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Process for pad dyeing cellulosic textile materials

Assignee: Novartis Corp
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Filing: 1983-12-07
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Granted: 1985-01-22
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Expires: 2003-12-07
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Abstract

Abstract Cellulosic textile material is dyed with substantive dyes or preferably with reactive dyes. Dyeing is carried out by applying to the cellulosic material an aqueous dye liquor which contains, in addition to the dye, a graft polymer which is obtained from an adduct of an alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, with an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide or methacrylamide. The cellulosic material is then subjected to a heat treatment, e.g. by steaming or with microwaves, or is stored cold, to fix the dyes. This dye liquor increases the liquor pick-up and thus also increases the dye yield, while at the same time excellent levelness is achieved.

Inventors

  • 👤 Paul Schafer
  • 👤 Hans-Ulrich Berendt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 09:36
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F283/00; C08F283/06; D; D06; D06P; D06P1/00; D06P1/44; D06P1/60; D06P1/613; D06P1/6131; D06P1/6133

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 83 words
A process for dyeing textile materials which consist wholly or partly of cellulose fibres with substantive dyes or reactive dyes, which process comprises padding the cellulosic materials with an aqueous dye liquor which contains, in the addition to the dye, a graft polymer obtained from an adduct of an alkylene oxide with an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol of 3 to 10 carbon atoms and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and subsequently fixing the dye by a heat treatment or by the cold pad-batch method.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 83 words
A process for dyeing textile materials which consist wholly or partly of cellulose fibres with substantive dyes or reactive dyes, which process comprises padding the cellulosic materials with an aqueous dye liquor which contains, in the addition to the dye, a graft polymer obtained from an adduct of an alkylene oxide with an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol of 3 to 10 carbon atoms and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and subsequently fixing the dye by a heat treatment or by the cold pad-batch method.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the padding liquor contains a graft polymer obtained from an adduct of 4 to 100 moles of propylene oxide with a trihydric to hexahydric alkanol of 3 to 6 carbon atoms and acrylamide or methacrylamide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the graft polymer contains 2.5 to 50% by weight of the adduct and 50 to 97.5% of the grafted acrylamide, based on the total graft polymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 35 words
A process according to claim 3, wherein the graft polymer contains 2.5 to 20% by weight of the adduct and 80 to 97.5% by weight of the grafted acrylamide, based on the total graft polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the padding liquor contains a graft polymer of acrylamide and an adduct of 40 to 80 moles of propylene oxide with 1 mole of glycerol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 46 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein the graft polymer contains 4 to 10% by weight of the adduct of 40 to 80 moles of propylene oxide with 1 mole of glycerol and 90 to 96% by weight of acrylamide, based on the total graft polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 29 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the padding liquor contains 5 to 40 g/l of the graft polymer in the form of a 3 to 10% aqueous solution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 14 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein dyeing is carried out with reactive dyes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 17 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the heat treatment is carried out by means of microwaves.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 19 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the heat treatment is carried out by means of the thermosol process.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the heat treatment is carried out by steaming.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 18 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the dye fixation is carried out by the cold pad-batch method.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the padding liquor additionally contains an alkali-resistant wetting agent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 73 words
A process according to claim 13, wherein the wetting agent comprises (A) an alkylsulfonate having 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and (B) an adduct of 2 to 40 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 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 38 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the component (B) of the wetting agent is an adduct of 2 to 10 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 107 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the padding liquor contains, in addition to the dye, an aqueous formulation comprising at least 1 to 10% by weight of the graft polymer, 8 to 25% by weight of an alkylsulfonate containing 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, 3 to 10% by weight of an adduct of 2 to 40 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 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and 65 to 88% by weight of water.

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