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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1981
Filed:
May. 24, 1978
Hans H Kuhn, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
Ethylene glycol terephthalate oligomer deposits and dyestuff residue are removed from textile dyeing equipment by contacting the deposits and residue with an aqueous composition at a temperature of from about 90.degree. C. to about 140.degree. C.; the aqueous composition consisting essentially of water, an effective amount of a base component to provide the aqueous admixture with a pH of at least about 11.5, an effective minor amount of a phase transfer agent sufficient to catalytically hydrolyze the oligomer deposits present within the textile dyeing machinery, and an effective minor amount of a cationic or nonionic surfactant to solubilize the dyestuff residue present in the textile dyeing machinery. The composition can further include an effective minor amount of a reducing agent to substantially discolor the solubilized dyestuff.