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Composition for treating fabrics, method for making and using the same
Assignee: GRANUM Inc
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Filing: 1974-07-08
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Granted: 1978-03-07
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Expires: 1994-07-08
Abstract
Abstract Composition for imparting desirable properties to fabric on clothes comprising a water-soluble or dispersible adhesive such as a gum or polymeric resin and at least one adjuvant, capable of imparting desirable properties to the fabric on clothes such as a fabric softener, for example. The composition is quickly disintegrable upon application of heat and moisture to release the adjuvant on the fabric on clothes while leaving substantially no residue of gum thereon or in the surrounding environment, such as a clothes dryer. It can be in a foamed or unfoamed condition but is preferably foamed and made by mixing the constituents, that is, the gum and adjuvant, and then whipping the mixture where a foam is desired and subsequently drying the mixture to form the composition.
Inventors
- 👤 Graham Barker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:19
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/322; D06M13/46; D06M13/463; C; C11; C11D; C11D17/00; C11D17/04; C11D17/041; C11D17/047; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/22; C11D3/222; C11D3/225; C11D3/37; C11D3/3746; C11D3/3753; D06M13/005; D06M15/00; D06M15/01; D06M15/03; D06M15/05; D06M15/07; D06M15/09; D06M15/11; D06M15/17; D06M15/19; D06M15/21; D06M15/327; D06M15/333; D06M16/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2964
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A solid, shaped composition for treating fabric materials to impart desired properties thereto comprising a homogeneous mixture, based on 100% solids on a dry weight basis, of 0.1 to 20% by weight of a water soluble or dispersible film former adhesive and 25 to 99.9% by weight of adjuvant capable of imparting desired softness, brightness, fragrance, antistatic, germicidal and/or soil release properties to said fabric materials, said adhesive being present in an amount to form with said adjuvant a uniform, integrated, self-supporting cellular foam having a density in a range of 0.2 to 0.8, and a bubble size in a range of 5 to 50 microns, said foam being dried to a moisture content of less than about 2% and maintaining a given shape under external stress, said composition being disintegrable over an extended period of time under agitation upon the application of warm air and in the presence of moisture to release substantially all of said adjuvants and to leave substantially no residue of said adhesive.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A solid, shaped composition for treating fabric materials to impart desired properties thereto comprising a homogeneous mixture, based on 100% solids on a dry weight basis, of 0.1 to 20% by weight of a water soluble or dispersible film former adhesive and 25 to 99.9% by weight of adjuvant capable of imparting desired softness, brightness, fragrance, antistatic, germicidal and/or soil release properties to said fabric materials, said adhesive being present in an amount to form with said adjuvant a uniform, integrated, self-supporting cellular foam having a density in a range of 0.2 to 0.8, and a bubble size in a range of 5 to 50 microns, said foam being dried to a moisture content of less than about 2% and maintaining a given shape under external stress, said composition being disintegrable over an extended period of time under agitation upon the application of warm air and in the presence of moisture to release substantially all of said adjuvants and to leave substantially no residue of said adhesive.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein said adhesive is a resin selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters, acrylate esters, crotonate esters, acrylamides, their homopolymers, copolymers and terpolymers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive is a gum selected from the group consisting of ethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, carbohydrate gums, natural plant and animal starches, protein gums, their mixtures and derivatives.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The composition according to claim 1 including up to 74% of a water soluble additive chosen from the group consisting of urea, glycols having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, ethylene and polyethylene glycols of molecular weight up to 10,000 and propylene and polypropylene glycols of molecular weight up to 1,000 ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, polysaccharides, dextrines, sugars and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein the adjuvant is an antistatic agent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein the adjuvant is a color enhancer and optical brightener.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein the adjuvant is a fabric softener.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The composition as defined in claim 7 wherein the fabric softener is distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The composition as defined in claim 7 wherein the fabric softener is the reaction product of a fatty acid of the formula, R 5 CCOH and hydroxyethylene diamine wherein R 5 is a C 16 to C 20 alkyl group.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
The composition as defined in claim 7 wherein the fabric softener is selected from the group consisting of the ethoxylated nonionic reaction product of fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and esters containing C 16 - C 20 fatty groups and a labile hydrogen capable of reacting with ethylene oxide up to a content of 3 - 10 mols ethylene oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the adjuvant is a germicidal agent.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the adjuvant is a fragrance imparting agent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
164 words
A shaped composition for treating fabric materials to impart desired properties thereto comprising a homogeneous mixture, based on 100% solids on a dry weight basis, of 0.1 to 20% by weight of hydroxyethyl cellulose adhesive and 25 to 99.9% by weight of adjuvant capable of imparting desired softness, brightness, fragrance, antistatic, germicidal and/or soil release properties to said fabric materials, said adhesive being present in an amount to form with said adjuvant, a substantially uniform self supporting, manipulatible foam mass having a density in the range from 0.2 to 0.8, and a bubble size in the range from about 5 to 50 microns, said mass being dried to a moisture content of less than 2% so as to maintain a given shape under external stress, said composition being disintegrable over an extended period of time under agitation upon the applicator of heat and in the presence of moisture to release substantially all of said adjuvants and to leave substantially no residue of said adhesive.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
164 words
A shaped composition for treating fabric materials to impart desired properties thereto comprising a homogeneous mixture, based on 100% solids on a dry weight basis, of 0.1 to 20% by weight of hydroxyethyl cellulose adhesive and 25 to 99.9% by weight of adjuvant capable of imparting desired softness, brightness, fragrance, antistatic, germicidal and/or soil release properties to said fabric materials, said adhesive being present in an amount to form with said adjuvant, a substantially uniform self supporting, manipulatible foam mass having a density in the range from 0.2 to 0.8, and a bubble size in the range from about 5 to 50 microns, said mass being dried to a moisture content of less than 2% so as to maintain a given shape under external stress, said composition being disintegrable over an extended period of time under agitation upon the applicator of heat and in the presence of moisture to release substantially all of said adjuvants and to leave substantially no residue of said adhesive.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition according to claim 13, wherein the adjuvant is an antistatic agent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
101 words
The composition according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of animal gums, plant gums, seed gums, plant exudate gums, marine plant gums, water-dispersible protein gums, polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose ethers, cellulose esters, and starches, starch ethers, starch esters, amylose, amylopectin derivatives of film forming capacity, polyethylene glycols of molecular weight greater than 1,000,000, polyvinylpyrollidone and its copolymers with acrylates and acylamides, polyacrylamides, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polyvinyl acetates, and water soluble copolymers of acrylates, methacrylates and vinyl acetates with crotonates, alkyl esters or ethers, and vinyl containing esters or ethers copolymerized with vinyl containing cationic or diamine monomers.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-03-06 | 1985-09-05 | 1986-03-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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