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US 7,923,388 B2Granted
Oleophobic polyolefin fiber materials
AssigneeHuntsman Textile Effects (Germany) GmbH
InventorsSimpert Ludemann, Rule Niederstadt, Jurgen Riedmann, Daniel Wilson
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Abstract
Polyolefin fiber fabrics can be endowed with oil-repellent properties by treating them first in a plasma atmosphere to raise their surface tension, then with a polyorganosiloxane containing polyoxyalkylene groups and finally with a polyacrylate or polyurethane containing perfluoroalkyl radicals. The fabrics thus obtained are useful for medical as well as other applications.
Claims5
A fabric composed of polyolefin fiber, obtainable by a process comprising the following steps a) to c) of
- a) treating an untreated textile fabric consisting of polyolefin fiber to an extent in the range from 90% to 100% by weight in a plasma under such conditions that, after step a) has been carried out, the fabric has a surface tension in the range from 35 to 60 mN/m,
- b) treating the fabric obtained after step a) with a polyorganosiloxane containing R3Si—O— units as end groups and, within the polyorganosiloxane chain, units of the formula (I)
- —Si(R)2—O— (I)
- and units of the formula (II)
- —Si(R)(X)—O— (II)
- where
- each R is independently CH3, CH2—CH3 or phenyl, and
- each X is a radical of the formula (III)
- where t is from 1 to 4, z is from 5 to 60,
- in each unit of the formula
- —O—CHR1—CHR2—
- one of R1 and R2 is H and the other is H or CH3 and every R3 present is H or is R,
- c) treating the fabric with a polymer containing perfluoroalkyl (RF) groups, this polymer being a polyacrylic polymer having RF groups or a polyurethane having RF groups or a mixture of such polymers,
- this step c) being carried out concurrently with step b) or later than step b).
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