Treated textiles and compositions for treating textiles
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsXinggao Fang, Sidney S. Locke, Jr., Paul A. Maclure, Jason G. Chay, Michelle Purdy
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Abstract
Certain chemical compositions provide superior repellency, durability, and soil (stain) release properties when applied to a textile or fabric. Compositions may contain a fluorochemical-containing soil release component or a crosslinking component, or both, and also may contain an antimicrobial agent. In some applications, the crosslinking component may be hydrophobic, so as to be generally not compatible with aqueous environments. Compositions having less than about 6 weight percent of a fluorochemical-containing soil release component, based upon the weight of the treating composition, may be employed in some applications.
Claims9
A textile comprising a fibrous treated textile substrate having a first fiber-containing side adapted for user contact and a second side opposite the first side, said treated textile substrate further comprising:
- (a) a fluorochemical composition applied to at least the first side, said fluorochemical composition being adapted for providing repellency to the first side of the treated fibrous textile substrate,
- (b) an antimicrobial agent, the antimicrobial agent being present on at least the first side of the treated textile substrate, and
- (c) an electrically conductive coating layer, the conductive coating layer being present upon only the second side of the treated textile substrate, the conductive coating layer further comprising a conducting agent and a binding agent, the conducting agent being applied upon the coating in a pattern adapted for conducting electrical charge.
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