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Starch with curable amine functional silicone for fabric wrinkle reduction and shape retention

Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1988-12-21
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Granted: 1990-05-08
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Expires: 2008-12-21
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Abstract

Abstract This invention relates to liquid starch containing compositions comprising curable amine functional silicones for wrinkle reduction and shape retention.

Inventors

  • 👤 Timothy W. Coffindaffer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 12:36
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M15/00; D06M15/19; D06M15/37; D06M15/643; D06M15/6436; D06M15/01; D06M15/03; D06M15/11

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
A liquid starch composition for treating laundered fabrics, said composition comprising: (1) from about 0.1% to about 33% by weight of a curable amine functional silicone emulsion for wrinkle reduction, and (2) from about 0.5% to about 35% of a laundry starch and (3) water to deposit said curable amine functional silicone and said starch on said fabric, wherein said curable amine functional silicone on said fabric cures to form silicone-oxyen-silicone linkages; wherein said curable amine functional silicone is selected from the group of linear and branch curable amine functional branch silicones and mixtures thereof having the following structure: ((RO)R'.sub.2 SiO.sub.1/2).sub.X (R'.sub.2 SiO.sub.2/2).sub.Y (R"SiO.sub.3/2).sub.Z ; wherein X is equal to Z+2; and Y is at least 3; and wherein Z is zero for a linear curable amine functional silicone; Z is at least one for a branched curable amine functional silicone; wherein R is a hydrogen or a C 1-20 alkyl; and R', R" is a C 1-20 alkyl or an amine group selected from cyclic amines, polyamines and alkylamines having from about 2 to about 7 carbon atoms in their alkyl chain, and wherein at least R' or R" is an amine group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
A liquid starch composition for treating laundered fabrics, said composition comprising: (1) from about 0.1% to about 33% by weight of a curable amine functional silicone emulsion for wrinkle reduction, and (2) from about 0.5% to about 35% of a laundry starch and (3) water to deposit said curable amine functional silicone and said starch on said fabric, wherein said curable amine functional silicone on said fabric cures to form silicone-oxyen-silicone linkages; wherein said curable amine functional silicone is selected from the group of linear and branch curable amine functional branch silicones and mixtures thereof having the following structure: ((RO)R'.sub.2 SiO.sub.1/2).sub.X (R'.sub.2 SiO.sub.2/2).sub.Y (R"SiO.sub.3/2).sub.Z ; wherein X is equal to Z+2; and Y is at least 3; and wherein Z is zero for a linear curable amine functional silicone; Z is at least one for a branched curable amine functional silicone; wherein R is a hydrogen or a C 1-20 alkyl; and R', R" is a C 1-20 alkyl or an amine group selected from cyclic amines, polyamines and alkylamines having from about 2 to about 7 carbon atoms in their alkyl chain, and wherein at least R' or R" is an amine group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition contains a liquid selected from the group consisting of: surfactants, lower molecular weight C 1 -C 4 alcohols, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition contains from about 0.5% to about 25% of said curable amine functional silicone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 3 said concentrate contains from about 1% to about 10% of said curable amine functional silicone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein said curable amine functional silicone has an average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 26 words
The composition of claim 5 wherein said water is present at a level of from about 50% to about 98% by weight of the total composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 6 wherein said silicone has an average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 15,000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 7 wherein said silicone has an average molecular weight of from about 1,500 to about 5,000.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 39 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein R is a hydrogen or a C 1-3 alkyl; R' is C 1-3 alkyl; and R" is an alkylamine group having from about 2 to about 7 carbon atoms in its alkyl chain.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 72 words
The composition of claim 9 wherein said R is methyl; R' is methyl and R" is (CH 2 ) 3 NH(CH 2 ) 2 NH 2 ; and X is about 3.5; Y is about 27 and Z is about 1.5; and wherein said curable amine functional silicone has a molecular weight in the range of from about 1,000 to about 2,800 and a viscosity of about 5-40 centistokes at 25° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method of reducing wrinkles in laundered fabrics by applying to said fabrics the starch composition of claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said curable amine functional silicone is present in said starch composition at a level of from about 0.5% to about 20% by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 25 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said curable amine functional silicone is present at a level of from about 1% to about 10% by weight.

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