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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7824451 | Disperse dye mixtures which have a high degree of light fastness The present invention provides a blue dye mixture which contains the pigments represented by formulae [1], [2], [3], and [4] The present invention also relates to dye mixtures in which there are compounded therewith a yello... | 11/02/2010 |
| 6695889 | Pre-dyeing treatment process and dyeing process for textile products containing highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers, pretreated and undyed textile product, and dyed textile product In textile products (e.g. yarns, woven fabrics, knit fabrics) comprising highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers (made of acrylic fibers by partially hydrolyzing a nitrile group to generate an amido group and a carboxylic acid group), fibers blended with th... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6596035 | One step method and compositions for simultaneously coloring and highlighting hair A single composition for simultaneous coloring and highlighting hair to provide hair fibers having variations in tonality and hue, comprising, 1-10% inorganic persulfate, 1-20% hydrogen peroxide, 0.001-20% of at least one primary intermediate and, optiona... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6527815 | Garment dyeing Textiles made of synthetic fibers and synthetic fiber blended fabrics are constructed in the form of a garment then dyed while avoiding setting permanent creases and permanent wrinkles in the garment. The process includes selecting a synthetic or syntheti... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6042616 | Method for processing cellulose fiber-containing textile fabrics A method for finishing a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric comprises treating a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric with liquid ammonia, applying a resin finishing agent to said fabric, subjecting subsequently to either or both of a hot cale... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5403361 | Process for dyeing fiber materials modified with silanes, the modification of fibers materials with silane compounds, and silanes containing amino groups A process for dyeing textile fiber materials with water-soluble dyestuffs, in particular anionic dyestuffs, and of these in particular those having a fiber-reactive group, in which the dyeing is carried out using low-electrolyte or entirely electrolyte-fr... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5286854 | Basic azo dyes with a coupling component of the hydroxynaphthalenecarboxylic acid series Basic azo dyes useful for dyeing or printing polymeric material have the formula ##STR1## where R1 is hydrogen, C1 -C4 -alkyl, C1 -C4 -alkoxy or C1 -C4 -alkanoylamino, R | 02/15/1994 |
| 5223000 | Mixtures of triphenedioxazine oligomers, their preparation and the use thereof for dyeing cotton or cotton-polyester blends Mixtures of different oligomer compounds of formula (1) are suitable for use as direct dyes for dyeing and printing a wide range of materials, especially cellulose fibers, to give dyeings and prints of good all-round fastness properties: ##STR1## ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215545 | Process for dyeing or printing/flame retarding aramids with N-octyl-pyrrolidone swelling agent Poly(m-phenyleneisophthalamide) fabrics are printed and optionally flame retarded in a two-step process in which the dye diffusion promoting agent N-octyl-2-pyrrolidone optionally with a flame retardant is applied following by printing and print fixation.... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5211720 | Dyeing and flame-retardant treatment for synthetic textiles Thermoplastic fabrics are flame retardant treated and optionally heatset and/or simultaneously dyed in a heated flame retardant liquid in which a disperse or acid dye may be dissolved. Flame-resistant fabrics result.... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5167668 | Process for level exhaust of cellulose fibers with reactive dyes: addition of fixing alkali according to a parabolic time function In an existing isothermal dyeing process, the alkali required for dye fixation is added to the neutral dyebath under linear or progressive program control. In this process, the amount of alkali added per unit time is small at the beginning and is increase... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5013328 | Aftertreatment of dyed substrates A substrate to which a dyestuff or optical brightener has been applied is aftertreated with a cationic or protonatable polymeric Product P selected from: (A) a polymeric reaction product, Product A, of a monofunctional or polyfunctional amine having one o... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4913705 | Dyeing a mixed fibre fabric of cellulose/polyacrylonitrile of cellulose/acid-modified polyester with a reactive dye and a basic dye A mixed fabric of hydroxy group-containing fibers and cyano and/or carboxy group-containing fibers, the hydroxy group-containing fibers having been dyed with a reactive dye, is aftertreated with a product of reacting a mono- or polyfunctional amine having... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4881941 | Suppress dyeing method A textile substrate is dyed by immersing it in a gathered configuration into an oil medium containing a dissolved or dispersed dye for a sufficient time to allow the oil medium to come into contact with part but not all of the surface of the substrate and... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4852991 | Dyeing of polyamide fibers with anionic dyes using a cationic assistant followed by an anionic assistant The invention relates to a process for dyeing synthetic or natural polyamide fibers with anionic dyestuffs, comprising (i) bringing the polyamide fibers into contact with an aqueous dyeing liquor which contains in addition to one or more dyestuffs a catio... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4844710 | Aqueous textile assistant of high storage stability and hard water resistance Aqueous textile assistants of high storage stability and hard water resistance comprising at least (a) a partial phosphoric ester, (b) a nonionic surfactant, (c) an anionic surfactant and (d) an alkali metal hydroxide. They can be used for wetting and dea... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4840641 | Cationic diazacyanine dyestuffs for dyeing polyacrylonitrile-wool blends Cationic diazacyanine dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## and their mixtures with the isomeric dyestuffs of the formula ##STR2## wherein R represents methyl or ethyl and X- represents a colorless anion, are suitable for dyeing polyacryl... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4693726 | Process for dyeing or printing cellulose fibers or cellulose blend fibers with pyridinium-triazine reactive dye, axable without alkali Process for dyeing cellulose fibers or cellulose blend fibers, which comprises dyeing the fibers mentioned with water-soluble reactive dyes which contain in the dye molecule at least once the structural element of the formula ##STR1## in which Y... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4645510 | Exhaust dyeing of cellulosic substrates with reactive dyes controlled simultaneous addition of salt and alkali The invention provides a process for the exhaust dyeing with a reactive dyestuff of a textile material comprising cellulosic fibres, which process comprises the step of adding to the dyebath containing the reactive dyestuff, simultaneously the salt and th... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4629465 | Process for exhaust dyeing a textile fiber material: controlled addition of dye or electrolyte The invention relates to a process for exhaust dyeing a textile fibre substrate to obtain level dyeings, which process comprises the step of adding to the dyebath the effective amount of dyestuff or electrolyte or dyestuff and electrolyte either simultane... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4604101 | After treatment of anionic dyeings, printings and optical brightenings on textile fibers Dyeings on hydroxy group- or nitrogen-containing fibres are improved by aftertreatment, simultaneously or sequentially, with (A) a polymeric reaction product of an amine with cyanamide, dicyandiamide, quanidine or bisguanidine and (B) a quaternary polyalk... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4501589 | Process for dyeing or printing sized textiles A process for dyeing or printing sized textiles comprising applying to the sized substrate a dyeing liquor or a printing paste which contains, in addition to the dyestuffs (i) a compound or a mixture of compounds selected from compounds having solubilizin... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4465490 | Process for the continuous dyeing of fabric webs-fixing with steam/air mixture A process for the continuous dyeing of fabric webs, in which the fabric web is impregnated at a temperature between 20° and 95° C. with an aqueous liquor which contains dissolved and/or dispersed dyestuffs and squeezed, and the dyestuffs are fixed in a ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4427414 | Method of making colored short pile fabrics Described herein is a process for the coloration of short pile fabrics, the process enabling the manufacture of various colors of pile fabric from a single intermediate fabric, the intermediate fabric having a precolored, undyeable, transparent face fiber... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4421519 | Mixtures of cationic dyes: naphtho-lactam and oxazine dyes for polyacrylonitriles There are described novel dye mixtures of the dyes I and II or Ia and II ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in claim 1. These mixtures can be used in particular for dyeing and printing polyacrylonitrile materials, or mixed fabrics... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4362530 | Dyeing auxiliaries containing mixed anionic, cationic and non-ionic ethylene oxide adducts A composition containing (A) 10 parts by weight of an anionic product obtained by addition of 5 to 20 mols of ethylene oxide to an aliphatic saturated or unsaturated alcohol of 10 to 24 carbon atoms, followed by carboxymethylation (B) 1 to 15 parts by weight o... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4297103 | Process for the continuous one-bath dyeing of pile fabrics made of polyacrylonitrile/cotton Process for the continuous one-bath dyeing of pile fabrics made of acrylic fibres in the pile with a cotton base fabric by the pad-steam process with basic and substantive dyestuffs, characterized in that salts of alkyl sulphates of the general formula in... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4294577 | Dyed flocked fabric and method of making the same The invention contemplates a flocked fabric and method wherein flock is adhered by a heat-cured flock adhesive to a substrate fabric and wherein a heat-sublimable dye is contained as a component of the adhesive and/or as preprint of the substrate fabric, ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4288226 | Process for slop-padding textile cellulose material A novel process for the continuous dyeing of cellulose textile material with anionic substantive dyes is disclosed. The process consists initially in applying to the cellulose material an aqueous liquor which, in addition to the dye, contains (A) 2.5 to 1... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4233028 | Process for the level dyeing of polyacrylonitrile materials of slow, normal and rapid absorptive capacity Described is a process for the level dyeing of polyacrylonitrile materials of slow, normal and rapid absorptive capacity with an aqueous dye liquor, which process comprises using a liquor containing at least one migrating cationic dye as well as, if requi... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4121899 | Condensation dyeing Fibers are dyed by applying an aqueous dyeing formulation to the fibers, cooling them and condensing halogenated hydrocarbon vapors upon the cool, wet fibers. Residual halogenated hydrocarbon is removed by exposing the fibers to heat.... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4102640 | Process for the processing of organic textile materials Described is a process for the processing of organic textile materials by application of an aqueous dispersion or solution of a processing agent having affinity for the fibres, with a ratio of goods to liquor of at most 1:2, and subsequent fixing of the p... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4082502 | Process for the dyeing of synthetic or natural fibers Process for the exhaust dyeing of wound bodies of synthetic or natural fiber materials with appropriate dyestuffs, by heating the wound-up textile articles to temperatures ranging at or above 100° C while replacing the air in the dyeing vessel by saturat... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4078885 | Stable liquid water-containing dyeing compositions containing disperse and reactive dyestuffs and their use for dyeing or printing mixed fibre materials A stable, liquid, aqueous dyeing composition consisting of (a) 3 to 25 percent by weight of at least one fibre-reactive dyestuff of the formula in which F represents the radical of a dyestuff chromophore of an anthraquinone-, monoazo-, disazo-, trisazo- or pht... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4056354 | Process for rapid dyeing of textiles Textile fibers are dyed in a dyebath containing the dye and ethylene glycol as the solvent. Generally, the dyeing is conducted at a temperature of about from 110° to 165° C. until the desired level of dyeing is attained. Excellent results are obtained i... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4036586 | Process for oxidizing sulfur dyes A process for oxidizing sulfur dyes on cellulosic fibers by contacting said fibers containing said dye in a reduced state with an aqueous hydrogen peroxide oxidizing bath solution comprising 0.01 to 0.20 grams of a soluble copper salt per liter of solutio... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4021196 | Process for printing fiber products of acrylic fiber blends Fiber products of a blend of an acrylic fiber substantially free of acid dye sites with an acid dyeable fiber are printed with a dye paste containing a monosulfonic acid dye having an inorganicity/organicity ratio less than 4 to dye both fibers of the ble... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4015933 | Process for dyeing blended fabrics A process for dyeing and printing blends of wool and polyacrylic fibers which comprises the use of dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is the radical of a monofunctional or polyfunctional tertiary amine, X is an anion and F is the radical of a dye... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4009189 | Basic anthraquinone dyes, their production and use Basic 4-alkylaminoanthraquinone dyes which bear a non-water-solubilizing substituent in the 2-position and in which the alkyl side-chain in the -position to the anthraquinoneamino group is branched, which are useful for the exhaustion dyeing, pad d... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3970422 | Method of improvement in coloring glass fabrics Glass fabrics are treated with a combination of a sulfur-oxygen containing acid or peroxy acid and an inorganic or organic water-soluble salt comprising a normal salt, an acid salt or a complex salt of an inorganic acid or an organic acid with a metal of ... | 07/20/1976 |