US 6,989,035 B2Granted

Textile finishing composition and methods for using same

AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company

InventorsWilliam Michael Scheper, Robb Richard Gardner, 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 agent and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents employed herein are selected from polycarboxylates such as homopolymers of ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates, copolymers of all ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates, and copolymers of ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers. Also provided via the present invention are methods for applying the aforementioned finishing compositions to textile articles.

Claims11

Dependent claims

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:

1) homopolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula:
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
2) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
3) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers where the copolymers have the formula:
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
R4, R5, R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, carboxy or alkylcarboxy, ester and functionalized esters, anhydride, amide, cyano, urea, alcohol, ether, acetal, phosphino, phosphono, sulfonate, sulfonamide, heterocycles such as imidazole, thiol, thioester, and mixtures thereof;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
and 4) mixtures thereof;
wherein the aqueous finishing bath further comprises 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) and the BTCA accounts for from about 0.1 to about 75% of the total cross-linking agent in the aqueous finishing bath.

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1) homopolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula:
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
2) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
3) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers where the copolymers have the formula:
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
R4, R5, R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, carboxy or alkylcarboxy, ester and functionalized esters, anhydride, amide, cyano, urea, alcohol, ether, acetal, phosphino, phosphono, sulfonate, sulfonamide, heterocycles such as imidazole, thiol, thioester, and mixtures thereof;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
and 4) mixtures thereof;
wherein the aqueous finishing bath further comprises an additional cross-linking adjunct selected from the group consisting of butane tetracarboxylic acid, oxydisuccinate, imino-dissuccinate, thiodisuccinate, tricarbalic acid, citric acid, 1,2,3,4,5,6,-cyclohexanehexacarboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4-cyclobutanetetracarboxylic acid and mellitic acid.

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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:
1) homopolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula:
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
2) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12;
M is H, or a salt forming cation;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
3) copolymers of ethylenically-α-β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers where the copolymers have the formula:
wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1–C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12 ;
R4, R5, R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, carboxy or alkylcarboxy, ester and functionalized esters, anhydride, amide, cyano, urea, alcohol, ether, acetal, phosphino, phosphono, sulfonate, sulfonamide, heterocycles such as imidazole, thiol, thioester, and mixtures thereof;
the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0;
x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
and 4) mixtures thereof;
wherein the aqueous 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 aqueous finishing bath;
b) curing the treated textile to form a finished textile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/267,294Filed 9 Oct 2002 · us provisional application
Priority: 18 Oct 2001
Published: US 2003/0106162 A112 Jun 2003
Granted: 24 Jan 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

D06M 13/192
Carboxylic acids; Anhydrides, halides or salts thereof: polycarboxylic acids; Anhydrides, halides or salts thereof
D06M 15/263
Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds: of unsaturated carboxylic acids; Salts or esters…
D06M 15/3564
Of other unsaturated compounds containing nitrogen, sulfur, silicon or phosphorus atoms: containing phosphorus
D06M 2200/20
Functionality of the treatment composition and/or properties imparted to the textile material: treatment influencing the crease behaviour, the…