Fiber product-treating agents
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsTakako Igarashi, Koji Yui, Miki Hasegawa, Yasushi Yoshida
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Abstract
The present invention provides a fiber product-treating agent which can impart an excellent wrinkle-resistant effect and an excellent durable press effect to the fiber product capable of being heated and being hardly effected with not only during wearing but also after washing. That is, the present invention provides the treating agent for imparting the durable press configuration on a fiber product by a heating treatment with e.g. an iron, which comprises a specific amount of (i) two or more compounds forming mutually a crosslinked structure by heating and/or (ii) a compound forming a self-crosslinked structure by heating, and water, wherein the content of a nonvolatile matter is 0.01 to 30%.
Claims7
A treating agent for imparting a durable press configuration on a fiber product selected from the group consisting of chemical fibers and wools by a heating treatment, which comprises 0.01 to 20 percent by mass of a vinyl polymer containing a monomer unit selected from the following monomer units (A), (B) and (C) (provided that if the monomer unit (C) is not selected, both of the monomer units (A) and (B) are selected), wherein the ratio of a sum of the monomer units (A), (B) and (C) is 50 to 100 mol-% of the total constituent monomer units, and the content of a nonvolatile matter is 0.01 to 30%:
- the monomer unit (A):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a carboxy group, which is maleic acid,
- the monomer unit (B):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a hydroxyl group, selected from the group consisting of oxyethylene adduct and oxypropylene adduct, and
- the monomer unit (C):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a carboxy group and a hydroxyl group;
- wherein the vinyl polymer is a polymer capable of forming a self-crosslinked structure by heating, the treating agent possesses a pH at 20° C. of 3.0 to 6.5, and the equivalent ratio of the carboxy group to the hydroxy group is from 7:3 to 2:8,
- provided that when the vinyl polymer contains the monomer unit (A), said monomer unit (A) is present in a range of less than 50 mol-% in the polymer.
A method of imparting a durable press configuration to a fiber product selected from the group consisting of chemical fibers and wools, which comprises applying, to the fiber product, a treating agent comprising 0.01 to 20 percent by mass of a vinyl polymer containing a monomer unit selected from the following monomer units (A), (B) and (C) (provided that if the monomer unit (C) is not selected, both of the monomer units (A) and (B) are selected), wherein the ratio of a sum of the monomer units (A), (B) and (C) is 50 to 100 mol-% of the total constituent monomer units, and the content of a nonvolatile matter is 0.01 to 30%:
- the monomer unit (A):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a carboxy group, which is maleic acid,
- the monomer unit (B):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a hydroxyl group, selected from the group consisting of oxyethylene adduct and oxypropylene adduct, and
- the monomer unit (C):
- a vinyl monomer unit having a carboxy group and a hydroxyl group;
- wherein the vinyl polymer is a polymer capable of forming a self-crosslinked structure by heating, the treating agent possesses a pH at 20° C. of 3.0 to 6.5, and the equivalent ratio of the carboxy group to the hydroxy group is from 7:3 to 2:8,
- provided that when the vinyl polymer contains the monomer unit (A), said monomer unit (A) is present in a range of less than 50 mol-% in the polymer,
- and heating the product while imparting the durable press configuration thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.