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Coloring of inorganic substrates and mineral materials
Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1976-01-28
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Granted: 1979-07-24
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Expires: 1996-01-28
Abstract
Abstract A method for coloring inorganic substrates such as glass beads, glass fibers, mineral wool, rock wool, mineral fiber boards and cloths, concrete molded materials, inorganic pigments and metallic powders, which comprises treating the inorganic substrate with (1) a cationic component comprising (A) A WATER SOLUBLE CATIONIC RESIN OR AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A WATER SOLUBLE CATIONIC RESIN, (B) AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A WATER SOLUBLE CATIONIC RESIN AND A WATER SOLUBLE CATIONIC DYE, OR (C) AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF A WATER SOLUBLE CATIONIC RESIN, A CATIONIC DISPERSING AGENT PLUS A WATER INSOLUBLE DYE OR PIGMENT AND, OPTIONALLY, A CATIONIC WATER SOLUBLE DYE; AND WITH (2) AN ANIONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING (D) AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A WATER SOLUBLE ANIONIC DYE, (E) AN ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENT OR AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENT, (F) AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENT AND A WATER SOLUBLE ANIONIC DYE, OR (G) AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF AN ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENT PLUS A WATER INSOLUBLE DYE OR PIGMENT AND, OPTIONALLY, AN ANIONIC WATER SOLUBLE DYE WITH THE ORDER OF TREATMENT WITH THE CATIONIC COMPONENT (1) AND THE ANIONIC COMPONENT (2) BEING OPTIONAL AND WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE CATIONIC COMPONENT (1) OR THE ANIONIC COMPONENT (2) CONTAINING A DYE, EITHER WATER SOLUBLE OR WATER INSOLUBLE, OR PIGMENT AS A COLORANT.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Juzu
- 👤 Hiroyuki Okazaki
- 👤 Yasuyuki Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-02 15:41
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09B; C09B67/00; C09B67/0071; C03; C03C; C03C25/00; C03C25/10; C03C25/465; C03C25/475; C04; C04B; C04B20/00; C04B20/10; C04B20/12; C04B41/00; C04B41/45; C04B41/52; C04B41/528; C09C; C09C3/00; C09C3/006; C09C3/08; C09C3/10; C01; C01P; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/60; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515; Y10T428/31522; Y10T428/31529; Y10T428/31721; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31728; Y10T428/31765
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A method for coloring an inorganic substrate, which comprises contacting the inorganic substrate in separate steps but in any order with (1) a cationic component comprising (a) a water soluble cationic resin or an aqueous solution of a water soluble cationic resin, said cationic resin comprising at least one of polyamide-polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, polyvinylamine-polyacrylamide-epichlorohydrin resins and polyethyleneimine polymers, (b) an aqueous solution of said water soluble cationic resin and a water soluble cationic dye, or (c) an aqueous dispersion of said water soluble cationic resin, a cationic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment, and with (2) an anionic component comprising (d) an aqueous solution of a water soluble anionic dye, (e) an anionic dispersing agent or an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent, (f) an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent and a water soluble anionic dye, or (g) an aqueous dispersion of an anionic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment and with at least one of the cationic component (1) or the anionic component (2) containing a colorant comprising at least one of a pigment, a direct dye, an acid dye, a reactive dye, a vat dye, a disperse dye, and an anionic fluorescent brightner.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
205 words
A method for coloring an inorganic substrate, which comprises contacting the inorganic substrate in separate steps but in any order with (1) a cationic component comprising (a) a water soluble cationic resin or an aqueous solution of a water soluble cationic resin, said cationic resin comprising at least one of polyamide-polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, polyvinylamine-polyacrylamide-epichlorohydrin resins and polyethyleneimine polymers, (b) an aqueous solution of said water soluble cationic resin and a water soluble cationic dye, or (c) an aqueous dispersion of said water soluble cationic resin, a cationic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment, and with (2) an anionic component comprising (d) an aqueous solution of a water soluble anionic dye, (e) an anionic dispersing agent or an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent, (f) an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent and a water soluble anionic dye, or (g) an aqueous dispersion of an anionic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment and with at least one of the cationic component (1) or the anionic component (2) containing a colorant comprising at least one of a pigment, a direct dye, an acid dye, a reactive dye, a vat dye, a disperse dye, and an anionic fluorescent brightner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said cationic component (1) is an aqueous solution containing about 0.1 to 50% by weight of said cationic resin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said anionic component (2) is an anionic solution or dispersion containing about 0.1 to 50% by weight of an anionic dye.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic substrate is an inorganic substrate in the form of beads, fibers, boards or cloths.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said anionic dispersing agent comprises at least one of a salt of a fatty acid, a sulfate of a higher alcohol, a naphthalene sulfonateformaldehyde condensate and a polyalkyleneoxyalcohol sulfate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of said cationic resin in said cationic component (1) to the weight of said anionic dye or said anionic dispersing agent in said anionic component (2) is about 10 to 90 to 90 to 10.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said cationic resin is about 0.01 to 10% by weight based on the weight of said inorganic substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said anionic dye or colorant in said anionic component (2) is about 0.01 to 10% by weight based on the weight of said inorganic substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said contacting comprises distributing said inorganic substrate in an aqueous medium, adding said cationic component (1) to the inorganic substrate-containing aqueous medium while stirring, successively adding said anionic component (2) to the inorganic substrate-containing aqueous medium while stirring, and recovering said colored inorganic substrate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein said contacting is at a temperature ranging from about 10° C. to 100° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said contacting is carried out by spraying said substrate with or dipping said substrate in said cationic component (1) and said anionic component (2).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
10 words
An inorganic substrate colored by the method of claim 1.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said cationic component (c) further contains a cationic water soluble dye.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said anionic component (g) further contains an anionic water soluble dye.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic substrate is an inorganic pigment or a metallic powder.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic substrate is glass beads, glass fibers, rock wool, mineral wool, mineral fiber boards, mineral fiber cloths, concrete molded materials, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, alumina white or aluminum powder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said cationic resin is polyamide-polyamine-epichlorohydrin.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said cationic resin is polyvinylamide-polyacrylamide-epichlorohydrin.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said cationic resin is polyethyleneimine polymer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the cationic component is (a), and the anionic component is a member selected from (d), (f) and (g).
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