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Printing on pretreated substrates

Assignee: Pharmacia Searle Ltd
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Filing: 1983-06-01
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Granted: 1985-05-28
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Expires: 2003-06-01
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Abstract

Abstract In the printing of dyes onto substrates, the pretreatment of the substrates with low levels of calcium or sodium salts or other gelling/insolubilizing agents effectively reduces dye usage.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth Clare
  • 👤 Erle Hopkinson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 14:57
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P1/00; D06P1/44; D06P1/52; D06P1/5264; D06P1/5285; D06P1/46; D06P1/48; D06P1/673; D06P1/67333; D06P1/67341; D06P1/6735; D06P5/00; D06P5/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S8/00; Y10S8/92; Y10S8/922

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 107 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising (1) 0.025 to 0.275 wt. % of a soluble calcium, aluminum or chromium salt (2) 5 to 20 wt. % of the chloride, nitrate, or sulphate salts of sodium, potassium, or lithium, (3) 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride, or (4) 0.35 to 1.0 wt % of citric acid so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 107 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising (1) 0.025 to 0.275 wt. % of a soluble calcium, aluminum or chromium salt (2) 5 to 20 wt. % of the chloride, nitrate, or sulphate salts of sodium, potassium, or lithium, (3) 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride, or (4) 0.35 to 1.0 wt % of citric acid so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process of claim 1, in which the second aqueous composition further comprises thickening agents which are one or more of guar, locust bean gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, synthetic polymers, and starch ether.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 44 words
A process of claim 1, in which the first aqueous composition comprises 0.025 to 0.275 wt. % anhydrous calcium chloride and in which the total amount of calcium chloride applied to the substrate is 0.03 to 0.5% based on the weight of the substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, in which the treated substrate of step (A) is dried prior to step (B).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, in which the dye is a disperse dye, a reative dye, a combination of disperse and reactive dyes, or an acid dye.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 72 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 5 to 20 wt. % of the chloride, nitrate, or sulphate salts of sodium, potassium, or lithium so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 72 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 5 to 20 wt. % of the chloride, nitrate, or sulphate salts of sodium, potassium, or lithium so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process of claim 6, in which the second aqueous composition further comprises thickening agents which are one or more of guar, locust bean gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, synthetic polymers, and starch ether.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 64 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of polyhexamehtylene biguanide hydrochloride so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 64 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of polyhexamehtylene biguanide hydrochloride so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process of claim 8, in which the second aqueous composition further comprises thickening agents which are one or more of guar, locust bean gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, synthetic polymers, and starch ether.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 63 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % of citric acid so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 63 words
A process for printing substrates which comprises: (A) applying to at least a portion of a substrate a first aqueous composition comprising 0.35 to 1.0 wt. % of citric acid so as to produce a treated substrate, (B) then applying to at least a portion of said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a dye and 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % alginate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process of claim 10, in which the second aqueous composition further comprises thickening agents which are one or more of guar, locust bean gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, synthetic polymers, and starch ether.

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