OR', --SR'--, --NHR', N,N-dialkylamino with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, N,N-dibenzylamino, ##STR34##
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 27 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is one having one or more groups of the formula ##STR35## wherein --X-- represents --O-- or --N--.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 30 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is a urea or melamine the nitrogen atoms of which are substituted by low molecular alkyl, hydroxylalkyl or alkoxy groups.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 62 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is a compound of the formula R.sub.1 -- Z-- R.sub.2, wherein Z represents an oxygen or a sulphur atom or a group ##STR36## and each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represents low molecular, optionally substituted alkyl radicals at least one of which is substituted by a hydroxy group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 21 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is an ester of an aliphatic phosphoric acid or phosphoric triamide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 38 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the compound that yields complex forming metals is a water soluble salt or compound of chromium, aluminum, cobalt, copper, magnesium, manganese, iron, molybdenum, nickel, tin, titanium, tungsten, zinc, zirconium or antimony.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the metallizable dye is a transferable metallizable azo dye.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 54 words
A process according to claim 10 wherein the dye is a transferable o-aminoazo or o-hydroxyazo dye which, during the metallization, forms structures of the type ##STR37## wherein D represents the radical of a diazotisation component, R represents the radical of a coupling component, M represents a metal equivalent and X is O or NH.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 70 words
A process according to claim 10 wherein the dye is a transferable o-aminoazo or o-hydroxyazo dye which has one complex forming substituent in the o,o'-position on both sides of the azo group, and is of the formula ##STR38## wherein each of X 1 and X 2 independently represents a group of the formula --OH, OR, SR 3 , --NH 2 --NHR and --COOH, in which R represents an alkyl radical.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 26 words
A process according to claim 10 wherein the dye is a transferable metallizable azo dye which contains heterocyclic diazo components that participate in the complex fashion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 30 words
A process according to claim 13 wherein the dye is a transferable metallizable azo dye which contains the radicals of diazo components of the 8-aminoquinoline, 2-amino-pyridine, 2-aminothiazole and 2-aminothiadiazole series.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 19 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the metallizable dye is a transferable metallizable dye of the azomethine series.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 17 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrophilic fibrous material is a textile material of cellulose.

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