Towel fabric

Abstract

The present invention provides a towel fabric which can be well printed while maintaining softness, a good skin texture, and the like. A towel product (10) having at least two layers, the towel product (10) being provided with: a gauze layer (11) in which doubled yarns obtained by twisting cotton yarns and lyocell yarns are used as warp yarns (12) and weft yarns (15); and a looped pile layer (20) in which a looped pile surface (20a) is formed on at least the outer surface. In addition, the looped pile layer (20) is woven from cotton yarn. In addition, the gauze layer (11) and the looped pile layer (20) are connected by hooking the weft yarns (15) of the gauze layer (11) and the ground weft yarns (25) of the looped pile layer (20) at a predetermined cycle. The doubled yarn is composed of a cotton yarn as a single yarn and a lyocell yarn as a double yarn. In addition, the mixing ratio of the doubled yarn is 30-70% by mass of the cotton yarn and 70-30% by mass of the lyocell yarn in terms of mass ratio.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to towel fabrics suitable for pattern printing. Background Art

[0002] Towels have been printed with patterns, but high-resolution printing is usually difficult on the terry side. Therefore, when high-resolution printing is desired, high-resolution printing is achieved by making one side of the towel a gauze side or a cut pile side that has been subjected to a cut pile treatment.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a terry towel fabric having a gauze surface on one side, and Patent Document 2 below discloses a terry towel fabric having a cut pile surface on one side.

[0004] Prior art literature

[0005] Patent Literature

[0006] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-163251

[0007] Patent Document 2: Japanese Registered Utility Model No. 3205134 Summary of the Invention

[0008] Problems to be solved by the invention

[0009] Cotton yarn is often used as the yarn for terry towels. However, when printing with dye ink on cotton yarn, the color development is poor, and the desired color reproduction may not be achieved. In addition, if yarn suitable for dye ink printing is used instead of cotton yarn, the softness and skin feel of the terry towel may be significantly reduced.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a towel fabric that can be printed well while maintaining softness, a good feel to the skin, and the like.

[0011] Means for solving problems

[0012] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the towel fabric of the present invention is a towel fabric with at least two layers, which is a single-sided terry towel fabric and includes: a gauze layer using a doubled yarn formed by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as warp yarn and weft yarn; and a terry layer having a terry surface formed on at least the outer surface.

[0013] Effects of the Invention

[0014] According to the towel fabric of the present invention, the towel fabric includes a gauze layer woven from parallel yarns of lyocell yarns and cotton yarns, and a good pattern with good color development can be printed on the printing surface of the gauze layer. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a figure which shows the structure of the towel which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

[0016] Figure 2 This is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view of a towel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 3 This is a diagram for explaining the connection position between the gauze layer and the terry layer of the towel according to the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] A towel fabric suitable for pattern printing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment is characterized in that Lyocell yarn (TENCEL (registered trademark) yarn), a regenerated fiber, is used for the printed surface of the towel fabric to enable beautiful, high-resolution printing using dye ink.

[0019] The towel 10, a product made of the towel fabric of this embodiment, has a double-layer structure and includes a gauze layer 11 as a plain weave portion and a terry layer 20 as a terry fabric portion with terry loops formed on one side. The outer side of the gauze layer 11 opposite to the side facing the terry layer 20 is a printed surface 11a, and the outer side of the terry layer 20 opposite to the side facing the gauze layer 11 is a terry surface 20a (see FIG. Figure 1 ).

[0020] The gauze layer 11 is woven from gauze layer warp yarns 12 and gauze layer weft yarns 15. The gauze layer warp yarns 12 and gauze layer weft yarns 15 are doubled yarns (gauze layer doubled yarns) formed by twisting cotton yarns and lyocell yarns.

[0021] The cotton yarn constituting the gauze layer doubling yarn is a single yarn of 32 count, and the lyocell yarn constituting the gauze layer doubling yarn is a double yarn of 40 count. The mixing ratio of the cotton yarn and the lyocell yarn in the gauze layer doubling yarn is 50% cotton yarn and 50% lyocell yarn by mass.

[0022] Generally, lyocell yarns are excellent at developing colors with dye inks, but they are weak and may break if strong tension is applied during weaving. In this embodiment, by including lyocell yarns in the yarns 12, 15 for the gauze layer 11 forming the printing surface 11a, color development during printing is improved.

[0023] Furthermore, by using a doubled yarn obtained by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn instead of a single lyocell yarn as the yarns 12 and 15 for the gauze layer, a decrease in strength due to the use of lyocell yarn is minimized.

[0024] Of course, the mixing ratio of cotton yarn and lyocell yarn in the ply yarn for the gauze layer can be appropriately changed. However, if the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn increases, the strength of the ply yarn for the gauze layer weakens, and it may break due to the tension during weaving. On the contrary, if the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn decreases, the color development during printing deteriorates. Thus, in the ply yarn for the gauze layer, the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn is preferably 30 - 70% and that of cotton yarn is preferably 70 - 30%.

[0025] The fleece layer 20 is woven with the ground warp yarn 22 for the fleece layer, the pile warp yarn 23, and the ground weft yarn 25 for the fleece layer. As the yarns 22, 23, and 25 for these fleece layers, single yarns of 30 - count cotton yarn are used. Thus, the entire fleece layer 20 is composed of cotton yarn, maintaining a soft hand feeling and texture similar to that of a normal towel, and also having high strength.

[0026] Here, as Figure 2 shown, the gauze layer 11 and the fleece layer 20 are connected by winding the warp yarn 12 for the gauze layer and the ground weft yarn 25 for the fleece layer in the warp and weft directions at a prescribed period. At this time, the fleece layer 20 with single - side pile is connected to the gauze layer 11 with the pile surface 20a having piles on the outside overlapping. It should be noted that Figure 2 in, for the sake of convenience, multiple weft yarns adjacent in the warp direction are depicted in the same cross - section.

[0027] Regarding the connection position between the gauze layer 11 and the fleece layer 20, in the weft direction, it is at a period of 12, that is, out of every 12, 1 warp yarn 12 for the gauze layer is hooked on the ground weft yarn 25 for the fleece layer. The ground weft yarn 25a for the connection hooked on 1 connecting warp yarn 12a for the gauze layer is at a period of 20 in the warp direction, that is, out of every 20, 1 ground weft yarn 25a for the fleece layer.[[ID=~14]] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the connection position between the gauze layer 11 and the fleece layer 20, and the ground weft yarn 25a at the connection position is shown in thick lines.

[0028] Here, as Figure 3 shown, the connection positions between the adjacent connecting warp yarns 12a for the gauze layer and the ground weft yarns 25a for the fleece layer at a period of 20 are alternately offset by 10 in the warp direction.

[0029] Regarding the weft - wise density of the warp yarn 12 for the gauze layer of the gauze layer 11 and the ground warp yarn 22 for the fleece layer of the fleece layer 20, the reed count (number of teeth) representing the number of warp yarns per 1 shaku (3.7879 cm) is 70.

[0030] The warp density of the gauze layer weft yarns 15 of the gauze layer 11 and the terry layer ground weft yarns 25 of the terry layer 20 is 110 wefts per inch (2.54 cm). The double-layer towel 10 weighs 84 g. In this embodiment, the fabric density is increased to some extent to enable high-resolution printing.

[0031] The structure of the towel 10 has been described in detail above. According to this embodiment, the towel 10 includes a gauze layer 11 woven from parallel yarns of lyocell and cotton. The outer printing surface 11a of the gauze layer 11 can be printed with a pattern having good color development using dye ink.

[0032] Furthermore, the towel 10 includes the loop layer 20 with the loop surface 20a positioned on the outside, and can achieve good printing while maintaining the soft touch and texture of a towel fabric.

[0033] In addition, according to this embodiment, regarding the yarn used for the gauze layer, by making the cotton yarn a single yarn and the lyocell yarn a double yarn, the area of ​​the lyocell yarn on the surface of the printing surface 11a of the gauze layer 11 can be increased compared to the cotton yarn, and good printing can be achieved using dyeing ink.

[0034] In addition, generally speaking, the more twisted yarns there are, the more uneven the yarn surface becomes, and the lower the resolution of the print. Therefore, for good printing, it is preferable to have a smaller number of twisted yarns. In this embodiment, by using the cotton yarn for strength reinforcement as a single yarn and the Lyocell yarn as a double yarn, it is possible to achieve good printing while maintaining the strength of the doubled yarn composed of the cotton yarn and the Lyocell yarn.

[0035] It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the shape, size, and material of the components constituting the towel of this embodiment can be appropriately changed.

[0036] In addition, about the loop layer, as long as can ensure soft skin touch, texture to some extent, also can be made of yarn of other raw materials such as polyester rather than cotton yarn.In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, it is the loop layer of single-sided terry, but it can also be the loop layer of double-sided terry.

[0037] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the towel has a double-layer structure of a gauze layer and a terry layer, but a structure of three or more layers may be used as long as a gauze layer made of parallel yarns of cotton yarn and lyocell yarn is provided as a printing surface.

[0038] Furthermore, printing on the printing surface may be performed by printing using other printing methods such as printing using pigment ink, in addition to printing using dye ink.

[0039] Explanation of symbols

[0040] 10 towels

[0041] 11 gauze layers

[0042] 11a Printing surface

[0043] 12 gauze layers with warp yarn

[0044] 12a Warp yarn for connecting gauze layer

[0045] 15 weft yarn for gauze layer

[0046] 20 terry layers

[0047] 20a Terry surface

[0048] 22 Terry layer ground warp yarn

[0049] 23 terry warp yarn (cotton yarn)

[0050] 25 ground weft yarn for terry layer

[0051] 25a Ground warp yarn for the loop layer used for connection

Claims

1. A towel fabric having at least two layers, which is a single-sided terry towel fabric, comprising: a gauze layer using doubled yarns obtained by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as warp and weft yarns; and The loop layer has a loop surface formed on at least the outer surface.

2. The towel fabric according to claim 1, characterized in that The terry layer is woven from cotton yarn.

3. The towel fabric according to claim 1, characterized in that The gauze layer and the pile layer are connected by hooking the warp yarns of the gauze layer and the ground weft yarns of the pile layer at a predetermined period.

4. The towel fabric according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The doubling is composed of a cotton yarn as a single yarn and a lyocell yarn as a double yarn.

5. The towel fabric according to claim 4, characterized in that The mixing ratio of the parallel yarns is 30% to 70% by mass of the cotton yarn and 70% to 30% by mass of the lyocell yarn in terms of mass ratio.

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