Antimicrobial flourochemically treated plastic (nylon) surfaces
US5126138A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06M16/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of making the surface of a fluorochemically treated substrate antimicrobially active by exposing the fluorochemically treated substrate to a compound selected from the group consisting of inorganic acids and organic acids. Exemplary of the acids are sulfuric, hydrofluoric, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, hydriodic, nitric, perchloric, phosphoric, boric, acetic, adipic, anisic, benzoic, butyric, fumaric, gallic, glutaric, glycolic, lactic, lauric, tannic, and tartaric acids.
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