Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A process for the mass dyeing of a synthetic polyamide comprising (i) incorporating into a synthetic polyamide melt a dye salt of the formula F.(A).sub.n, or a mixture of such salts, and (ii) forming a solid polyamide from the melt, wherein F is radical of an anionic or cationic dye, and A, when F is the radical of an anionic dye, is (1) a group containing at least one ammonium, cycloammonium or immonium group and at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or carbonyl-substituted aromatic group or (2) a group containing a piperazine or piperidine group or a heteroaromatic group selected from those of the triazine, pyrimidine, quinazoline, quinoxaline, phthalazine and phthalimidine series, with the proviso that when A contains at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group but no aromatic or heteroaromatic group, it must contain at least one cycloammonium group, or A, when F is the radical of a cationic dye, is a group containing at least two carboxy groups, at least one amino group and one carboxy group or at least one sulfo group, together with one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, monocyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A process for the mass dyeing of a synthetic polyamide comprising (i) incorporating into a synthetic polyamide melt a dye salt of the formula F.(A).sub.n, or a mixture of such salts, and (ii) forming a solid polyamide from the melt, wherein F is radical of an anionic or cationic dye, and A, when F is the radical of an anionic dye, is (1) a group containing at least one ammonium, cycloammonium or immonium group and at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or carbonyl-substituted aromatic group or (2) a group containing a piperazine or piperidine group or a heteroaromatic group selected from those of the triazine, pyrimidine, quinazoline, quinoxaline, phthalazine and phthalimidine series, with the proviso that when A contains at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group but no aromatic or heteroaromatic group, it must contain at least one cycloammonium group, or A, when F is the radical of a cationic dye, is a group containing at least two carboxy groups, at least one amino group and one carboxy group or at least one sulfo group, together with one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, monocyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein F is the radical of an anionic dye, A is a radical containing one or two ammonium groups and a C 1-12 alkyl, cyclohexyl, piperazine, triazine, pyrimidine, quinazoline, quinoxaline, phthalazine, phthalimide, phenyl or fused benzene group, and n is 1 or 2.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 2 wherein A is a radical containing one or two ammonium groups and a phenyl, fused benzene or 1,3,5-triazine group, and n is 1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 1 wherein F is the radical of an anionic dye of the azo, anthraquinone, phthlocyanine or dioxazine series.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 1 wherein F is the radical of an anionic metallized azo dye free from sulfo groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 1 wherein F is the radical of an anionic dye, and A is a radical containing a group selected from (a) a phenyl or fused benzene group which is substituted by one to four groups of the formula ##STR11## wherein R 2 is -O- or -NR 3 -, wherein R 3 is hydrogen or C 1-2 alkyl, each R 4 , R 5 and R 6 is independently hydrogen or C 1-2 alkyl, and p is 0 or 1, with the proviso that when p is 0, there is a cationic group elsewhere int he molecule; (b) a 1,3,5-triazine group which is substituted in the 2-position or the 4-position by a group of Formula c wherein p is 0, in the other of said position by a group of Formula c wherein p is 1 and in the 6-position by chloro or a group of Formula c wherein p is 0; and (c) a 1,3,5-triazine group which is substituted at each of the 2- and 4-position independently by a group of the formula --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --⊕NH(R.sub.7).sub.2, wherein each R 7 is independently C 1-4 alkyl, and m is 2, 3 or 4, and in the 6-position by chloro.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 6 wherein the dye salt has the formula ##STR12##
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 1 wherein F is the radical of an anionic dye, and A is a radical containing one 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinium group and one, tow or three 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl groups, each linked at the 4-position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein, F is the radical of a cationic azo dye or a cationic triphenylmethane dye, and A is a radical containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group linking from one to four dicarboxylic acid- or sulfonic acid-containing side chains or is a C 2-14 dicarboxylic acid or an amino-C 2-12 carboxylic acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 9 wherein F is the radical of a cationic azo dye.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein A, when F is the radical of an anionic dye, is a group containing a piperazine or piperidine group or a heteroaromatic group selected from those of the triazine, pyrimidine, quinazoline, quinoxaline, phthalazine and phthalimidine series.