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Process for dyeing wool

Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1986-12-16
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Granted: 1990-03-27
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Expires: 2006-12-16
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Abstract

Abstract Trichromatic dyeings with acid dyes which exhaust from strongly acidic liquors have weaknesses with respect to wet fastness, which are due to insufficiently fast components (blue, red). It has been found, according to the invention, that by replacing the insufficiently fast acid dyes by reactive dyes of the vinylsulfonyl type and retaining the method of dyeing under strongly acidic conditions the wet fastness level of the exhaust dyeings can be improved while the levelness obtained remains as good.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hans-Ulrich von der Eltz
  • 👤 Karl-Heinz Rostermundt
  • 👤 Klaus Turschmann

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 03:43
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P3/00; D06P3/02; D06P3/04; D06P3/14; D06P3/148; D06P3/16; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S8/00; Y10S8/02; Y10S8/916; Y10S8/917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 162 words
A process for the level dyeing of wool or of the wool portion of a fiber blend by the exhaust dyeing technique, with a trichromatic dyeing recipe, said process comprising: bringing the wool or fiber blend into contact containing an aqueous exhaust liquor containing the trichromatic dyeing recipe and dyeing the wool or fiber blend while maintaining a dyeing pH between 2 and 3 and a temperature in the range of 95° to 110° C., said trichromatic dyeing recipe consisting essentially of at least three dyestuffs, at least one, but not all, of the dyestuffs being an acid dye which exhausts under strongly acid conditions, and at least one, but not all, of the dyestuffs being a reactive dye contaiing in the molecule at least one group which, under fixing conditions, reacts with the fiber via the vinyl sulfonyl radical by nucleophilic addition; cooling the resulting dyed wool or fiber blend, and recovering dyed wool or fiber blend exhibiting level trichromatic effects.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 162 words
A process for the level dyeing of wool or of the wool portion of a fiber blend by the exhaust dyeing technique, with a trichromatic dyeing recipe, said process comprising: bringing the wool or fiber blend into contact containing an aqueous exhaust liquor containing the trichromatic dyeing recipe and dyeing the wool or fiber blend while maintaining a dyeing pH between 2 and 3 and a temperature in the range of 95° to 110° C., said trichromatic dyeing recipe consisting essentially of at least three dyestuffs, at least one, but not all, of the dyestuffs being an acid dye which exhausts under strongly acid conditions, and at least one, but not all, of the dyestuffs being a reactive dye contaiing in the molecule at least one group which, under fixing conditions, reacts with the fiber via the vinyl sulfonyl radical by nucleophilic addition; cooling the resulting dyed wool or fiber blend, and recovering dyed wool or fiber blend exhibiting level trichromatic effects.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reactive dye is introduced in the form of a dye having a precursor of the vinyl-sulfonyl radical, said precursor being the β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl group, the β-chloroethylsulfonyl group or the β-dialkylaminoethylsulfonyl group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said reactive dye has at least one monochlorotriazinyl or monofluorotriazinyl group in addition to the group or groups which react with the fiber via the vinyl sulfonyl radical.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trichromatic recipe includes an assistant mixture consisting essentially of a reaction product of stearyl amine and ethylene oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 100 words
the process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the exhaust liquor which contains such dye combinations, but no acid or acid-donating agent require for fixing the dyes, is heated up together with the material to by dyed to the dyeing temperature within the said range from 95° to 110° C. as rapidly as possible and in one step, then, on reaching said dyeing temperature and while maintaining appropriate isothermal conditions for dye fixation, the hot dyebath has added to it sulfuric acid in portions over a prolonged period, and the wool is dyed in the indicated strongly acid pH range.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 101 words
The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the exhaust liquor, substantially free of any acid or acid-donating agent for fixing of the dyes, is heated up in a single heating step together with the wool or fiber blend to a said temperature in the range of 95° to 110° C., and the acid needed to lower the pH to a value in the range of 2 to 3 is added subsequent to said single heating step, while maintaining isothermal conditions for dye fixation, whereby the dyeing with the trichromatic recipe can proceed at said pH and under said temperature conditions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 38 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the temperature in the range of 95° to 110° C. is maintained for at least about 60 minutes but the total dyeing time is not longer than about 21/2 hours.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein wool which has not been pretreated with an antifelting finish is dyed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 20 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein carbonized wool which has not been subjected to prior neutralization is dyed.

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