Abstract: A pre-dyed textile fabric is coated with a pigment and binder composition wherein the binder, binder to pigment ratio and cure conditions are selected to permanently fix only a portion of the pigment to the fabric. The balance of pigment not fixed to the fabric is easily removed in subsequent washing to provide a tone on tone effect which lasts during the life of the fabric.

Abstract: In a process for transfer pattern printing of a moist textile web consisting wholly or predominantly of natural fibers, in particular cotton, and/or artificial fibers on the basis of cellulose, the pattern carrier web is a web of paper or a paper-like material which carries a pre-printed pattern of a water soluble or dispersable dye. After wetting of the textile web to a carefully controlled moisture, the textile web is joined with the pattern carrier web and the joined webs are compressed at a suitable pressure so that the pattern can be transferred without using heat. The advantage is that it will be possible to avoid both heating and use of organic solvents. It is also possible to transfer a pattern to a colored textile web since the textile web may be wetted before hand with an aqueous dye solution or dispersion instead of undyed liquid.

Abstract: Dispersants of increased bioeliminability or biodegradability for use in dye and pigment preparations, as tanning aids, in plastics production and in crop protection formulations contain from 3 to 50% by weight of one or more aromatic or long-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids, salts thereof or anhydrides thereof or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the end-to-end dyeing of cellulosic fibres or cellulosic fibre blends with direct dyes by the pad dyeing process, which comprises padding said fibre materials with an aqueous liquor containing one or more deionized dyes and a migration inhibitor, then expressing the padded goods and subsequently fixing the dye thereon.The process of the invention is suitable for dyeing textile cellulosic fibres or cellulosic fibre blends end-to-end in shades of good allround fastness properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions to impart coffee stain resistance to polyamide textile substrate such as carpets. The compositions comprise either (i) a copolymer selected from the group consisting of a hydrolyzed aromatic-containing vinyl ether maleic anhydride copolymer, a half ester of an aromatic-containing vinyl ether maleic anhydride copolymer, and mixtures thereof, or (ii) an aromatic-containing acrylate copolymerized with an acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and maleic acid. The coffee stain-resistant polyamide textile substrates made are also part of the invention.

Abstract: Pigment printing process for flame-retardant, low-flammability or nonflammable fibersOn being printed with conventional pigment print pastes low-flammability fibers lose their flame-retardant properties in the areas covered with the print paste. It was therefore necessary to find a binder system which itself has low-flammability properties.By using polymers and/or copolymers of vinylidene chloride as pigment binder system the low flammability of such special types of fiber is not impaired.

Abstract: Aqueous dye preparations are described which contain 15-40% by weight of dyes, 3-18% by weight of an anionic dispersant of the formula (1), 1-10% by weight of sodium lactate, 1-10% by weight of glycerol and/or propylene glycol, 0.1-5% by weight of a compound having monomer units of the general formula (2), 3-10% by weight of betaine monohydrate, 0-4% by weight of a compound having monomer units of the general formula (3) and 0.1-15% by weight of customary auxiliaries; preparations of this type have a long shelf life, are highly redispersible and do not form sediments; they are suitable in particular for the continuous dyeing of polyester textile materials or mixtures thereof with cellulose textile materials.

Abstract: Cloth is dyed using a reactive dye, an alkaline substance and a leveling agent. The leveling agent is one or more substances selected from the group consisting of phospholipids obtained from animals or plants, compounds having the formula I and compounds having the formula II: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 each denotes alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, or M, with the proviso that both of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are not M simultaneously; R.sub.2 denotes alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; 1 and m each denote 0 or an integer of at least 1; and M denotes alkali metal or hydrogen, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 denotes alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, straight chain, hydroxy-substituted alkenyloxy or branched chain, hydroxy-substituted alkenyloxy; X and Y each denote hydrogen, alkoxy, alkyl, or ##STR3## wherein M denotes alkali metal or hydrogen; and n denotes an integer of at least 1.

Abstract: Copolymers which are obtainable from(1) 20 to 50% by weight of an N-substituted or N-unsubstituted acrylamide or methacrylamide and(2) 50 to 80% by weight of an N-vinyl-substituted amide or of a vinyl ester, derived in each case from a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid,the sum of (1) and (2) adding up to 100%.These novel copolymers are suitable as dyeing assistants, particularly as padding assistants or liquor binders in the dyeing of cellulose fibre materials.

Abstract: Fiber articles are uniformly dyed with use of a dyeing auxiliary composition which comprises an anionic surfactant of the alpha-hydroxysulfonic acid type and an organic polybasic polymer and has a pH of 9 or higher.

Abstract: A process for the deposition of a film of an electrophoretic resin upon the surface of a substrate which comprises the steps of (i) electrophoretically depositing from a bath comprising water, a water miscible organic solvent and the resin, a film of the uncured resin upon the surface of the substrate; (ii) immersing said film in a solution of a resin additive in a solvent medium comprising water and a water miscible organic solvent, the amount of said resin additive dissolved in said solvent medium being sufficient for the absorption into the resin film of sufficient additive to impart the desired property to the cured resin film, the composition of said solvent medium being such that the requisite amount of additive can be dissolved therein and such that said desired property is imparted to said resin film while immersed in said solvent medium without significant damage to the resin fim; and (iii) curing the resin.

Abstract: Novel surface-active, storage-stable compositons well adopted for the formulation of a variety of active agents, e.g., biocides, and the conversion thereof into stable, hmogenous liquid suspensions, are comprised of at least one first polyolefinic copolymeric surface-active agent (a) and at least one second mixed sulfate and/or phosphate ester surface-active agent (b).

Abstract: The invention relates to storage-stable aqueous formulations of water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble solids which contain an electrolyte-sensitive thickener in addition to a dispersant.During storage, even for considerable periods of time, these formulations form no sediment and can be diluted by stirring in a small amount of electrolyte (e.g. a salt) and are then ready for use.

Abstract: Textile cellulose material is printed or dyed with reactive dyes with the aid of foam. The foam is applied by applying to the cellulose material a foamed, aqueous prepartion which contains in addition to dye and fixing alkalis(1) a foam-forming agent(2) a homopolymer or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide or preferably a graft polymer which is obtained from an addition product of an alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, on an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and(3) the acid ester of a homopolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid and a polyethylene glycol, a terminal hydroxyl group of the diol having been etherified with an aliphatic monoalcohol having at least 4 carbon atoms, preferably stearyl alcohol, and the homopolymer having a molecular weight of 300 to 3,500.The cellulose material thus treated is then subjected to a heat treatment, for example steaming, to fix the dye.

Abstract: Textile cellulose material is printed or dyed with reactive dyes with the aid of foam. The foam is applied by applying to the cellulose material a foamed, aqueous preparation which contains in addition to dyes and fixing alkalis(1) a foam-forming agent(2) a homopolymer or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide or preferably a graft polymer which is obtained from an addition product of an alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, on an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and(3) an anionic graft polymer which has as grafting base a copolymerization product from (A) an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, the alkyl radical having at least 8 carbon atoms, with (B) a dicarboxylic acid diester of an ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a polyethylene glycol, a terminal hydroxyl group of the diol having been etherified with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Liquid compositions having high storage-stability which contain reactive dyestuffs, alkali metal polyacrylates or alkali metal polymethacrylates with number average degree of polymerization not exceeding 1000 and water. The liquid compositions are useful for a dyeing process of cellulose fiber materials.

Abstract: The invention provides aqueous dyestuff preparations of water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dyes which may be used for preparing printing pastes to be used for printing textile material as well as for printing supports for transfer printing. The preparations contain at least 10% by weight of water, 10 to 60% by weight of a finely dispersed water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dye, 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one anionic dispersant, and 0.5 to 5% by weight of a non-ionic copolymer of ethylene oxide and a further olefin oxide, said copolymer having an ethylene oxide content of at least 65% by weight and a molecular weight of more than 12,000, and also, if desired, further ingredients.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft polymers comprising i) as main chain, (1) a condensate of (A) (1) an aliphatic monoalcohol of 6 to 22 carbon atoms or (2) a fatty acid of 8 to 22 carbon atoms with (B) the reaction product of (a) an adduct of propylene adduct with at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, (b) an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, or an anhydride thereof, and (c) an aliphatic diol having an average molecular weight of not more than 1800 and ii) grafted ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable monomers, preferably acrylic acid or acrylamide, in the form of side chains at individual carbon atoms of said condensate.These graft polymers are particularly suitable for use as anticrease agents for dyeing, whitening, bleaching or washing textile materials, e.g. textiles containing cellulosic fibres, natural or synthetic polyamide fibres, polyacrylonitrile fibres or, in particular, for dyeing or whitening cotton or polyester fibres.

Abstract: A process of printing a predetermined pattern on a poly(m-phenyleneisophthalamide)-containing textile fabric comprises the successive steps of: (a) applying a print paste, composed of a highly polar solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof, the polar solvent adapted to swell the aramid fiber and introduce a dyestuff therein, at least one organic dyestuff that is soluble in the polar solvent, a print paste thickening agent compatible with both the polar solvent and the dyestuff and water in a predetermined pattern onto the surface of the aramid textile; and (b) drying and curing the thus printed fabric at an elevated temperature sufficient to permeate and fix the dyestuff molecules inside the aramid fibers.

Abstract: A process of printing a predetermined pattern on and improving the flame resistance of a poly(m-phenyleneisophthalamide)-containing textile fabric including the successive steps of: (a) applying a print paste, composed of a highly polar solvent selected from dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof, the polar solvent adapted to swell the aramid fiber and introduce a dyestuff therein, at least one organic dyestuff that is soluble in the polar solvent, a print paste thickening agent compatible with both the polar solvent and the dyestuff, a flame retardant and water in a predetermined pattern onto the surface of the aramid textile; and (b) drying and curing the thus printed fabric at an elevated temperature sufficient to permeate and fix the dyestuff and the flame retardant molecules inside the aramid fibers.

Abstract: A method for textile printing is provided which comprises a step (X) of depositing an aqueous ink containing a dye on cloth by an ink jet process and, optionally a step (Y) of fixing the dye, the step (X) being carried out after depositing an acceptor for the ink on the cloth. The dye may be a disperse dye, and the cloth may comprise synthetic and/or semi-synthetic fibers as a main component.

Abstract: A novel pigment print paste for the coloration of textiles includes an additive comprising a diorganopolysiloxane. In particular, the diorganopolysiloxane contains reactive functional substituents which will react with other components of the pigment print paste, such as the binder or the clear diluent. Specifically, polydimethylsiloxane, diorganopolysiloxanes carrying side chains containing an amino, epoxy, or carboxyl functional group are illustrative additives. The diorganopolysiloxane may be terminated with alkoxy or hydroxy radicals. Heating a pigment printed textile results in coreaction, or cross-linking, producing advantageous results such as improved color fastness, improved resistance to crocking and abrasion, improved washability, and good hand properties in the printed area.

Abstract: A process for the deposition of a film of an electrophoretic resin upon the surface of a substrate which comprises the steps of(i) electrophoretically depositing from a bath comprising water, a water miscible organic solvent and the resin, a film of the resin upon the surface of the substrate(ii) immersing said film in a solution of a solvent dye in a solvent medium comprising water, a water miscible organic solvent and a hydrotrope, the amount of said solvent dye dissolved in said solvent medium being sufficient for the absorption into the resin film of sufficient dye to impart the desired coloration to the resin film, the amount of said hydrotrope and said solvent being sufficient so that said amount of such solvent dye will dissolve in the solvent medium and(iii) curing the resin.

Abstract: Surfactant-containing compositions of(a) homopolymers of alkyl acrylates or methacrylates or copolymers of these alkyl esters with styrene or acrylic or methyacyrlic acid and(b) hydronaphthalenes, alkylbenzenes, alkanols, alkylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohols or maleates of aliphatic alcohols can be used as anti-foams and deaerating agents for aqeuous systems.As the surfactants, the compositions contain at least(d) an anionic surfactant and/or(e) a non-ionic surfactant.In addition to components (a) and (b), the surfactant-containing compositions can contain(c) hydrophobic silicone oils,(f) hydrophilic siloxanoxyalkylene copolymers and/or(g) hydrocarbon mixtures of paraffins and, if appropriate, naphthenes and aromatics.

Abstract: Synergistic thickener mixture comprising a mixture of a polymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and certain water soluble polymers such as the galactomannan gums, derivatives thereof, cellulose derivatives and polyoxyalkylene oxide polymers. The composition finds utility in earth formation fracturing, textile print pastes, suspending pigments in paints and gelling alcohol-based cosmetic formulations.

Abstract: The invention is directed to overprinting a poly(vinyl chloride) resin substrate whose surface, or portion thereof, is colored by solvent soluble dye or by way of a mass solvent soluble dye, with a coloring agent made up of a liquid halogenated hydrocarbon solvent having 1-4 carbon atoms, pigment dispersed in said halohydrocarbon solvent, and a film former, dissolved in said halohydrocarbon solvent, consisting essentially of (a) acrylic resin or (b) a combination of acrylic resin and chlorinated polyolefin, at least 50% by weight of acrylic resin; and heat treating said overprinted substrate to adhere said film former and associated pigment.

Abstract: The electrolyte sensitivity of carboxyl-containing synthetic thickeners causes problems on application together with disperse dyestuffs, the commercial finish (dispersants) of which is of anionic nature.These known disadvantages can be eliminated by adding natural thickenings which are based on polysaccharides to the synthetically based products the properties of which are considered unsatisfactory, and setting a certain, acidic pH value in the thickening mixtures. Illustratively, proceeding in this manner it was found on pad-dyeing and printing, for example, polyester fibers with conventionally finished disperse dyestuffs that the use of the auxiliary combinations according to the invention not only stabilized the thickening but also brought about an increase in depth of shade. The systematic pH adjustment of the thickening mixtures results in considerable color yield gains.

Abstract: Solid dyestuff formulations having excellent dyebath stability are obtained in an economical manner by mixing a water-insoluble textile dyestuff with a dispersant and a carboxyl-containing copolymer of(a) an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid,(b) a non-basic ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, and(c) an unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon or acrylonitrile,bead-milling the mixture down to a particle size of, preferably, 1-2.mu., and then spray-drying the ground mixture. If desired the dispersant can also be added during the synthesis of the dyestuff, as a consequence of which early addition the milling process can be dispensed with.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for instantly dyeing a sewing machine thread without necessity of interrupting the stitching operation with a sewing machine. The method is implemented with a dyeing liquid consisting of 2-15 wt. % of a water color paste, 15-30 wt. % of an acrylic ester emulsion and the reminder water, the dyeing liquid being uniformly applied to the thread by way of sponge or felt. The thread is then brought into contact with a plate heated to a temperature of 180.degree.-240.degree. C. for 1-3 seconds for permanent set of the dyeing liquid on the thread.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for instantly dyeing a sewing machine thread without interrupting the stitching operation with a sewing machine. The method comprises the steps of adding a dyestuff and/or pigment to a photo-setting resin solution to prepare a dyeing liquid, applying the dyeing liquid to the thread to be colored and subjecting the thread to irradation of ultraviolet rays for setting the dyeing liquid, thereby forming a colored film on the thread. The photo-setting solution is set or hardened by ultraviolet rays, by radical polymerization, cationic polymerization and cross-linking reaction.

Abstract: A dispersion in an aqueous medium of an organic particulate solid substantially all the particles of which have a size less than 100 microns which dispersion contains a polymeric composition which is soluble in the aqueous medium and which comprises a copolymer of at least one hydrophobic monomer as herein defined and at least one hydrophilic monomer as herein defined.

Abstract: There are disclosed polymerizable alkyl poly(oxyalkylene) esters of an acrylate oligomer and copolymers thereof, especially stable, aqueous dispersions of water-insoluble emulsion copolymers of (1) about 10-70% by weight of methacrylic or acrylic acid, (2) about 0.5-25% by weight of an alkyl poly(oxyalkylene) ester of an acrylate oligomer, and (3) at least 25% by weight, to a total of 100%, of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl (meth)acrylate, and optionally, included in the total monomer mixture, a small amount of (4) about 0.5-1% by weight, of a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer. The copolymers, when neutralized and solubilized by addition of an alkali, are high efficiency thickeners for aqueous systems and have improved tolerance to ionic or electrolyte content. Typical systems that can be thickened are paint latices, cosmetic preparations, food preparations, ionic detergents, dye pastes for textiles, pharmaceuticals, and oil well drilling muds.

Abstract: There are disclosed polymerizable alkyl poly(oxyethylene) poly(carbonyloxyethylene)acrylates and copolymers thereof, especially stable, aqueous dispersions of water-insoluble emulsion copolymers of (1) about 10-70% by weight of (meth)acrylic, (2) about 0.5-25% by weight of an alkyl poly(oxyethylene) poly(carbonyloxyethylene) acrylate, and (3) at least 25% by weight, to a total of 100%, of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl (meth)acrylate, and, optionally included in the total monomer mixture, a small amount, about 0.05-1% by weight, of a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer. The copolymers, when neutralized and solubilized by addition of an alkali, are high efficiency thickeners for aqueous systems and have improved tolerance to ionic or electrolyte content. Typical systems that can be thickened are paint latices, dye pastes for preparations, food preparations, ionic detergents, dye pastes for textiles, pharmaceuticals, and oil well drilling muds.

Abstract: A method for making and the composition for an initially erasable ink for a ball point writing instrument which ink is characterized by its initial erasability by ordinary pencil erasers when applied by a ball point writing instrument to an absorbent paper-like writing surface and which thereafter develops permanence.

Abstract: An aqueous blue ink for use in ink jet printing, the ink being a mixture of a blue dye, a cyan dye, a styrene/acrylic binder, water and ammonia as a volatile solubilizing constituent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for dyeing or printing a flat form textile substrate which comprises applying onto the substrate an aqueous dyeing or printing liquor having a viscosity below 500 cps and comprising a synthetic thickener precursor which contains carboxylic acid groups in free acid form, the substrate having been pretreated by depositing thereon a solution of a basic compound, the dyeing or printing liquor being converted on contact with the pretreated substrate into a gel having a viscosity from 3,000 to 60,000 cps.

Abstract: In the processs for isolating solid sulphur dyestuffs from crude sulphur dyestuff melts, the improvement comprises adding 10.sup.-4 to 1% by weight, relative to the amount of dyestuff, of an organic flocculating auxiliary to the crude dyestuff melt to produce a filterable dyestuff precipitate and then separating said precipitate.

Abstract: A method of printing on textile with pigmented aqueous inks using the flexographic printing process. The printing inks contain water soluble acrylic resin, water soluble thermosetting aminoplast, and elastomeric latex polymer as pigment binder. The inks have a viscosity of 3 to 15 poises at infinite shear.

Abstract: Aqueous dye preparations having a migration-regulating action and containing at least one dye insoluble in water, a dispersing agent and at least one further additive, which preparations are characterized in that they contain at least one water-soluble polymerization product containing carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Cationic or certain anionic dyes are rendered compatible with normally incompatible anionic and nonanionic polymers by the addition of certain surface active agents.

Abstract: Non-dusty, free-flowing granules of textile processing agents for solvent application, which granules contain at least one textile processing agent, optionally together with a dispersing agent and/or further auxiliaries, dissolved in an organic carrier which is solid at room temperature and which is soluble in halogenated hydrocarbon, as well as a process for the production of these granules.

Abstract: Synthetic polymers having carboxy groups are useful thickeners for printing pastes or pad-dyeing liquors containing disperse dyestuffs for the coloring of cellulose fibers which may be regenerated or their mixtures or mixtures of such fibers with polyester fibers.

Abstract: A liquid ink for use in ink jet printing, comprising a water-based dye, a water-soluble styrene/acrylic copolymer as the sole binder constituent, water and ammonia as a volatile drying conformant.