Process for the improvement of the water-absorbing capacity and the absorptivity of textile materials

US4136218A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ehrenfried Nischwitz · Königstein, DE
• Arno Holst
• Ottokar Smerz · Kelkheim, DE
• Michael Kostrzewa · Wiesbaden, DE
• Helmut Lask · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 1975
• Grant date: Jan 23, 1979
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06M15/09
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Process for improving the water-absorbing capacity and absorptivity of fibrous materials consisting of, or containing, synthetic fibers or filaments, which comprises applying modified, highly absorbing cellulose ethers onto the fibrous materials and fixing these cellulose ethers on the fibrous material with the aid of finishing agents, resins or binders.