Textile finishing compositon and methods for using same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRobb Richard Gardner, William Michael Scheper, Mark Robert Sivik, Victor Manuel Arredondo
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Abstract
Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agents and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents employed herein are selected from a number of phosphorous containing polycarboxylates. Also provided via the present invention are methods for applying the aforementioned finishing compositions to textile articles.
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A textile finishing composition comprising an aqueous composition having i) at least one cross-linking agent and ii) a catalytic amount of an esterification catalyst, the cross-linking agent comprising at least one cross-linking adjunct selected from the group consisting of:
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R′ is H or OH, X is H or an alkaline earth metal and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- h) mixtures thereof.
7 The textile finishing composition of claim 6, wherein the softening agent is selected from the group consisting of silicones, hydrocarbons, polydimethylsiloxanes, aminosilicones, silicone copolyols, fatty acids, quaternary ammonium fatty acid esters, quaternary ammonium fatty acid amides, fatty alcohols, fatty ethers, surfactants, and polyethers.
A process for finishing a textile article, comprising the steps of:
- a) treating a non-finished textile component in an aqueous finishing bath containing a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous composition having i) at least one cross-linking agent and ii) a catalytic amount of an esterification catalyst, the cross-linking agent comprising at least one cross-linking adjunct selected from the group consisting of:
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R′ is H or OH, X is H or an alkaline earth metal and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- viii) mixtures thereof;
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- b) curing the treated textile to form a finished textile.
A textile finishing bath comprising a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous composition having i) at least one cross-linking agent and ii) a catalytic amount of an esterification catalyst, the cross-linking agent comprising at least one cross-linking adjunct selected from the group consisting of:
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R′ is H or OH, X is H or an alkaline earth metal and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- where R is H or SO3X, X is H or an alkaline earth metal, m is an integer or 1 or greater and n is an integer of 1 or greater;
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- viii) mixtures thereof;
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- wherein the finishing bath further comprises 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) wherein the BTCA accounts for from about 0.1 to about 75% of the total cross-linking agent in the finishing bath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.