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EP 0 394 689 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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13.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/11 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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31.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/44 |
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Date of filing: 28.03.1990 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D06M 15/65 |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
29.03.1989 US 330108
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Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS COMPANY, INC. |
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Danbury
Connecticut 06817-0001 (US) |
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- Sabia, Angelo James
Yorktown,
New York, 10598 (US)
- Gum, Mary Lou
New Fairfiled,
Connecticut, 06812 (US)
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Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. et al |
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Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE) |
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Method of treating fabrics and other substrates with exhaustible cationic silicones |
(57) A method of improving the softness, or antistatic properties of a textile without
yellowing comprising treating said textile with a composition comprising a) about
0.05 to about 5 weight percent of a cationic silicone of the structure M D
x D′
y M where M is (CH₃)₃ SiO
1/2; D is OSi(CH₃)₂; D′ is CH₃SiO(CH₂)₃OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃Cl⁻; x=20-200; y=3-60; and
b) about 0 to 2 % of an electrolyte.