Ink/textile combination having improved durability
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorWaifong L. Anton
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Abstract
An ink/textile combination is provided wherein the ink contains an aqueous carrier and a pigment dispersion and the textile contains moieties selected from the group consisting of epoxy, hydroxyl, amine, amido, carboxyl moieties and mixtures thereof; wherein an interactive polymer is present in at least one of the ink or the textile and wherein the interactive polymer has at least one A monomer unit having active methylene groups and at least one B monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, polymerizable vinyl monomers, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohols and combinations thereof.
Claims10
An ink jet ink composition, comprising:
- (a) an aqueous vehicle;
- (b) a pigment dispersion comprising a pigment and a polymeric dispersant;
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- (c) an interactive polymer which is a polymer that is water-soluble in an unreacted form and comprises
- (1) at least one A monomer unit having at least one active methylene group and
- (2) at least one B monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, polymerizable vinyl monomers, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohols and combinations thereof;
- (d) wherein the ink jet ink composition has a viscosity of no greater than 20 cP at 20.degree. C. and a surface tension of 20 dyne/cm to 70 dyne/cm at 20.degree. C.
An ink jet ink/textile combination, comprising:
- (a) an ink jet ink composition containing an aqueous vehicle and a pigment dispersion;
- (b) a textile containing moieties selected from the group consisting of epoxy, hydroxyl, amine, amido, carboxyl moieties and mixtures thereof;
- (c) wherein the combination further comprises an interactive polymer;
- (d) wherein the interactive polymer is a polymer that is water-soluble in an unreacted form and comprises
- (1) at least one A monomer unit having at least one active methylene group and
- (2) at least one B monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, polymerizable vinyl monomers, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohols and combinations thereof;
- (3) wherein the active methylene group is separated from the main polymer chain by at least three carbon atoms.
An ink jet ink/textile combination, comprising:
- (a) an ink jet ink composition containing an aqueous vehicle and a pigment dispersion;
- (b) a textile containing moieties selected from the group consisting of epoxy, hydroxyl, amine, amido, carboxyl moieties and mixtures thereof;
- (c) wherein the combination further comprises an interactive polymer;
- (d) wherein the interactive polymer is a polymer that is water-soluble in an unreacted form and comprises
- (1) at least one A monomer unit having at least one active methylene group and
- (2) at least one B monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, polymerizable vinyl monomers, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohols and combinations thereof;
- (3) wherein the interactive polymer is prepared from monomers represented by the formula:
- ##STR6## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl or Y, R.sub.2 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or Y, provided that one and only one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is always Y, and Y is ##STR7## wherein R.sub.3 is alkylene and X is aliphatic acyl or cyano.
An ink jet ink/textile combination, comprising:
- (a) an ink jet ink composition containing an aqueous vehicle and a pigment dispersion;
- (b) a textile containing moieties selected from the group consisting of epoxy, hydroxyl, amine, amido, carboxyl moieties and mixtures thereof;
- (c) wherein the combination further comprises an interactive polymer;
- (d) wherein the interactive polymer is a polymer that is water-soluble in an unreacted form and comprises
- (1) at least one A monomer unit having at least one active methylene group and
- (2) at least one B monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, polymerizable vinyl monomers, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohols and combinations thereof;
- (3) wherein the interactive polymer is neutralized with a neutralization agent selected from the group consisting of inorganic bases, organic amines, hydrochloric acids, nitric acids, phosphoric acids, sulfuric acids, p-toluenesulfonic acids, citric acids and glycolic acids.
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