Steam (at 138 Degrees C. Or Above) Patents (Class 8/476)
  • Patent number: 11534387
    Abstract: A method for treating human keratin fibers such as the hair is described and comprises the application to the keratin fibers of a dye composition comprising at least one cationic acrylic copolymer and at least one pigment, and the application to the dyed keratin fibers of a makeup-removing composition comprising at least one hydrocarbon oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Alexis Liard, Karine Lucet-Levannier
  • Patent number: 8607392
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for fixing additives in textiles that comprise applying at least one additive to the textile and substantially simultaneously directing steam onto the faces of the textile. Also disclosed are the products of the disclosed processes. Also disclosed are apparatuses for fixing additives in textiles comprising means for applying at least one additive to the textile and means for substantially simultaneously directing steam onto the faces of the textile. Also disclosed are rotating steam head assemblies for use in connection with the disclosed processes and apparatuses. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Dennis J. Jones, Jr., Chad Anderson
  • Patent number: 8215138
    Abstract: A device (100) is described, together with a continuous dyeing process with indigo and reduction dyes for warp yarn chains (3) and/or fabrics. The device (100) comprising at least one hermetically sealed dyeing compartment (1), and at least one hermetically sealed compartment (2) for the diffusion and fixing of the dye on the yarn (3). The compartment (2) is situated downstream of the dyeing compartment (1) and is functionally and hermetically connected to the dyeing compartment (1) by means of a tunnel (4). Means (12) are present inside the compartments (1, 2) and tunnel (4), for the entry of inert gas or deoxygenated air. One or more means (14, 14?) for the direct application of the dye onto the yarn (3) are also present inside the dyeing compartment (1), whereas at least one tank (8) for humidifying the environment and at least one means (7) for heating the yarn (3) leaving the dyeing compartment (1), are present in the compartment (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Master S.r.l.
    Inventor: Francesco Ronchi
  • Patent number: 7942937
    Abstract: The process of the present disclosure comprises applying to the hair at least one composition comprising at least one hydrophobic film-forming polymer, at least one pigment, and at least one volatile solvent, and heating the hair covered with the composition at a temperature above 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Gaëlle Brun
  • Patent number: 6936076
    Abstract: A textile coated with a coating having a multiphase fluorochemical, a cationic material, and a sorbant polymer. A printed image is subsequently placed on the coated textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Cates, Daniel McBride, William Kimbrell, Kirkland Vogt
  • Patent number: 6517589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel manufacturing method for coloring and lustering substance, especially suitable for coloring and lustering a carbonizable substance, without using pigments or dyes. The method utilizes the relationship between heat, gas and time to allow a substance to directly form and change color. The color-forming or color-changing phenomena is due to the natural quantity change effects caused by the heat, gas and time, which comprises at least one kind of color, color series or color and luster change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: China Textile Institute
    Inventors: Po-Hsiung Huang, Hung-En Chen, Jung-Shen Lien
  • Patent number: 5411557
    Abstract: A printing process wherein the surface of a fabric is subjected to lithography or relief printing and subsequently to aftertreatment including steaming, soaping and rinsing and which is characterized in that the process employs an ink comprising:(a) a coloring agent comprising a dye prepared by rendering a fiber-reactive water soluble dye insoluble and/or oleophilic, and(b) a vehicle comprising(I) a lithographic oily varnish and/or(II) a glycol varnish and/or an amino alcohol varnish containing at least one of hydrotroping agent, neutral sodium salt, surfactant, basic material, water and alcohol,(c) the coloring agent (a) and the vehicle (b) being mixed or kneaded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: King Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Terada
  • Patent number: 5364411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting dyes on fabrics in general, by a two-step process, which comprises, after the printing and drying of a textile support, an impregnation of the support by an alkali solution.The main feature of the invention is that, on the impregnated support, there is performed a vaporization, by arranging the textile support with free laps on supporting hollow rods inside a fabric-lap evaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventor: Mario Beretta
  • Patent number: 5074889
    Abstract: A diamine salt and a surfactant are imbibed into never-dried aromatic polyamide fibers which may be printed or overprinted with acid dyes, after drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: James D. Hodge, Elizabeth A. Dodgson, David J. Rodini
  • Patent number: 4883496
    Abstract: A process for dyeing crystalline poly(meta-phenylene isophthalamide) fibers with a water-insoluble dye padded onto such fibers by heating with steam at critical temperatures first to activate the dye and thereafter to diffuse it into the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Hamid M. Ghorashi
  • Patent number: 4878920
    Abstract: Described is a process for continuously dyeing high tenacity nylon 6,6 fabrics including the sequential steps of applying to a high tenacity, highly crystalline nylon 6,6 fabric whose fibers have a breaking tenacity in the range of 6.0 to 10 g/denier and an aqueous dyebath containing a tinctorial amount of at least one dye. The dyed fabric is then steamed with superheated steam at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures greater than 100.degree. C., e.g., 100.degree. to 160.degree. C., for a time sufficient to fix the dye to the fabric, usually up to 3 minutes. Following steaming, the dyed fabric is washed to remove any unfixed dye, then dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest J. Russell, Tanya E. FitzGerald
  • Patent number: 4812140
    Abstract: High-tenacity nylon fabrics are dyed in a multi-step continuous aqueous dyeing process. Uniformly dyed fabrics having a high degree of fiber bundle penetration result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest J. Russell, M. K. Choi
  • Patent number: 4668234
    Abstract: An aromatic polyamide fiber containing a large amount of a surfactant, sufficient to enable it to be dyed a deep shade. The high surfactant level enables the fiber to be stabilized, at low temperatures, against progressive laundry shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Eric Vance, Bruce A. Barton
  • Patent number: 4659333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fixing azo, metal complex azo and formazan dyes on textile fabrics with hot steam to give stable shades, which process comprises fixing textile fabrics dyed or printed with said dyes in hot steam that contains at least 0.5% by volume of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: CIBA-GEIGY Corporation
    Inventor: Andres Schaub
  • Patent number: 4405524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anthraquinone compounds of formula I, ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl,eitherR.sub.4 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and Y--CO-- is the radical of an organic aliphatic aromatic or araliphatic carboxylic acid containing a total of 2 to 12 carbon atoms,orR.sub.4 together with the radical Y--CO-- and the nitrogen atom to which they are bound signify a cyclic imide of a dicarboxylic acid containing a total of 4 to 8 carbon atoms,X is a direct bond or (C.sub.1-3)alkylene,n is 0 or 1which compounds are useful as colorants. More particularly those compounds where n is 1 are useful as anionic dyestuffs and those compounds where n is 0 are useful as pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventor: Roland Wald
  • Patent number: 4268600
    Abstract: A photochemical color-printing process for textile articles wherein a photosensitive triazene and azo dye coupling agent are applied to surface of textile article, the coated textile is exposed to light with a negative image, unreacted chemical products are removed by washing and rinsing the coated textile article after imaging, and then the coated textile article is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Issec and Tissages de Soieries Rennis
    Inventors: Jean J. Robillard, Claude R. Riou
  • Patent number: 4264321
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the pad-dyeing or printing of web-like textiles consisting totally or partially of cellulose fibers, with aqueous padding liquors or printing pastes containing one or several reactive dyes and optionally, thickening and padding auxiliaries, the starting pH values of the liquors and pastes being in the slightly acid range, which comprises fixing the padded or printed dyestuffs, without the addition of alkalis or alkali-yielding agents, by subjecting the dyestuffs to high-pressure steam or high temperature steam or dry heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich von der Eltz
  • Patent number: 4246329
    Abstract: The light stability of organic dyes is improved by the presence of at least one of the complexes represented by general formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R.sup.1 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may combine to represent a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a 6-membered ring; and Z represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a 5-membered ring, 6-membered ring, 8-membered ring, or 10-membered ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Kotaro Nakamura, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4246330
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing an organic substrate material having an absorption maximum in the wavelength region of about 300 nm to about 800 nm to light without detracting from the color hue and the purity of the organic substrate material, which comprises making at least one metal complex salt represented by the following formula (I) coexist with the organic substrate material: ##STR1## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a cyano group, or an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic ring which may be attached directly to the carbon atom in the respective ring or through a divalent coupling group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, or R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 may combine to form the non-metal atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Kotaro Nakamura, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4235596
    Abstract: Process for the pad-dyeing and printing of textile material made from mixed fibres of cellulose and polyester, which process comprises impregnating of printing the textile material with a dispersion of a disperse dye containing at least one hetero atom which can be alkylated; treating the textile material, before, during or after the impregnating or printing operation, with a compound containing at least two epoxy groups or groups convertible into epoxy groups; and subjecting the material impregnated or printed with dye and epoxy compound to a heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Andres Schaub, Paul Dussy, Peter Aeschlimann, Stefan Koller
  • Patent number: 4229173
    Abstract: An improved process for the continuous dyeing of lengths of textile material that at least partly contain cellulose fibers by the Pad-Steam process wherein the textile material onto which dyestuff has been applied is impregnated with chemical reducing agents including an alkaline solution, is then transported into a steamer for dyestuff-fixation by steaming thereon, is then after-treated by the sequential steps of rinsing with a liquor to remove the reducing agents, oxidizing the dyestuff with a liquor, and soaping and again rinsing the material with a liquor, and then finally drying the material. The improvement in the process comprises effecting the after-treatment steps, at least partially, by forcing the appropriate liquors through the material, especially on the perforated surface of a suction drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1973
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Vepa AG
    Inventor: Heinz Fleissner
  • Patent number: 4229176
    Abstract: A process for preventing oligomer deposits on dyeings produced on textile material consisting of or containing polyester fibers, which process comprises applying to said material during or after dyeing a phthalic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl of 6 to 22 carbon atoms,X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, is hydrogen or methyl and the other is hydrogen,Z is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, andn is 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Schafer, Heinz Abel
  • Patent number: 4212648
    Abstract: Process for printing textile cellulose fiber fabrics with printing pastes containing coupling components dissolved in an alkaline medium, sodium nitrite and diazotizable primary aromatic amines, in which process the amines are used as a solution or in the form of an aqueous fine dispersion with a particle size of less than 0.03 mm and are selected in a manner such that they are paractically non-volatile under at the drying temperatures and show a minimum basicity degree with the pK.sub.a being 2.2 or more, developing the water-insoluble azo dyestuffs on the fiber by diazotizing the amines and coupling the diazonium compound formed with the coupling components following the drying of the printing pastes applied by a treatment of the printed fabrics at room temperature with an aqueous developing bath containing formic acid, and completing the coupling without a previous intermediate drying of the fabric, however, optionally following an air passage, by a short-time steaming with saturated steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Curtius, Erich Feess, Willy Gronen