US 7,476,263 B2
Coloring method of tangible matter having polyamide bond and tangible matter colored by such method
Masahiro Nakazaki, Neyagawa (Japan); Kunihiro Ohshima, Neyagawa (Japan); Kiyoshi Donowaki, Chikushino (Japan); and Kentaro Kawamura, Fukuoka (Japan)
Assigned to Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurashiki-shi (Japan); and Fukuoka Prefectural Government, Fukuoka-shi (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/568,950
PCT Filed Nov. 08, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/016544
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 13, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/047591, PCT Pub. Date May 26, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-382358 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0089247 A1, Apr. 26, 2007
Int. Cl. D06P 3/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 8—517  [8/595; 8/596; 8/608; 8/404] 4 Claims
 
1. A coloring method of a tangible matter having a polyamide bond, consisting essentially of
treating the tangible matter having a polyamide bond with an aqueous solution containing an aromatic derivative having one or more hydroxyl groups selected from the group consisting of dihydroxybenzoic acid, dihydroxybenzaldehyde, trihydroxybenzoic acid and trihydroxybenzaldehyde, and a metal salt selected from the group consisting of iron (II or III) salt, copper salt, aluminum salt and nickel salt, wherein the salt is a nitrate, sulfate, chloride, acetate or citrate, at a temperature of 45° C. to 100° C., simultaneously or separately, wherein the treatment time ranges from 0.5 to 3 hours and the tangible matter is colored without using any dye.