Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M13/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M13/10—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with compounds containing oxygen
  • D06M13/144—Alcohols; Metal alcoholates
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M13/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M13/322—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with compounds containing nitrogen
  • D06M13/46—Compounds containing quaternary nitrogen atoms
  • D06M13/463—Compounds containing quaternary nitrogen atoms derived from monoamines
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M2200/00—Functionality of the treatment composition and/or properties imparted to the textile material
  • D06M2200/20—Treatment influencing the crease behaviour, the wrinkle resistance, the crease recovery or the ironing ease

Definitions

• the invention relates to removal of wrinkles from fabrics; and, more particularly, to a method for removing creases, adding creases or pleats where desired, or removing wrinkles from textile fabric materials.
• a suitable wrinkle removing product in the form of an alcohol--aqueous solution containing a quaternary ammonium salt surfactant is disclosed.
• Such a solution is useful in treating wrinkles and creases but no method for treating wrinkles using such solution is disclosed. Although it is disclosed that such solution be sprayed on a wrinkled area, and is effective somewhat in removing wrinkles from fabrics that are so treated, a truly effective way to remove wrinkles is not disclosed in the Schwartz et al. patent. Further, there is a need for a similar method of restoring pleats in pleated materials. It is preferable that a solution, such as Schwartz et al.'s solution, could both remove wrinkles from creased or wrinkled materials and restore pleats in pleated materials.
• a method for removing creases and wrinkles from a textile fabric material comprising the steps of spraying a wrinkled area of said material with an alcohol-aqueous solution containing a surfactant material until said fabric material is thoroughly covered with said solution but not thoroughly saturated subsequently smoothing out said covered and wrinkled area after a predetermined period of time by holding the fabric material tight with one hand and smoothing out the wrinkles slowly with the other hand, subsequently repeating the step of smoothing out said covered and wrinkled area, and subsequently allowing said covered and wrinkled area to dry thoroughly.
• a method for restoring a pleat having a pleat line in a textile fabric material comprising the steps of spraying an acohol-aqueous solution containing a surfactant material along said pleat line until said pleat is covered with said solution but not thoroughly saturated, grasping said fabric at the top after spraying said pleat after a predetermined period of time, between the thumb and forefinger of one hand while holding said fabric at said pleat with the other hand at the bottom thereof, and moving said one hand downwardly along said pleat creasing the same between said thumb and forefinger while holding said pleat tightly with the other hand.
• the invention is directed to a method for penetrating and wetting yams of a material by covering the same thoroughly without thorough saturated to either restore pleats in pleated fabric material or remove creases and wrinkles.
• any suitable wrinkle removing solution may be used.
• any alcohol-squeous solution containing a surfactant the method disclosed herein is particularly effective in utilizing a solution of the type disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,674,688 to Schwartz et al., the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.
• the solution therein is described as an alcohol-aqueous solution having a surfactant material incorporated herein.
• a distilled or demineralized water is preferably used so that the product will not have residual dissolved solids in the treated fabric after the fabric has dried.
• Fast drying alcohols are preferred in the alcohol-aqueous solvent solu- ion such as isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
• the surfactant material is preferably of the cationic type and should have the property of being able to penetrate and wet the yams of wrinkled fabric in a low concentration solution.
• the surfactant should not harm the fabric or the dye system of the fabric and should not have a residual ring or mark in the fabric on drying.
• Organic quaternary ammonium salts have proven to be the most satisfactory of the cationic surfactant materials.
• a dialicyl dimethyl ammonium chloride has proven to be the most satisfactory material.
• the dialicyl dimethyl ammonium chloride has the structural formula where R and R, are alkyl chains having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms.
• a suitable dialkyl dimethyl ammonium chloride surfactant may be obtained from the Armour Industrial Chemical Company under the trade name Arquad 2HT.
• the surfactant material contains about 24 percent hexadecyl and 75 percent octadecyl chains. Two long alkyl chains of the surfactant materials seem to be partly responsible for the relaxing effect of the surfactant material. It is probable that as the positively charged surfactant material attaches itself to the relatively negatively charged textile material and wets it, the surfactant molecule orients itself toward the yams or fibres in the textile material leaving the alkyl chains exposed. The exposed alkyl chains impart surface softness and lubricity to the yams and relax the surface tension in the wrinkled yams..
• the finished product will contain between about 75 and 85 percentby weight distilled water, between about 15 and 25 percent by weight alcohol, between about 0.4 and 0.6 percent by weight surfactant, and between about 0 and 0.5 percent by weight perfume.
• the perfumes used may be any of the commercially available scents which are soluble to an alcohol-aqueous cosolvent system.
• such solution may be packaged in aerosol or pump-mist type cans for easy travel.
• a wrinkled and creased area of a textile fabric material is first sprayed with any suitable alcohol-aqueous solution containing a surfactant, such as the solution disclosed in U.S. Patent no 3,674,688 discussed hereinabove.
• a surfactant such as the solution disclosed in U.S. Patent no 3,674,688 discussed hereinabove.
• the material being treated is sprayed thoroughly until the material is covered but not thoroughly saturated.
• the treated material is now allowed to rest for a predetermined period of time allowing the solution to penetrate into the yams of the material.
• This time period has been found to vary but, preferably, a period of ten to twenty seconds is sufficient
• the treated area is smoothed out in any suitable manner. This may be accomplished by holding the sprayed material tight with one hand and smoothing the wrinkles out slowly with the other hand. This is preferably carried out several times, if necessary.
• the smoothed and treated area is now allowed to dry thoroughly. This period of time will vary, as, for example, the solution in the treated material may evaporate to dryness in from about a few minutes to one hour.
• the Schwartz et al. solution is particularly effective in restoring pleats or creases in pleated fabrics, such as draperies or the like.
• the pleat is sprayed along its pleat line using an alcohol-aqueous solution containing a surfactant.
• the pleat is now held at the bottom with one hand and grasped at the top between the thumb and forefinger with the other hand.
• the latter hand is now moved downwardly along the pleat pressing or creasing the pleat together while holding it tight at the bottom with the other hand.
• the solution may be that disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,674,688 to Schwartz et al.
• the treated pleat is covered thoroughly but not thoroughly saturated and, after a predetermined period of time, such as ten to twenty seconds, creased as discussed and allowed to dry thoroughly. In the case of thick fabric materials, the foregoing steps may have to be repeated.
• a novel method is disclosed for restoring pleats in fabrics, such as draperies or the like.

Landscapes

• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Textile Engineering (AREA)
• Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
• Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (2)

Family

ID=24794871

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (4)

Cited By (11)

Families Citing this family (1)

Family Cites Families (3)

• 1986
  • 1986-01-20 EP EP86300347A patent/EP0190839A3/fr not_active Withdrawn
  • 1986-01-21 AU AU52547/86A patent/AU5254786A/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1986-01-27 IT IT19191/86A patent/IT1188323B/it active
  • 1986-01-28 JP JP61014902A patent/JPS61174473A/ja active Pending

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events