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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187341 | Finishing composition that inhibits dye bleed from basic dyed nylon fibers The present invention provides a process for improving the colorfastness, ozonefastness, and stainresistance of cationic dyeable nylon fibers dyed with basic dyestuffs wherein the process comprises the steps of treating the nylon fibers with a tannic acid product an... | 05/29/2012 |
| 6623532 | Ink-jet printing method and printed goods The present invention provides a method of applying ink containing dyes to fabric composed of synthetic and cellulose fibers using an ink-jet system to print the fabric with high color shade depth and brilliancy and ink-jet printed goods obtained by the i... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6368361 | Manufacturing process of antibacterial fiber Tea polyphenol obtained by the extraction from tea has an antibacterial effect. In methods for producing an antibacterial fiber by fixing the tea polyphenol to fiber, the object of the present invention is to provide a process for manufacturing an antibac... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6136044 | Stable coloring by in situ formation of micro-particles Micro-particles of transition metals or their compounds can be generated as an integral part of a fiber by first attaching a nucleating agent to the fiber, and then adding a solution of metal ions. The ions are reduced by the nucleating agent in the fiber... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6106581 | Ozone stability of dyed and undyed polyamide-containing material This invention relates to the use of tannin for improving the ozone fastness of dyed and undyed polyamide-containing material, which comprises applying tannin to, or incorporating it into, the polyamide-containing material.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6024770 | Process to improve resistance to stains on yarns and derived products The invention consists of a process to improve the resistance to stains on yarns, on the basis of wool, silk, polyamide, polyacrilonitrile, natural and artificial cellulosic fibres and in general, all other synthetical fibres which can be dyed. According ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6001137 | Ink jet printed textiles Waterfast ink jet printing onto textiles is performed by treating the textiles with a polymer or copolymer of epihalohydrin prior to the ink jet printing process. A softener such as a tetraalkylammonium salt may also be used, as may be a cationic binder.... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5861045 | Method of dyeing textiles There is provided a method of dyeing cellulosic and/or wool fibers and fabrics in a dyebath containing a dilute solution of tannic acid and/or tannic acid containing products at a proper pH. An exhaust salt is added to the bath to exhaust the tannic acid ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5738688 | Process to improve resistance to stains on fibres and derived products The invention consists of a process to improve the resistance to stains on fibres, processed or not, finished or not on the basis of dyeable natural or synthetic fibres, in particular polyamide. According to the invention the fibres are treated with a sol... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5651795 | Mordant composition containing citric acid for dye processes A mordant for dyeing fibers is provided comprising an aluminum salt, preferably Al2 (SO4)3, potassium or sodium carbonate, preferably the latter, and citric acid, capable of forming an aluminum hydroxide suspension in aque... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5516338 | Water-soluble titanium salt-tannin dyes and methods of use thereof An aqueous dye composition is based upon a mixture of a water-soluble titanium salt, preferably titanium potassium oxalate and a tannin substance, preferably Myrobalan extract. This dye composition may be used to dye either natural fibers, synthetic fiber... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509941 | Mordant composition for natural dye processes A mordant composition for dyeing fibers is provided which comprises a colloidal suspension of aluminum hydroxide in an aqueous medium. The composition is formed by adding an aluminum sulfate salt to sodium or potassium carbonate in aqueous solution at a w... | 04/23/1996 |
| 4424061 | Color fastness of dyed cotton textiles to chlorinated water and process for improving the color fastness of dyed cotton textiles to chlorinated water An agent for improving the color fastness of dyed cotton fibers and textiles to chlorinated water which comprises a specific diamine compound. The combination of the diamine and hydrolyzable tannin further increases the color fastness to chlorinated water... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4328220 | Non-dusty pulverulent and granulated organic dye preparations Non-dusting pulverulent or granulated dye preparations are provided which contain (1) an organic dye, (2) a non-ionic compound having a hydrotropic action and at least one of the components (3) or (4), component (3) being a reaction product of a fatty aci... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4322415 | Stable concentrated liquid preparations of metal complex dyes Stable concentrated liquid preparations of metal complex dyes are provided. These preparations contain (1) a metal complex dye, (2) a non-ionic compound having a hydrotropic action and at least one of components (3) or (4), component (3) being a reaction ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 3999940 | Multicolored pile materials and processes for making the same Multicolored pile materials, and particularly pile carpets, comprising a fabricated backing and a fabricated pile face having: (1) upper pile face portions which have a predetermined color; and (2) lower pile face portions which have a color which is diff... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3997520 | 5-Nitrothiazolyl-2-azophenyl disperse dyes This invention relates to monoazo compounds of the formula I, ##STR1## in which R1 signifies a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl radical, Each of R2 and R3 signifies a hydrogen atom,... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3961881 | Coloration process Process for coloring synthetic polyamide textile materials which comprises applying to the said textile materials by a dyeing, padding or printing process, an aqueous dispersion of pH less than 7 of a disperse dyestuff containing at least one carboxylic a... | 06/08/1976 |
