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  • a commercially important and increasingly popular class of fabrics comprises the polyester knits.
  • Other light-weight, wholly synthetic, essentially noncellulosic materials such as nylons and polyesters, are also employed as flat or woven fabrics.
  • these noncellulosic fabrics must be washable and it would be desirable that stains could be released and removed by laundering.
  • oily stains tend to be removed from these materials only with difficulty and are seldom removed completely.
  • Other objects will become apparent hereinafter. It will be understood that fabrics containing only a few percent of cellulosic fibers are composed essentially of synthetic fibers.
  • a copolymer containing fluoroaliphatic groups and hydrophilic groups is combined with and preferably reacted on the surface of fibers with a polyalkylene oxide segment-containing material containing aldehyde sites reactive by condensation with a small amount of aldehyde-containing prepolymer, e.g., aminoplast resin, a durable treatment is provided to the fibers and the fabric comprising them is stain resistant, stain releasing on laundering, durable to extended laundering cycles and at the same time provides a good hand.
  • the term good hand is understood in the art as referring to a quality of desirable texture which is neither limp and raggy nor harsh and rough. Similarly, durability to dry cleaning is also attained.
  • A a fluoroaliphatic group-containing stain-release copolymer moiety preferably possessing groups reactive with aldehyde groups
  • B a polyalkylene oxide segment containing moiety possessing aldehyde-reactive groups or sites and,
  • a reactive aldehydecontaining aminoplast prepolymer moiety Le, a water-soluble precondensate of an aldehyde with an amino compound. Reaction of these moieties is commonly brought about by heating in the presence of a very small amount of catalyst of the order of up to about 25 percent the amount of the amino- I plast prepolymer.
  • the fluoroaliphatic group-containing stain-releasing moiety (A) may contain OH groups as in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,356,628 and 3,574,791.
  • Such moieties are characterized by possessing low-energy fluoroaliphatic surfaces in air and polar hydrophilic and oleophobic surfaces under laundering conditions. Laundering is usually effected in aqueous solutions at about 35 to C.
  • the reactive groups may be not only -OH but also under suitable conditions, other aldehyde-reactive groups as -SH and other aldehyde-reactive sites as the positions in a phenol ring.
  • the polyalkyleneoxide segment-containing moieties possessing aldehyde reactive groups or sites (B) may include, but is not limited to, polyethylene glycol, or part esters or derivatives such as the ureide obtained by capping with a diisocyanate and then reacting with ammonia.
  • Other polyalkylene glycols are also operable.
  • the critical feature is the presence of a polyalkylene oxide segment with molecular weight between about 400 and 20,000 and one reactive site for at least about each 80,000 of molecular weight. Higher concentrations are generally preferred down to about one in 200 of molecular weight.
  • useful polyalkylene oxide segments must have glass temperatures below room temperature and preferably below 0 C in order to avoid a relatively harsh hand.
  • the reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer (C) is most conveniently an aminoplast e.g., ureaformaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde.
  • An extensive list is provided by Marco in U.S. Pat. No. 3,597,145, Col. 4, line 1 to Column 5, line 56, incorporated herein by reference.
  • the most convenient are the prepolymers used in conjunction with a conventional acidic catalyst, such as Zinc nitrate, to produce crease-resistance in various cellulosic fabrics. Because the purpose and manner of use is entirely different, the present invention should not be thought of as a crease-resistant treatment. In particular, the amounts of resin used are considerably less than are normally required for creaseresistant treatments.
  • crease-resistant resins have been used heretofore only in conjunction with cellulosic fibers alone or in blends.
  • Moore and Sello, U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,5l5 indicate that no crease-resistant resin is needed for totally synthetic fabrics.
  • Sello et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,514 concur in that statement but they employed conventional quantities of crease-resistant resins with cellulosic blends.
  • Peterson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,503,915 uses a creaseresistant resin at a relatively high concentration with a polar, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin and a stain repellent fluoroaliphatic polymer. The last were not soil-releasing polymers. 1
  • the proportions in which these components are used are especially significant in that the aldehydecontaining prepolymer is used at much lower levels than is the case when one is used to promote crease resistance.
  • a prepolymer which may be used at a level of 4 to 9 percent of the weight of fabric for creaseresistance is here used at a level of only 0.01 to 0.5 percent.
  • a catalyst such as the commonly employed zinc nitrate is used.
  • the above-described aldehyde-containing prepolymer at about one tenth the usual level, together with enough fluoroaliphatic group containing reactant to give a level of about 0.05 to 0.5 percent of fluorine on the fabric.
  • Approximately a range of about 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight of the fluoroaliphatic containing component is used and from about 0.1 to 5.0 percent of polyalkylene oxide-group containing moiety with molecular weight of segment 400 to 20,000.
  • EXAMPLE 1 This example illustrates the process of the invention using a mixture of an aminoplast precondensate, a
  • Sample A is an untreated control.
  • Sample B is treated with a fluorinated soil release polymer prepared as follows:
  • the resulting ethyl acetate solution of fluorinated polymer is then dispersed in water, the ethyl acetate distilled off and the resulting fluorinated polymer, dispersed in water, and applied to the fabric at a concentration of 0.4 percent solids on the fabric.
  • Sample C was a treatment according to the present invention. Fabric was treated with a bath of polymer as used for Sample B additionally containing 1.1 percent of polyethylene oxide (MW 600), 0.45 percent formaldehyde melamine precondensate (Aerotex Resin MW) and 0.033 percent zinc nitrate.
  • Swatches of 100 percent polyester double knit cloth 20 X 20 cm (8" X 8") are thoroughly wet by a treating solution prepared by diluting the materials to be tested 1 with distilled water. The ingredients were added so as to result in a concentration of each in the bath of 100 percent of the desired per cent by weight of the fabric. The fabrics were thoroughly wetted in the treating solu- This example illustrates the use of various aminoplast resins. Treating baths were prepared as in Example 1, Sample C, except that amounts and kind of aminoplast were varied as indicated below. Blue and brown percent polyester double'knit fabrics were employed.
  • Example 3 is designed to illustrate a range of polyalkylene oxide segment-containing moieties. Treating so- Sample lnit.
  • Sample H 1.1 percent polyethylene glycol MW 1000 Sample 0 was essentially the same treatment as Sam- One mole of polyethylene gylcol (MW 3000) was reacted with 1.4 moles of methacrylyl chloride by the procedure of Example 1 and then copolymerized with of 50 wt. percent of N- methylperfluorooctane sulfonamidoethyl acrylate, as in t. in .W 6 w e V II m a u a m C e l n D- a M 0n G T 4 w n Mei; m mm a m 0 .Wwe H p e C 7 m hf?
  • a copolymer was prepared having about one OH 7 50 group for 80,000 molecular weight by reacting 1 mole Table 3 10L c N DM c 10L oil which is the reactionproduct of toluene diisocyanate capped polyethylene glycol (MW 1000) and ammonia. Sample L: 1.1 percent polypropylene oxide triol MW 440. The results are tabulated in Table 3.
  • EXAMPLE 4 This example illustrates variations in the concentration of polyalkylene oxide-containing moieties. Samples of percent polyester double knit fabric were treated with solutions as above to deposit the following amounts in percent by weight on .the fabric.
  • Sample R is a treatment using polymer D alone to give 0.4% solids in the fabric.
  • Sample S is a treatment using, in percents solid on the fabric, polymer D 0.4% polyethylene glycol MW 600 1.0% Aerotex Resin MW 0.18%, zinc nitrate 0.024%.
  • a reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer in proportions in percent by weight of said textile of about 0.1 to 1.0 of(A), 0.1 to 5.0 of(B) and 0.01 to 0.5 of (C) respectively followed by heating and curing.
  • fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release moiety further possesses groups reactive with aldehyde groups.
  • aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde
  • a fabric consisting essentially of noncellulosic synthetic fibers having improved stain release properties finished with a stain release finish consisting essentially of a cured mixture in percents by weight of said fabric of A. 0.1 to 1.0 percent of a fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release polymer,
  • B 0.1 to 5.0 percent of a polyalkylene oxide segment containing moiety having a molecular weight between about 400 and 20,000 and possessing one aldehyde-reactive group or site and, (C) 0.01 to 0.5 percent of a reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer.
  • alde- I hyde containing prepolymer is a water-soluble aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde.

Abstract

Stain releasing from synthetic fibers is assured during laundering by applying a treatment of fluoroaliphatic comonomer and polyalkylene glycol cross-linked in situ by an aldehydecontaining prepolymer.

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United States Patent [191 Schultz et al.
Patsy O. Sherman, Bloomington, both of Minn.
Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minn.
Filed: Oct. 20, 1971 Appl. No.: 190,921
US. Cl... 1l7/l38.8 F, 8/11516, 117/139.5 CQ,
260/296 F Int. Cl D06m 13/12 Field of Search 117/138.8 F, 139.5 CQ;
[ June 11, 1974 [5 6] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,459,716 8/1969 Schaefer et al. 117/138.8 X 3,503,915 3/1970 Peterson 1l7/139.5 X 3,574,791 4/1971 Sherman ct a1 117/1394 3,592,686 7/1971 Barber et a1. 1. [17/1388 3,597,145 8/1971 Marco 117/139.5 3,598,514 8/1971 Sello et a1. 1 i 17/1394 3,598,515 8/1971 Moore et al. 260/296 Primary Examiner-Michael Sofocleous Assistant ExaminerSadie L. Childs Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Alexander, Sell, Steldt & DeLaHunt [5 7 ABSTRACT Stain releasing from synthetic fibers is assured during laundering by applying a treatment of fluoroaliphatic comonomer and polyalkylene glycol cross-linked in situ by an aldehyde-containing prepolymer.
8 Claims, No Drawings STAIN-RELEASING TEXTILES OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS AND PROCESS FOR TREATING TEXTILES OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS This invention relates to a process for treating fabrics composed substantially entirely of synthetic fibers to make them stain repellent and durably launderable.
A commercially important and increasingly popular class of fabrics comprises the polyester knits. Other light-weight, wholly synthetic, essentially noncellulosic materials, such as nylons and polyesters, are also employed as flat or woven fabrics. By the nature of their uses, and for practical purposes, these noncellulosic fabrics must be washable and it would be desirable that stains could be released and removed by laundering. In actual practice, as is the case with most of the wholly synthetic materials, oily stains tend to be removed from these materials only with difficulty and are seldom removed completely.
In the past, many fabrics have been made stain repellent by treatments with various fluorochemicals. Unfortunately, such treatments have not always promoted the release of ground-in stains, and treatments of noncellulosic fabrics have heretofore frequently had insufficient durability to repeated launderings. More recently, treatment with segmented copolymers containing hydrophilic components, e.g., the hybrid copolymers of Sherman and Smith, U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,791, has provided improved stain-release, but without pro viding durability to laundering to substantially totally synthetic fabrics comparable to that conferred on such cellulosic fabrics as 65 to 35 percent polyester cotton blends or fabrics containing natural fibers such as wool, silk or linen.
It is an object of this invention to provide a process for imparting stain release, which is durable to repeated launderings, to fabrics composed essentially of synthetic fibers. Other objects will become apparent hereinafter. It will be understood that fabrics containing only a few percent of cellulosic fibers are composed essentially of synthetic fibers.
It is found that if a copolymer containing fluoroaliphatic groups and hydrophilic groups is combined with and preferably reacted on the surface of fibers with a polyalkylene oxide segment-containing material containing aldehyde sites reactive by condensation with a small amount of aldehyde-containing prepolymer, e.g., aminoplast resin, a durable treatment is provided to the fibers and the fabric comprising them is stain resistant, stain releasing on laundering, durable to extended laundering cycles and at the same time provides a good hand. The term good hand is understood in the art as referring to a quality of desirable texture which is neither limp and raggy nor harsh and rough. Similarly, durability to dry cleaning is also attained.
The invention isillustrated with particular reference to specific materials but is generally applicable when there is: r
A. a fluoroaliphatic group-containing stain-release copolymer moiety preferably possessing groups reactive with aldehyde groups B. a polyalkylene oxide segment containing moiety possessing aldehyde-reactive groups or sites and,
a limited amount of a reactive aldehydecontaining aminoplast prepolymer moiety, Le, a water-soluble precondensate of an aldehyde with an amino compound. Reaction of these moieties is commonly brought about by heating in the presence of a very small amount of catalyst of the order of up to about 25 percent the amount of the amino- I plast prepolymer.
For convenience, but without limitation, the fluoroaliphatic group-containing stain-releasing moiety (A) may contain OH groups as in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,356,628 and 3,574,791. Such moieties are characterized by possessing low-energy fluoroaliphatic surfaces in air and polar hydrophilic and oleophobic surfaces under laundering conditions. Laundering is usually effected in aqueous solutions at about 35 to C. The reactive groups may be not only -OH but also under suitable conditions, other aldehyde-reactive groups as -SH and other aldehyde-reactive sites as the positions in a phenol ring.
Furthermore, for convenience, the polyalkyleneoxide segment-containing moieties possessing aldehyde reactive groups or sites (B) may include, but is not limited to, polyethylene glycol, or part esters or derivatives such as the ureide obtained by capping with a diisocyanate and then reacting with ammonia. Other polyalkylene glycols are also operable. The critical feature is the presence of a polyalkylene oxide segment with molecular weight between about 400 and 20,000 and one reactive site for at least about each 80,000 of molecular weight. Higher concentrations are generally preferred down to about one in 200 of molecular weight. In general, useful polyalkylene oxide segments must have glass temperatures below room temperature and preferably below 0 C in order to avoid a relatively harsh hand.
The reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer (C) is most conveniently an aminoplast e.g., ureaformaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde. An extensive list is provided by Marco in U.S. Pat. No. 3,597,145, Col. 4, line 1 to Column 5, line 56, incorporated herein by reference. The most convenient are the prepolymers used in conjunction with a conventional acidic catalyst, such as Zinc nitrate, to produce crease-resistance in various cellulosic fabrics. Because the purpose and manner of use is entirely different, the present invention should not be thought of as a crease-resistant treatment. In particular, the amounts of resin used are considerably less than are normally required for creaseresistant treatments.
The so-called crease-resistant resins have been used heretofore only in conjunction with cellulosic fibers alone or in blends. Moore and Sello, U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,5l5 indicate that no crease-resistant resin is needed for totally synthetic fabrics. Sello et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,514 concur in that statement but they employed conventional quantities of crease-resistant resins with cellulosic blends.
Peterson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,503,915, uses a creaseresistant resin at a relatively high concentration with a polar, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin and a stain repellent fluoroaliphatic polymer. The last were not soil-releasing polymers. 1
Sherman and Smith, U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,791, used soil-release polymers in conjunction with conventional quantities of crease-resistant resins on fabrics containing cellulosic fibers. The definitions of fluoroaliphatic employed by them are adopted herein by reference.
Bolstad et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,068,187, neither exemplify soil-release polymers nor the use of a creaseresistant resin with apolyalkylene oxide component.
Marco, U.S. Pat. No. 3,597,145 exemplifies only cellulosic materials although he mentions others and employs no soil-releasing fluoro'chemicals.
Barber and Moses, U.S. Pat. No. 3,592,686, use a soil release composition containing as the essential soil release agent a mixture of a fluoroacrylic polymer and an acrylic hydrophilic or water absorbing polymer and employ conventional amounts of crease-resistant res- By the present invention in which polyalkylene oxide segment containing materials having aldehyde reactive sites are copolymerized in situ with the aldehydecontaining prepolymer and preferably also the stainreleasing fluoroaliphatic group containing moiety, the disadvantages of lack of durability to laundering and harsh hand are overcome.
The proportions in which these components are used are especially significant in that the aldehydecontaining prepolymer is used at much lower levels than is the case when one is used to promote crease resistance. Thus, a prepolymer which may be used at a level of 4 to 9 percent of the weight of fabric for creaseresistance is here used at a level of only 0.01 to 0.5 percent. It will be understood that in either case, a catalyst such as the commonly employed zinc nitrate is used. The above-described aldehyde-containing prepolymer, at about one tenth the usual level, together with enough fluoroaliphatic group containing reactant to give a level of about 0.05 to 0.5 percent of fluorine on the fabric. Approximately a range of about 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight of the fluoroaliphatic containing component is used and from about 0.1 to 5.0 percent of polyalkylene oxide-group containing moiety with molecular weight of segment 400 to 20,000.
EXAMPLE 1 This example illustrates the process of the invention using a mixture of an aminoplast precondensate, a
tion, put through a squeeze roll with the pressure adjusted so as to result in 90 percent wet pick-up. The fabrics were then dried for 5 minutes at 70 C and cured at 150 C for 3 minutes in a circulating air oven.
Sample A is an untreated control.
Sample B is treated with a fluorinated soil release polymer prepared as follows:
One mole of polyethylene glycol of an average molecular weight of about 3,000 (Carbowax 4000) is reacted with one mole of methacrylyl chloride. There- ,sultirig product is 25 percent dimethacrylate, 25 percent unreacted diol, and percent monomethacrylate. This mixture is copolymerized with N- methylperfluorooctanesulfonamidoethyl acrylate in a 50/50 weight ratio by a procedure disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,791, example 19. The resulting ethyl acetate solution of fluorinated polymer is then dispersed in water, the ethyl acetate distilled off and the resulting fluorinated polymer, dispersed in water, and applied to the fabric at a concentration of 0.4 percent solids on the fabric.
Sample C was a treatment according to the present invention. Fabric was treated with a bath of polymer as used for Sample B additionally containing 1.1 percent of polyethylene oxide (MW 600), 0.45 percent formaldehyde melamine precondensate (Aerotex Resin MW) and 0.033 percent zinc nitrate.
The results are tabulated in Table I. In the Tables oil repellency ratings according to AATCC Test Method 1 18-1966T and stain release ratings according to AATCC Test Method 130-1969 are given for several staining materials. Laundering was done at 120 F 50 C) using 46 g. of Tide detergent. The following abbreviations are employed throughout: Fabric: Blue-=8, Brown=Br, Yellow=Y.
Cleaning: lnitial=lnit., one laundering=1L, 10 launderingF10 L, 20 launderings=20 L. Oil repellency rating by AATCC l 18-1966T=oil Stain release ratings: Nujol==N, Dirty motor oil=DM,
Castor oil=C.
Table 1 Sample lnit. 10L 20L 1L 10L 20L Fabric oil oil oil N DM c N DM c N DM C 0 0 0 3 2 2.5 3.5 2 3 r 5.5 0 0 3.5 2 3 3 2 2.5 3 2 2.5 a 5.0 0 0 4 2 2.5 3 2 2.5 3 2 2 5 r c 6.0 4.0 1.0 5 3.5 5 5 3.5 5 s 3.5 5 3 water dispersible diol and a functional fluorinated soil EXAMPLE 2 fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release copolymer.
Two 100 percent polyester double knit fabrics, designated as brown and blue respectively were treated, stained, washed, and evaluated by AATCC Test Method 130-1969. The treating procedure is as follows:
Swatches of 100 percent polyester double knit cloth 20 X 20 cm (8" X 8") are thoroughly wet by a treating solution prepared by diluting the materials to be tested 1 with distilled water. The ingredients were added so as to result in a concentration of each in the bath of 100 percent of the desired per cent by weight of the fabric. The fabrics were thoroughly wetted in the treating solu- This example illustrates the use of various aminoplast resins. Treating baths were prepared as in Example 1, Sample C, except that amounts and kind of aminoplast were varied as indicated below. Blue and brown percent polyester double'knit fabrics were employed.
Fabric Fabric C 20 L N DM 20L DM Sample M: 0.4 percent polymer of Sample C, 2.0 percent polyethylene oxide MW 600, 0.32 percent Aerotex Resin MW and 0.03 percent zinc nitrate.
L DM (2 Sample N: 0.4 percent polymer of Sample C, 0.5 percent polyethylene oxide MW 600, 0.08 percent Aerotex Resin MW and 0.012 percent zinc nitrate.
The results of tests are tabulated in Table 4.
TABLE 4 Table 2 1L DM L Oil 10L Oil 10L 20L oil oil EXAMPLE 3 Example 3 is designed to illustrate a range of polyalkylene oxide segment-containing moieties. Treating so- Sample lnit.
lutions were prepared using 0.45 percent of the fluoroaliphatic coreactant of Sample C with 0.18 per- 20 BYM cent Aerotex Resin MW, 0.026 percent zinc nitrate and EXAMPLE 5 the polyalkylene oxide moieties indicated were used on This exam ple illustrates the preferability of formaldeb.lue and yellow 100 percent polyester double kmt hyde reactive groups in the fluorinated stain-release copolymer. Soil release treatments were prepared con- 35 taining varying amounts of free hydroxyl groups on the fluoroaliphatic copolymer.
Sample H: 1.1 percent polyethylene glycol MW 1000 Sample 0 was essentially the same treatment as Sam- One mole of polyethylene gylcol (MW 3000) was reacted with 1.4 moles of methacrylyl chloride by the procedure of Example 1 and then copolymerized with of 50 wt. percent of N- methylperfluorooctane sulfonamidoethyl acrylate, as in t. in .W 6 w e V II m a u a m C e l n D- a M 0n G T 4 w n Mei; m mm a m 0 .Wwe H p e C 7 m hf? O yOC .hlmd O C eun H Wwd N Ode u AM tX "m "no 0 8 C flaw H I. 7 PPV. VO W 1.0. N ..o7l 1 0: H L K/|\ ma w mm m rl 38 a SS S Fabric C Example 1. This copolymer contained about one OH 45 group per 40,000 of molecular weight, and is designated polymer B. lt'was employed as Sample P in place of the fluorinated polymer used for Sample 0 in treating blue and yellow polyester.
A copolymer was prepared having about one OH 7 50 group for 80,000 molecular weight by reacting 1 mole Table 3 10L c N DM c 10L oil which is the reactionproduct of toluene diisocyanate capped polyethylene glycol (MW 1000) and ammonia. Sample L: 1.1 percent polypropylene oxide triol MW 440. The results are tabulated in Table 3.
oil
Sample lnit.
EXAMPLE 4 This example illustrates variations in the concentration of polyalkylene oxide-containing moieties. Samples of percent polyester double knit fabric were treated with solutions as above to deposit the following amounts in percent by weight on .the fabric.
TABLE Polylnit. L L l L 10 L 20 L Sample mer Oil Oil Oil N DM C N DM C N DM C Fabric 0 A 6.0 I 3.5 3.0 5 4.5 5 4.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.0 B 6.0 3.0 3.0 5 5 5 5 3.5 4.5 5 3 5 4 0 Y P B 7.0 5.0 2.0 5 4.5 5 5 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.0 B 6.0 4.0 1.0 5 5 5 5 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.0 Y Q C 7.0 2.0 O 5 4.5 5 4.5 3.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 B 7.0 2.0 O 5 5 5 5 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 4.0 Y
conventional fluoroaliphatic copolymer as compared to previous examples having fluoroaliphatic groupcontaining stain-release copolymers. A fluorinated copolymer of 925/75 weight percent N-ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamidoethyl methacrylate and isoprene was prepared as described for lot 6 of US. Pat. No. 3,503,915. This polymer is referred to as polymer D.
Sample R is a treatment using polymer D alone to give 0.4% solids in the fabric.
Sample S is a treatment using, in percents solid on the fabric, polymer D 0.4% polyethylene glycol MW 600 1.0% Aerotex Resin MW 0.18%, zinc nitrate 0.024%.
These are applied to blue and yellow polyester fabric as above and tested with the results shown in Table 6.
TABLE 6 Initial 1 L Sample Oil N DM C Fabric R 5.0 2 2 1.5 B 5 0 l 1.5 1.5 Y S 5.0 2 2 2 B 5.0 1.5 2 1.5 Y
or site for at least about each 80,000 of molecular weight and C. a reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer in proportions in percent by weight of said textile of about 0.1 to 1.0 of(A), 0.1 to 5.0 of(B) and 0.01 to 0.5 of (C) respectively followed by heating and curing. I
2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release moiety further possesses groups reactive with aldehyde groups.
3. A process according to claim 2 wherein the reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer is water-soluble aminoplast precondensate.
4. A process according to claim 3 wherein the aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde.
5. A fabric consisting essentially of noncellulosic synthetic fibers having improved stain release properties finished with a stain release finish consisting essentially of a cured mixture in percents by weight of said fabric of A. 0.1 to 1.0 percent of a fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release polymer,
B. 0.1 to 5.0 percent of a polyalkylene oxide segment containing moiety having a molecular weight between about 400 and 20,000 and possessing one aldehyde-reactive group or site and, (C) 0.01 to 0.5 percent of a reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer.
6. A fabric according to claim 5 wherein the fluoroaliphatic group containing polymer possesses aldehyde-reactive groups.
7. A fabric according to claim 6 wherein the alde- I hyde containing prepolymer is a water-soluble aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3, 816,167 Dated June 11, 1974 Invoncorh) William J. Schultz and Patsy O. Sherman It in certified that error appears in-the above-identified patent and that laid Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 4, Table 1, line 52, under the column Fabric, "BR" should read Br Column 7, Table 5, lines 4 and 6, under the column Polymer,
A "6.0" and 6.0" should be under the column Init. Oil.
Column 7, Table 6, line 53, under the column Sample, "5.0" should be under the column Initial 011,
Signed and sealed this 1st day of October 1974.
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McCOY M. GIBSON JR. C. MARSHALL D ANN Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents i roan wodosc no-u) uscouwoc wan-v IIJ. WIQRHIIT mum-o MCI I. O-QIF'.

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  1. 2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release moiety further possesses groups reactive with aldehyde groups.
  2. 3. A process according to claim 2 wherein the reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer is water-soluble aminoplast precondensate.
  3. 4. A process according to claim 3 wherein the aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde.
  4. 5. A fabric consisting essentially of noncellulosic synthetic fibers having improved stain release properties finished with a stain release finish consisting essentially of a cured mixture in percents by weight of said fabric of A. 0.1 to 1.0 percent of a fluoroaliphatic group containing stain-release polymer, B. 0.1 to 5.0 percent of a polyalkylene oxide segment containing moiety having a molecular weight between about 400 and 20,000 and possessing one aldehyde-reactive group or site and, (C) 0.01 to 0.5 percent of a reactive aldehyde-containing prepolymer.
  5. 6. A fabric according to claim 5 wherein the fluoroaliphatic group containing polymer possesses aldehyde-reactive groups.
  6. 7. A fabric according to claim 6 wherein the aldehyde containing prepolymer is a water-soluble aminoplast precondensate.
  7. 8. A fabric according to claim 7 wherein the aminoplast precondensate includes formaldehyde.
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