Patent ID: 6447592
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: D06P

Abstract:
An ink composition for ink jet textile printing, comprising an acid dye, a surfactant, water, at least one member selected from the group consisting of urea, thiourea, alky-substituted urea, and alkylthioureas, and at least one compound represented by formula (I), said ink composition having a viscosity of not more than 8.0 m.PA.s (20Â° C.): whereinEP1, EP2, and EP3 each independently represent an ethyleneoxy or propyleneoxy group andl, m, and n each are independently 0 or a natural number of 1 or more, provided that at least one or l, m, or n is 1 or more average of l+m+n in the whole compound represented by formula (I) contained in the ink composition being 1 to 30.