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US 5,858,025 AGranted
Liquid compositions containing binders and methods of using them
AssigneeAllied Colloids Limited
InventorNorman Stewart Batty
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Abstract
A print paste composition contains, as binder, a curable polymer which is free of N-methylol groups and which contains anhydride-forming dicarboxylic acid and/or dicarboxylic anhydride groups which can react with hydroxyl groups in the cotton or other textile substrate and/or with hydoxyl or epoxy groups in the curable polymer.
Claims12
A method of textile printing comprising
- printing on to a textile substrate a print paste composition comprising a dispersion of pigment in an aqueous vehicle containing unreactive polymeric viscosifier and curable binder polymer, wherein the curable polymer is a curable, water insoluble, polymer which is free of N-methylol groups and which is formed of ethylenically unsaturated monomers which are free of N-methylol groups and which comprise 0.1 to 10% by weight of anhydride-forming dicarboxylic acid and/or dicarboxylic anhydride monomer, 0 to 10% by weight hydroxy alkyl (meth) acrylate, 0 to 10% by weight glycidyl (meth) acrylate, 0 to 20% by weight unreactive water soluble monomer selected from acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and 70 to 99.9% by weight unreactive water insoluble monomer selected from alkyl or cycloakyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyl halides, dienes and vinyl esters and wherein the monomers include 0.3 to 3 parts by weight (per part by weight of the dicarboxylic monomer) of monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxy alkyl (meth) acrylate and glycidyl (meth) acrylate and
- heating the printed substrate to cause internal esterification between the dicarboxylic acid or anhydride groups and hydroxyl or epoxy groups in the curable polymer.
A method of textile printing comprising
- printing on to a fabric containing cellulosic fibers a print paste composition comprising a dispersion of pigment in an aqueous vehicle containing unreactive polymeric viscosifier and curable binder polymer, wherein the curable polymer is a curable, water insoluble, polymer which is free of N-methylol groups and which is formed of ethylenically unsaturated monomers which are free of N-methylol groups and which comprise 0.1 to 10% by weight of anhydride-forming dicarboxylic acid and/or dicarboxylic anhydride monomer, 0 to 10% by weight hydroxy alkyl (meth) acrylate, 0 to 10% by weight glycidyl (meth) acrylate, 0 to 20% by weight unreactive water soluble monomer selected from acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and 70 to 99.9% by weight unreactive water insoluble monomer selected from alkyl or cycloakyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyl halides, dienes and vinyl esters and
- heating the printed substrate to cause reaction between the dicarboxylic acid or anhydride groups and hydroxyl groups in the cellulosic fibers.
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