Antimicrobial finish on fabrics
AssigneeReliance Industries Limited
InventorsAnand Parekh, Satya Pal Gomber, Sujit Kumar Barik
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Abstract
A formulation is provided which comprises at least one phenolic compound in an amount of about 0.5 to about 1.2% of the mass of the formulation; at least one fragrance in an amount of about 0.3 to about 1.0% of the mass of the formulation; and at least one alcohol in an amount of about 90 to about 99% of the mass of the formulation. Said formulation is surfactant free and being capable of rendering anti-microbial finish to fabrics. And also, a process for preparing a fabric with anti-microbial finish is provided.
Claims10
A formulation comprising:
- at least one phenolic compound in an amount of about 0.5 to about 1.2% of the mass of the formulation ;
- at least one fragrance in an amount of about 0.3 to about1.0% of the mass of the formulation;
- and
- at least one alcohol in an amount of about 90 to about 99% of the mass of the formulation,
- said formulation being surfactant free and being capable of rendering anti-microbial finish to fabrics.
A process for preparing a fabric with anti-microbial finish;
- said process comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a fabric selecting from the group consisting of wool, cotton, silk, linen, hemp, ramie, jute, rayon, nylon, polyester, aramid, acrylic, spandex, olefin fibre, polyester viscose, polyester wool, modacrylic olefin acrylic polyester, PTFE, PP, PPE, carbon fiber, vinyon, saran, vinalon, modal, sulfar, polybenzimidazole fibre, PLA, lyocell, orlon, vectran, zylonacrylonitrile and combinations thereof;
- (b) subjecting the fabric to pre-treatment;
- (c) providing an anti-microbial finish formulation comprising i) at least one phenolic compound in an amount of about 0.5 to about 1.2% of the mass of the formulation, ii) at least one fragrance in an amount of about 0.3 to about 1.0% of the mass of the formulation, and iii) at least one alcohol alcohol in an amount of about 90 to about 99% of the mass of the formulation;
- (d) applying said formulation onto the pre-treated fabric at a temperature of about 25 to 50° C.;
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- (e) subjecting the fabric to post-treatment to obtain a fabric with anti-microbial finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.