Patent ID: 6831055
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A method of use of a softener composition for imparting hydrophilicity to textile fibre materials in domestic applications, which comprises treating washed textile fibre materials with a softener composition which comprises:A) a fabric softener; B) at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a) a polyethylene, or a mixture thereof, and C) a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of formula (1) wherein R1 is OH, OR2 or CH3, R2 is CH3 or CH2CH3, R3 is C1-C20alkoxy, CH3, CH2CHR4CH2NHR5, or CH2CHR4CH2N(COCH3)R5, R4 is H or CH3, R5 is H, CH2CH2NHR6, C(&boxH;O)â€”R7 or (CH2)zâ€”CH3, z is 0 to 7, R6 is H or C(&boxH;O)â€”R7, R7 is CH3, CH2CH3 or CH2CH2CH2OH, R8 is H or CH3, and the sum of X and Y is 40 to 4000; or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane which comprises at least one unit of the formula (5)(R9)v(R10)wSiâ€”Aâ€”Bâ€ƒâ€ƒ(5) wherein R9 is CH3, CH3CH2 or phenyl, R10 is â€”Oâ€”Si or â€”Oâ€”R9, the sum of v and w equals 3, and v does not equal 3, A=â€”CH2CH(R11)(CH2)k, B=â€”NR12((CH2)1â€”NH)mR12 or n is 0 or 1, when n is 0, U1 is N, when n is 1, U1 is CH, l is 2 to 8, k is 0 to 6, m is 0 to 3, R11 is H or CH3, R12 is H, C(&boxH;O)â€”R16, CH2(CH2)pCH3 or p is 0 to 6, R13 is NH, O, OCH2CH(OH)CH2N(butyl), OOCN(butyl) R14 is H, linear or branched C1-C4alkyl, phenyl or CH2CH(OH)CH3, R15 is H or linear or branched C1-C4alkyl, R16 is CH3, CH2CH3 or (CH2)qOH, q is 1 to 6, and U2 is N or CH; or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of the formula (8) wherein R3 is as previously defined, R17 is OH, OR18 or CH3, R18 is CH3 or CH2CH3, R19 is R20â€”(EO)mâ€”(PO)nâ€”R21, m is 3 to 25, n is 0 to 10, R20 is the direct bond or CH2CH(R22)(CH2)pR23, p is 1 to 4, R21 is H, R24, CH2CH(R22)NH2 or CH(R22)CH2NH2, R22 is H or CH3, R23 is O or NH, R24 is linear or branched C1-C8alkyl or Si(R25)3, R25 is R24, OCH3 or OCH2CH3, EO is â€”CH2CH2Oâ€”, PO is â€”CH(CH3)CH2Oâ€” or â€”CH2CH(CH3)Oâ€” and the sum of X1, Y1 and S is 20 to 1500; or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of the formula (9) wherein R26 is linear or branched C1-C20alkoxy or CH2CH(R4)R29, R4 is as previously defined, R29 is linear or branched C1-C20alkyl, R27 is aryl, aryl substituted by linear or branched C1-C10alkyl, linear or branched C1-C20alkyl substituted by aryl or aryl substituted by linear or branched C1-C10alkyl, R28 is the sum of X2, X3, X4 and Y2 is 20 to 1500, wherein X3, X4 and Y2 may be independently of each other 0; or a mixture thereof, in which the nitrogen content of the aqueous emulsion due to the polyorganosiloxane is from 0.001 to 0.25% with respect to the silicon content.