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Leather oiling compositions and their use

Assignee: Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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Filing: 1995-02-09
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Granted: 1998-03-17
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Expires: 2015-02-09
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Abstract

Abstract PCT No. PCT/EP95/00463 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 18, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 18, 1996 PCT Filed Feb. 9, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/22628 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 24, 1995A method for oiling leather and skins by impregnating the leather and skins with partial esters of cyclic polycarboxylic acids or (partial) anhydrides with monofunctional fatty alcohols and optionally fixing the partial esters in the leather. Aqueous dispersions or emulsions of the cyclic polycarboxylic and/or (partial) anhydrides partial esters are also disclosed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wolfgang Ritter
  • 👤 Rudolf Zauns-Huber
  • 👤 Emil Ruscheinsky, deceased
  • 👤 Stefanie Ortanderl

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C14; C14C; C14C9/00; C14C9/02; C07; C07C; C07C233/00; C07C233/01; C07C233/45; C07C233/46; C07C233/47; C07C233/49; C07C69/00; C07C69/76; C09; C09K; C09K23/00; C09K23/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim 66 words
A method for oiling and optionally retanning a substrate comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of leather and skins which comprises: impregnating the substrate with an aqueous dispersion or emulsion comprising a partial ester formed by reaction of at least one member selected from the group consisting of cyclic polycarboxylic acids and (partial) anhydrides of cyclic polycarboxylic acids with monohydric fatty alcohols.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 66 words
A method for oiling and optionally retanning a substrate comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of leather and skins which comprises: impregnating the substrate with an aqueous dispersion or emulsion comprising a partial ester formed by reaction of at least one member selected from the group consisting of cyclic polycarboxylic acids and (partial) anhydrides of cyclic polycarboxylic acids with monohydric fatty alcohols.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 55 words
The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the partial esters are formed from at least one member selected from the .group consisting of tribasic cyclic polycarboxylic acids and tribasic cyclic polycarboxylic acid (partial) anhydrides having a ring system selected from the group consisting of a saturated ring, an olefinically unsaturated ring, and an aromatic ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the partial ester comprises a partial ester of an aromatic polycarboxylic acid containing 4 to 6 carboxylic groups on a C 6 ring system with monohydric fatty alcohols.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 59 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the partial ester comprises the partial ester of cyclic polycarboxylic acids formed by a Diels-Alder reaction of at least one member selected from the group consisting of monoolefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, monoolefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids. monoolefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid anhydrides and monoolefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acid (partial) anhydrides with conjugated diolefinically unsaturated compounds.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
The method claimed in claim 4, wherein the partial esters comprise partial esters of the fatty alcohol with a reaction product of at least one of maleic acid and maleic anhydride with a diolefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 177 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the partial esters comprise at least one alcohol group selected from the group consisting of saturated linear C 8 to C 40 alcohols, saturated branched C 8 -C 40 alcohols, unsaturated linear C 8 to C 40 alcohols, unsaturated branched C 8 to C 40 alcohols, reaction products of saturated linear C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower hydroxycarboxylic acids, reaction products of unsaturated linear C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower hydroxy carboxylic acids, reaction products of saturated branched C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower hydroxy carboxylic acids, reaction products of unsaturated branched C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower hydroxy carboxylic acids, reaction products of saturated linear C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower alkylene oxides, reaction products of linear unsaturated C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower alkylene oxides, reaction products of branched saturated C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower alkylene oxides and reaction products of branched unsaturated C 8 to C 40 alcohols with lower alkylene oxides.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 31 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the partial esters comprise partial esters produced by a ring opening of a dicarboxylic anhydride ring with one equivalent of the monohydric fatty alcohol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the aqueous dispersion or emulsion comprises the partial esters at a mildly acidic to a mildly alkaline pH value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 44 words
The method claimed in claim 1 wherein the substrate is impregnated with an emulsion comprising the partial ester and an emulsifier which emulsifier, on introduction into the substrate has an additional oiling effect and can be fixed in a tanned substrate by acidic groups.
Claim 11
Independent Claim 19 words
The method claimed in 1 which further comprises fixing the partial ester impregnated into the substrate by an aftertreatment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 34 words
The method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the partial ester comprises a partial ester of at least one member selected from the group consisting of pyromellitic acid, and (partial) anhydrides of pyromellitic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the conjugated diolefinically unsaturated compound contains at least one carboxyl function.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 16 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the diolefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid is a conjuene fatty acid.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 14 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the alcohol contains 12 to 24 carbon atoms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 25 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the partial esters are fixed in the substrate by an aftertreatment of the substrate with a mineral tanning agent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 61 words
An aqueous dispersion comprising amphiphilic partial esters of at least one member selected from the group consisting of cyclic polycarboxylic acid and (partial) anhydrides of cyclic polycarboxylic acids with monohydric fatty alcohols which dispersion has a mildly acidic to mildly basic pH value and comprises a water-dilutable composition with an amphiphilic partial ester content of at least about 20% by weight.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 61 words
An aqueous dispersion comprising amphiphilic partial esters of at least one member selected from the group consisting of cyclic polycarboxylic acid and (partial) anhydrides of cyclic polycarboxylic acids with monohydric fatty alcohols which dispersion has a mildly acidic to mildly basic pH value and comprises a water-dilutable composition with an amphiphilic partial ester content of at least about 20% by weight.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 40 words
The aqueous dispersion of the amphiphilic partial ester as claimed in claim 16, which additionally contains emulsifiers and optionally leather oiling compositions which contain an oleophilic hydrocarbon group containing at least 8 carbon atoms and at least one acid group.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 91 words
The aqueous dispersion of the amphiphilic partial esters as claimed in claim 16 which contains at least one additional impregnating or hydrophobicizing leather oiling preparation comprising sulfosuccinic acid semiesters with C 12-24 fatty alcohol residues in combination with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of oxidized C 18-26 hydrocarbons, oxidized C 32-40 waxes, oxidized and partly sulfonated C 18-26 hydrocarbons oxidized and partly sulfonated C 32-40 waxes, phosphoric acid mono-C 12-24 -alkyl esters, partial esters of polycarboxylic acids, partial esters of polyalcohols, and C 18-24 fatty acid esters.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 36 words
The aqueous dispersions of the amphiphilic partial esters as claimed in claim 16 wherein the amphiphilic partial esters make up at least about 35% by weight of impregnating and/or hydrophobicizing active substances in the aqueous dispersion.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 16 words
The dispersion of claim 16 containing from 30% to 70% by weight of amphiphilic partial esters.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 17 words
The aqueous dispersion of claim 17 wherein the oleophilic hydrocarbon group contains at least 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 165 words
The aqueous dispersion of claim 17 wherein the emulsifier comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of sulfosuccinic acid semiesters of long-chain fatty alcohols with 12 to 24 carbon atoms, sulfosuccinic acid semiesters of alkylene oxide adducts of fatty alcohols with 12 to 24 carbon atoms and up to 6 alkylene oxide groups; sulfosuccinic acid semiesters of C 12-24 fatty acid monoglycerides, sulfosuccinic fatty acid semiesters of alkoxylated C 12-24 fatty acid monoglycerides having up to 6 alkoxide groups, sulfosuccinic semiesters of C 12-24 fatty acid diglycerides, sulfosuccinic acid semiesters of alkoxylated C 12-24 fatty acid diglycerides having up to 6 alkoxide groups, C 12-24 α-sulfofatty acids, internal sulfonates of monoolefinically unsaturated C 12-24 fatty acids, internal sulfonates of polyolefinically unsaturated C 12-24 fatty acids, and salts of a C 2-6 amino acid substituted by an acyl group of a C 9-20 fatty acid at an amine nitrogen of the amino acid which may optionally be methyl substituted at the amine nitrogen.

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