Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Bayeraktiengesellschaft

Hellmut Striegler

Ferdinand Heins

Carlhans Suling

Wulf Von Bonin

Hans J Rosenkranz

Hermann Perrey

Wolfgang Henning

Martin Matner

Otto Bendszus

Hans Theidel

Wolfram V Langenthal

Wolfram Von Langenthal

This invention relates to heat-sensitive polyurethane dispersions and their use in the preparation of hollow articles by the dipping-process, for coating webs and the production of elastomeric filaments.

Heat-sensitive polyurethane dispersions

Synthetic rubber dispersions containing carboxyl groups, free from specks and with little tendency to foaming, with advantages for their technical application contain a copolymer of 0.3 to 1.0 parts by weight of itaconic acid and 99.0 to 99.7 parts by weight of a mixture of 10 to 90 parts by weight of one or more acyclic conjugated dienes having 4 to 9 carbon atoms and 10 to 90 parts by weight of one or more aryl vinyl monomers having 8 to 12 carbon atoms and/or (meth)acrylonitrile, in which the quantity of (meth)acrylonitrile is at most 50 parts by weight and wherein up to 25 parts by weight of the non-dissociating monomers may optionally be replaced by one or more other non-dissociating copolymerizable monomers, which dispersions are stabilized with 0.05 to 0.5% by weight, based on the copolymer, of an anionic emulsifier.

Synthetic rubber dispersions containing carboxyl groups, a process for

A water-dispersible urethane acrylate binding agent which comprises a reaction product of: (A) 1 gram equivalent NCO of a di- or tri-isocyanate; (B) from 0 to 0.7 gram equivalent OH of a polyol, free of organically bound sulphur; (C) from 0.1 to 0.7 gram equivalent OH of a hydroxy-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl)-acrylate; and (D) from 0.01 to 0.5 gram equivalent NH of an amino sulphonic acid or an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal salt thereof having from 1 to 4 amino groups per sulphonic acid group; the ratio of NCO group: NCO-reactive groups being from 1:1 to 1:1.2 which are prepared by reacting components (A), (B), (C), and (D) in a ratio of NCO groups:NCO-reactive groups of from 1:1 to 1:1.2 at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C. The water-dispersible urethane acrylates, hardenable by high energy radiation or ultraviolet light, are particularly suitable in the production of coatings, painting and printing colors and as binding agent in an aqueous dispersion for impregnating textiles and strengthening non-woven fabrics.

Water-dispersible, radiation-crosslinkable binding agents from urethane

The present invention is concerned with a method for improving the water storage capacity of textile substrates, particularly fleece based artificial leathers by treatment with a hydrophilizing agent. This agent, once applied to the substrate is insoluble in but swellable in water. The agent in an uncross-linked state is water soluble and has a turbidity point of between about 25.degree. and 95.degree. C. in a 25% aqueous solution. The agent may be applied to the substrate from aqueous solution and then cross-linked or it may be applied to an inert carrier such as kaolin, cross-linked and applied to the substrate from an aqueous suspension. A particularly suitable agent is a polyether with a molecular weight of between 500 and 8500, an ethylene oxide content of about 35 to 80 wt. % and cross-linkable end groups. The end groups may be self cross-linking such as vinyl groups or they may be cross-linkable via a cross-linking promoter such as hexamethylol melamine. These end groups include the hydroxyl groups normally present in polyethers produced from polyalkylene oxides.

Process for improving the water vapor absorption capacity of textile

An aqueous dispersion of copolymers are used as binders for the production of optionally dry-cleanable nonwoven materials. The copolymers consist of copolymerized units of 1 - 2.5% by weight of N-methylol(meth)acrylamide, 1 - 2.5% by weight of (meth)acrylamide, 0.5 - 3% by weight of .alpha.,.beta.-monoolefinically unsaturated di- or tricarboxylic acids with 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 89.5 - 97.5% by weight of (meth)-acrylic acid esters having 1 - 18 carbon atoms in the alcohol component.

Process for the production of cleaning-resistant nonwoven materials

A process for identifying manufactured articles in which a marking agent such as a homo- or copolymer of polymerizable ethylenically unsatured monomers is applied to the articles. Said homo- or copolymer contains at least one group which can be split off to form a low molecular weight compound such as an amine or phenol, which can be converted into dyes, said dyes being used to identify the manufactured articles.

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Hellmut Striegler