Sybron Chemicals, Inc.

Sandoz Gmbh

Lynn Hosie

Calvin McIntosh Wicker, Jr

Robert B Login

Otto Bella

Niraj Agarwal

David Anderson Whitley

Robert Barile

David MacEwan

Maria W Sie

A process is disclosed for treating textile materials with selected amine oxides in order to change the aesthetics and/or make the materials more receptive to dyes. In particular, the treatment causes cellulosic materials to become more cationic and thus more receptive to anionic dyes with or without stiffening. In a preferred embodiment, the process of the present invention is directed to treating fabrics containing cotton fibers but will work to a useful extent on wool, nylon and polyester. The process is carried out by contacting said fibers or fabric with selected amine oxide compositions. The amine oxide compositions can be padded onto the fabric or printed onto the fabric. If printed onto the fabric according to a particular design, the design then becomes visible on the fabric once dyed.

Utility of selected amine oxides in textile technology

The present invention is generally directed to a process for making fabrics containing cotton fibers more aesthetically pleasing and resistant to staining by anionic dyes by derivatizing the cotton so that it exhibits a permanent anionic charge. By increasing the anionic charge of the fibers, the fibers become resistant to anionic coloring agents which may undesirably come into contact with the fibers and the fibers can absorb greater amounts of cationic softeners and biocides. Furthermore, the negative charges repel each other resulting in a fabric with greater loft and hydrophilicity. This results in greater smoothness, better hand, and more comfort. Besides being used to prevent the cross-staining of fabrics, the present invention can also be used to make carpet materials resistant to anionic staining agents.

Process for applying softeners to fabrics

Microcapsules containing a solution or dispersion of a colorant, especially a solution of an oil-solubilized sulfur dye, in an organic liquid having a vapor pressure below 20 mm Hg at 25.degree. C. can be coated on a side of a sheet of paper for use in pressure-sensitive carbonless copy systems. The solutions of the oil-solubilized sulfur dyes, i.e. 1) colored products of the oxidation of a leuco sulfur dye, leuco sulfurized vat dye or reaction product of a leuco dye or sulfurized vat dye with a cationic compound and 2) colored reaction products of a solubilized sulfur dye with a cationic compound also constitute an aspect of the invention, as do microcapsules whose walls contain an opacifying agent incorporated therein.

Copy systems comprising microencapsulated colorants

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