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Process for dyeing or treating textile fibre materials

Assignee: Novartis Corp
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Filing: 1981-05-08
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Granted: 1982-08-24
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Expires: 2001-05-08
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Abstract

Abstract A process for dyeing or treating textile fibre materials with foam, which process comprises applying to the textile fibre materials a foamed aqueous composition which, in addition to containing the dye (or fluorescent whitening agent) or the fabric finishing agent, contains a foamable system comprising water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or a fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The composition is then applied to the textile fibre materials, which are subsequently subjected to a heat treatment, e.g. by thermofixation, in the temperature range from 120° to 210° C., or by steaming in the range from 100° to 120° C., with or without first drying them.

Inventors

  • 👤 Christian Guth
  • 👤 Hanspeter Gysin
  • 👤 Jorg Binz

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 21:57
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P1/00; D06P1/96; D06P1/965; D06L; D06L4/00; D06L4/60; D06L4/664; D06M; D06M23/00; D06M23/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 166 words
A process for treating textile fibers with foam, comprising the step of applying to the textile fibers a foamed aqueous composition which contains dye, a fluorescent whitening agent or a fabric finishing agent, and additionally contains water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or a fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 166 words
A process for treating textile fibers with foam, comprising the step of applying to the textile fibers a foamed aqueous composition which contains dye, a fluorescent whitening agent or a fabric finishing agent, and additionally contains water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or a fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein component (A) is a reaction product of a fatty acid containing 12 to 18 carbon atoms with a dialkanolamine containing 2 or 3 carbon atoms in each alkanol moiety.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein component (A) is coconut fatty acid diethanolamide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein component (B) is cetyl alcohol or diethylene glycol cetyl ether.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 47 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein component (C) is an adduct of 7 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of an aliphatic monoalcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms or of an alkylphenol containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 49 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein component (D) is an acid ester of the formula R--O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --O--.sub.m --X wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl, each of 10 to 18 carbon atoms, X is the acid radical of an inorganic oxygen-containing acid, and m is 2 to 15.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 112 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains (A) a fatty acid diethanolamide containing 12 to 18 carbon atoms in the fatty acid radical, and at least two of the components (B) cetyl alcohol or diethoxylated cetyl alcohol, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of an aliphatic monoalcohol containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms or of an alkylphenol containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) a sulfuric acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 10 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 10 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 53 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains 5 to 60% by weight of component (A) 0 to 10% by weight of component (B) 0.1 to 20% by weight of component (C) 0 to 10% by weight of component (D) and 35 to 80% of water, based on the entire mixture.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the foamed composition has a foam half-life of 5 to 30 minutes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process according to claim 1, which comprises applying the foamed composition continuously to the textile fibers and, after the foam has collapsed, subjecting said fibers to a heat treatment with or without drying the fibers beforehand.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 20 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the foamed composition is applied in succession to both sides of a textile.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 36 words
A process according to claim 1, which further comprises subjecting the fibers to a heat treatment either after first drying the fibers in the temperature range from 80° to 120° C. or without drying the fibers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 26 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the fibers are subjected to a heat treatment by thermofixation in the temperature range from 120° to 210° C.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 26 words
A process according to claim 1, which comprises subjecting the fibers to a heat treatment by steaming in the temperature range from 100° to 120° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 147 words
A foamed aqueous composition which comprises at least one dye, fluorescent whitening agent or fabric finishing agent, water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product, and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or with 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 147 words
A foamed aqueous composition which comprises at least one dye, fluorescent whitening agent or fabric finishing agent, water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product, and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or with 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 135 words
An aqueous foamable composition, comprising water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product, and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or with 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 135 words
An aqueous foamable composition, comprising water and (A) a fatty acid/alkanolamine reaction product or an alkylene oxide adduct of this reaction product, and at least two of the following components (B) a fatty alcohol which is optionally mono-, di- or triethoxylated and which contains 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the fatty alcohol radical, (C) an adduct of 5 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol or fatty acid, each containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, or with 1 mole of an alkylphenol containing a total of 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (D) an acid ester, or a salt thereof, of a polyadduct of 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms.

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