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Stabilized polypropylene fibers pigmented with Red 144

US5047460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 1989
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06P1/6426
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Excellent stabilization to bright sunlight, is obtained in polypropylene (PP) fibers pigmented with Red 144, by combining the pigment with N-(substituted)-1-(piperazin-2-one alkyl)-.alpha.-(3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-.alpha.,.alpha.-substituted acetamide ("3,5-DHPZNA" for brevity). Stabilization of the red color is obtained for as long as the PP fibers themselves are stabilized by the 3,5-DHPZNA. 3,5-DHPZNA is a known hybrid stabilizer having a hindered amine N-(substituted)-1-(piperazin-2-one alkyl) group at one end, and a hindered phenol (3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) group at the other. This particular hybrid, containing a piperazinone group, combined through a disubstituted alpha carbon atom of the acetamide in a single molecule, affords the advantages of each group with respect to its stabilization of the fiber against degradation, but without the expected adverse interaction of each group with Red 144 pigment. With 3,5-DHPZNA and Red 144 pigment, essentially no secondary stabilizer is necessary. Red PP fibers so stabilized, exhibit an acceptably low level of discoloration (color fading) due to degradation of the pigment, over the useful life of the PP fibers. When exposed to…

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