Method nad apparatus for UV ink jet printing on fabric and combination printing and quilting thereby

An inkjet print head, ultraviolet technology, applied in the field of printing, can solve problems such as the inability to use ultraviolet light, and achieve the effect of low potential sensitivity or toxicity and high color saturation potential

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-10-30
L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO
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Thus, the advantages of UV or other radiation-cured inks have not been available for printing on fabrics

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[0023] The drawing shows a quilting machine 10 with a fixed frame 11 having a longitudinal length indicated by an arrow 12 and a transverse width indicated by an arrow 13 . The machine 10 has a front end 14 into which rolls 15 of pillowcase or duvet fabric or face material enter from supply rolls 16 rotatably secured to a frame 11 . The rolls of lining 17 and one or more filling materials 18 are also supplied in roll form from rollers also secured to frame 11 . The roll of material is guided onto a conveyor belt or conveyor system 20 around a plurality of rollers (not shown) each at a different point along the conveyor belt 20 . The transfer system 20 preferably comprises a pair of opposed pin tenter belt devices 21 extending along the entire length of the machine 10 onto which the outer fabric 15 is fed at the front 14 of the machine 10 . As the belt assembly 21 carries the fabric 15 through the longitudinal length of the machine 10, the belt assembly 21 holds the fabric 15 ...

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Provided are a method and device for inkjet printing onto fabrics (15) using ultraviolet (UV) ray-cured ink, wherein the ink is first partially cured by ultraviolet light (24) and then heated to more completely cure the ink. Printing takes place in a quilting machine (10) having a quilting table (27) and a printing table (25) upstream of the quilting table. Preferably, the printing station prints the multi-color design on only the top layer of fabric under the control of a programmed controller (35). The dot volume of the UV curable ink jetted onto the fabric was about 75 picoliters. A conveyor belt (20) moves the printed fabric from the printing station through the UV curing station (24), where a UV curing head either moves with or independently of the printing head to transfer the deposited UV The cured ink droplet is exposed to an ultraviolet beam of 300W per linear inch at a rate of about 1 joule of energy applied per square centimeter. The conveyor belt then passes the fabric through a heated drying station or an oven (26) where the fabric is heated to 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Preferably, the heating is done in a furnace with forced hot air, but other heating methods, such as infrared or other radiant heaters, may also be used. Before, or preferably after, heat curing, the fabric is combined with layers of other materials and, under programmed conditions, a quilted pattern is added using the printed pattern.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to printing on fabrics and in particular to printing patterns on fabrics for quilting, for example on such things as mattress covers, quilts, bed sheets and the like. In more detail, the present invention relates to inkjet printing on textiles, and inkjet printing using ultraviolet (UV) curable inks. Background technique [0002] Quilting in the field of sewing in general is a specialized process in which a pattern is sewn in a two-dimensional area of ​​the material through multiple layers of material. A multi-layer material generally consists of at least three layers, a woven main or face cloth having a decorative finishing quality; a usually woven back cloth which may or may not be finished; and a or multiple thick inner layers of filler material, usually made of randomly oriented fibers. The sewn pattern maintains the physical relationship of the individual material layers to each other while providing decorative prop...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B32B5/26B41J2/01B41J2/165B41J3/407B41J11/00B41M5/00C09D11/00D05B11/00D05B33/00D06B11/00D06P5/00D06P5/20D06P5/30
CPCB41J2/01B41J2/16585B41J3/4078B41J11/0015B41J11/002B41M5/0047B41M5/0064D05B11/00D05B33/00D05D2305/12D05D2305/22D06P5/2005D06P5/30B41M7/0081B41M7/009B41J11/0024B41J11/0022B41J11/00214B41J11/0021
Inventor 理查德·N·科多斯威廉·W·科兰罗伯特·B·科默福德安杰洛·夸特罗乔基米兰·巴多维纳茨
Owner L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO
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