Patent ID: 6337313
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: D06B,D06L,D06M,D06P

Abstract:
A textile manufacturing or treating process comprising treating a textile with a solution or dispersion of a hydrophobically modified polymer having a hydrophilic backbone and at least one hydrophobic moiety,wherein said hydrophilic backbone is prepared from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of unsaturated C1-C6 acid, wherein said hydrophilic backbone is optionally substituted with one or more amino, amine, amide, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphonate, hydroxy, carboxyl or oxide groups; wherein said hydrophobic moiety is prepared from at least one hydrophobic monomer or a chain transfer agent, said hydrophobic monomer is selected from the group consisting of a saturated or unsatuated alkyl, aryl and aryl-alkyl group, and combinations thereof, wherein said hydrophobically modified polymer is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 50 weight percent, based on the total weight of the solution or dispersion, wherein said process results in a reduction in the level of fats, waxes, oils, and/or dirt on said textile, and wherein said textile is selected from the group consisting of a woven textile, a knit textile and a finished textile.