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Process for treating textiles with reactive polymers

Assignee: BASF Corp
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Filing: 1977-04-11
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Granted: 1978-12-05
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Expires: 1997-04-11
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Abstract

Abstract An aqueous medium containing reactive polymers, the reactive groups being N-methylol and/or etherified N-methylol groups, preferably based on methylolated, etherified or not, unsaturated carboxylic acid amides, included by polymerization, the portion of said reactive monomers being preferably 2.5 to 20% by weight, related to the total weight of the polymers, is applied to textiles by impregnation or preferably by coating in the presence of silanes and/or siloxanes containing amino groups and organometallic compounds, preferably zinc soaps and/or dialkyl-tin dicarboxylates as hardening agents, and heated at elevated temperature. A waterproof and water-repellent finish is obtained, resistant to washing and dry cleaning.

Inventors

  • 👤 Erich Rossler
  • 👤 Hans Deiner
  • 👤 Bernhard Sandner
  • 👤 Hans Schilling

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 16:48
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M15/00; D06M15/19; D06M15/21; D06M15/285; D06M15/29; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31931; Y10T428/31935

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim 116 words
A process for making textiles water-proof and water-repellent, comprising the steps of (a) applying to a textile an aqueous composition comprising a reactive copolymer which is stable to hydrolysis in the aqueous medium, which is a copolymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomers which include 1.5 to 20%, by weight of the copolymer, of a monomer which contains a carboxylic acid amide methylol group or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl ether thereof or a mixture thereof; 0.5 to 15%, by weight of the copolymer, of an aminosilane or an aminosiloxane or a mixture thereof; and 0.5 to 15%, by weight of copolymer, of an organometallic catalyst; and (b) heating the treated textile to harden the copolymer thereon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 116 words
A process for making textiles water-proof and water-repellent, comprising the steps of (a) applying to a textile an aqueous composition comprising a reactive copolymer which is stable to hydrolysis in the aqueous medium, which is a copolymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomers which include 1.5 to 20%, by weight of the copolymer, of a monomer which contains a carboxylic acid amide methylol group or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl ether thereof or a mixture thereof; 0.5 to 15%, by weight of the copolymer, of an aminosilane or an aminosiloxane or a mixture thereof; and 0.5 to 15%, by weight of copolymer, of an organometallic catalyst; and (b) heating the treated textile to harden the copolymer thereon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers include 2.5 to 12%, by weight based on the copolymer, of a monomer which contains a carboxylic acid amide methylol group or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl ether thereof or a mixture of said etherified and non-etherified monomers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 62 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprise 50 to 98.5%, by weight of the copolymer, of a non-reactive monomer selected from the group consisting of alkylacrylates wherein the alkyl group is of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkylmethacrylates wherein the alkyl group is of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprise up to 25%, by weight of copolymer, of a monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylamide, styrene, vinylether, vinylchloride, vinylidene chloride, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprise up to 1%, by weight of copolymer, of a monomer having a free carboxyl group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprise less than 5%, by weight of copolymer, of a non-reactive monomer having two polymerizable double bonds.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 47 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the aminosilane is of the formula ##STR4## wherein Y is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, A is alkylene of greater than two carbon atoms, M is an amino group or an aminoalkylamino group, and n is 0 or 1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 68 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the amino-siloxane is the hydrolysate of an aminosilane of the formula ##STR5## wherein Y is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, A is alkylene of greater than two carbon atoms, M is an amino group or an aminoalkylamino group, and n is 0 or 1; or a cohydrolysate of an aminosilane of said formula and a silane having no amino group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 21 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the organometallic catalyst is a compound of aluminum, zirconium, titanium, cobalt, iron, zinc or tin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 13 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the organometallic catalyst is a zinc soap.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 13 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the organometallic catalyst is a dialkyl-tin dicarboxylate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 37 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the aqueous composition comprises 0.5 to 10%, by weight of copolymer, of the aminosilane or aminosiloxane or mixtures thereof and 0.5 to 10%, by weight of copolymer, of the organometallic catalyst.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 37 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the aqueous composition comprises 2 to 8%, by weight of copolymer, of the aminosilane or aminosiloxane or mixtures thereof and 2 to 8%, by weight of copolymer, of the organometallic catalyst.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 39 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the aqueous composition is applied to the textile by coating, and wherein the aqueous composition contains 15 to 60% by weight of the reactive copolymer, based on the total weight of the composition.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 174 words
The process of claim 14, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers include 2.5 to 20%, by weight of the copolymer, of a monomer which contains a carboxylic acid amide methylol group or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl ether thereof or a mixture thereof; 0.5 to 10%, by weight of the copolymer, of an aminosilane of the formula ##STR6## wherein Y is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, A is alkylene of greater than two carbon atoms, M is an amino group or an aminoalkylamino group, and n is 0 or 1, or an aminosiloxane which is the hydrolysate of an aminosilane of the formula, or a mixture of an aminosiloxane and a siloxane containing no amino group which is the cohydrolysate of an aminosilane of the formula and a silane containing no amino group, or mixtures thereof; 0.5 to 10%, by weight of copolymer, of an organometallic catalyst selected from the group consisting of zinc soaps and dialkyl-tin dicarboxylates; and sufficient thickening agent to give a viscosity of 10,000 cP at 20° C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 30 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the aqueous composition is applied to the textile by impregnation, and wherein the aqueous compositon contains 4 to 100 g/l of the reactive copolymer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 161 words
The process of claim 16, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomers include 2.5 to 20%, by weight of the copolymer, of a monomer which contains a carboxylic acid amide methylol group or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl ether thereof or a mixture thereof; 0.5 to 10%, by weight of the copolymer, of an aminosilane of the formula ##STR7## wherein Y is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, A is alkylene of greater than two carbon atoms, M is an amino group or an aminoalkylamino group, and n is 0 or 1, or an aminosiloxane which is the hydrolysate of an aminosilane of the formula, or a mixture of an aminosiloxane and a siloxane containing no amino group which is the cohydrolysate of an aminosilane of the formula and a silane containing no amino group, or mixtures thereof; and 0.5 to 10%, by weight of copolymer, of an organometallic catalyst selected from the group consisting of zinc soaps and dialkyl-tin dicarboxylates.

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