Towel fabric

Abstract

To provide a towel fabric which allows good printing to be performed thereon while maintaining flexibility, good touch feeling, etc.SOLUTION: A one side pile towel product 10 has at least two layers which are a gauze layer 11 using a doubled yarn obtained by twisting a cotton yarn and a lyocell yarn together as a warp yarn 12 and a weft yarn 15, and a pile layer 20 having a pile face 20a formed on at least an outer surface. The pile layer 20 is woven from cotton yarns. Further, the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer 20 are connected to each other by hooking the weft yarn 15 of the gauze layer 11 and a ground weft yarn 25 of the pile layer 20 on each other at a predetermined cycle. The doubled yarn is composed of a cotton yarn which is a single yarn and a lyocell yarn which is a two-folded yarn. The doubled yarn has a mixing ratio of 30 to 70 mass% of cotton yarn and 70 to 30 mass% of lyocell yarn in terms of mass ratio.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a towel fabric suitable for printing with a design. [Background technology]

[0002] Patterns have been printed on towels for a long time, but since it is generally difficult to print at high resolution on pile surfaces, when high resolution printing is desired, one side of the towel is made into a gauze surface or a shirred surface that has been subjected to a shirring process, thereby achieving high resolution printing.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 listed below discloses a woven towel fabric having a gauze surface on one side, and Patent Document 2 listed below discloses a woven towel fabric having a shirred surface on one side. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2005-163251 A [Patent Document 2] Registered Utility Model Publication No. 3205134 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Here, cotton yarn is often used as the yarn constituting the towel fabric, but when printing with dye ink on cotton yarn fabric, the color does not develop well, and the desired color reproduction may not be obtained. Furthermore, if a yarn suitable for printing with dye ink is used instead of cotton yarn, the flexibility and texture of the towel fabric may be significantly reduced.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has an object to provide a towel fabric that allows for good printing while maintaining flexibility, a good feel, etc. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the towel fabric of the present invention is a single-sided pile towel fabric having at least two layers, including a gauze layer using a double yarn made by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as the warp and weft, and a pile layer having a pile surface formed on at least the outer surface. Effect of the Invention

[0008] The woven towel fabric of the present invention has a gauze layer woven from a composite yarn of lyocell yarn and cotton yarn, and it is possible to print a good pattern with good color development on the printing surface of the gauze layer. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a towel according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view of the towel according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a connecting position between a gauze layer and a pile layer of a towel according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, a towel fabric suitable for printing a pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is characterized in that a regenerated fiber, Lyocell yarn (Tencel (registered trademark) yarn), is used on the printing surface of the towel fabric so that it can be beautifully printed with high resolution using dye ink.

[0011] A towel 10, which is a product manufactured from the towel fabric according to this embodiment, has a two-layer structure and includes a gauze layer 11 which is a plain weave portion, and a pile layer 20 which is a pile weave portion having pile formed on one side. The outer surface of the gauze layer 11 opposite the surface facing the pile layer 20 is a printed surface 11a, and the outer surface of the pile layer 20 opposite the surface facing the gauze layer 11 is a pile surface 20a (see FIG. 1).

[0012] 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 the gauze layer weft yarns 15 are doubled yarns (gauze layer doubled yarns) made by twisting together cotton yarns and lyocell yarns.

[0013] The cotton yarn constituting the gauze layer yarn is a single yarn of count 32, and the lyocell yarn constituting the gauze layer yarn is a two-ply yarn of count 40. The mixture ratio of the cotton yarn and the lyocell yarn in the gauze layer yarn is 50% cotton yarn and 50% lyocell yarn by mass.

[0014] Generally, lyocell yarn has excellent color development when dyed with ink, but it has low strength and may break if strong tension is applied during weaving. In this embodiment, the gauze layer yarns 12 and 15 constituting the gauze layer 11 that forms the printing surface 11a contain lyocell yarn, thereby improving color development during printing.

[0015] Furthermore, by using a double yarn made by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as the yarns 12, 15 for the gauze layer, rather than using lyocell yarn alone, the decrease in strength due to the use of lyocell yarn is minimized.

[0016] Of course, the mixing ratio of cotton yarn and lyocell yarn in the gauze layer yarn can be changed as needed, but if the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn is high, the strength of the gauze layer yarn will be weak and it may break due to the tension during weaving. Conversely, if the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn is low, the color development during printing will be poor. Therefore, it is desirable that the mixing ratio of lyocell yarn in the gauze layer yarn is 30 to 70% lyocell yarn and 70 to 30% cotton yarn.

[0017] The pile layer 20 is woven from pile layer ground warp yarns 22, pile warp yarns 23, and pile layer ground weft yarns 25, and 30-count cotton single yarns are used as the pile layer yarns 22, 23, and 25. In this way, the pile layer 20 is entirely made of cotton yarn, and like a normal towel, it has a soft feel and texture while also being strong.

[0018] As shown in Fig. 2, the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer 20 are connected by intertwining the gauze layer warp yarns 12 and the pile layer ground weft yarns 25 at a predetermined interval in the warp and weft directions. At this time, the single-sided pile layer 20 is overlapped and connected to the gauze layer 11 with the pile surface 20a on which the pile is formed facing outward. For convenience, Fig. 2 shows a plurality of weft yarns adjacent in the warp direction in the same cross section.

[0019] Regarding the connection positions between the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer 20, the gauze layer warp yarns 12 are hooked on the pile layer ground weft yarns 25 at 12-wire intervals in the weft direction, i.e., one out of every 12 gauze layer warp yarns 12 are hooked on the pile layer ground weft yarns 25. The pile layer ground weft yarns 25a for connection, which are hooked on one gauze layer warp yarn 12a for connection, are hooked on the pile layer ground weft yarns 25a at 20-wire intervals in the warp direction, i.e., one out of every 20 pile layer ground weft yarns 25a. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the connection positions between the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer 20, and the pile layer ground weft yarns 25a at the connection positions are indicated by thick lines.

[0020] As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting positions of adjacent gauze layer warp yarns 12a in the weft direction to pile layer ground weft yarns 25a at 20-ply intervals are shifted alternately by 10 yarns in the warp direction.

[0021] Regarding the weft density of the gauze layer warp yarns 12 of the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer ground warp yarns 22 of the pile layer 20, the reed count indicating the number of warp yarns (feathers) per one reed size (3.7879 cm) is 70.

[0022] Furthermore, with regard to the warp density of the gauze layer weft 15 of the gauze layer 11 and the pile layer ground weft 25 of the pile layer 20, the weft count of the wefts 15, 25 per inch (2.54 cm) is 110. The mass of the two-layer towel 10 is 84 g. In this embodiment, the weaving density is increased to a certain extent to enable printing at high resolution.

[0023] The configuration of towel 10 has been described in detail above. According to this embodiment, towel 10 has gauze layer 11 woven from a composite yarn of lyocell yarn and cotton yarn, and a pattern with good color development can be printed on the outer printing surface 11a of gauze layer 11 using dye ink.

[0024] The towel 10 also includes a pile layer 20 with a pile surface 20a located on the outside, which allows for good printing while maintaining the soft feel and texture of a woven towel fabric.

[0025] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, by using cotton yarn as a single yarn and lyocell yarn as a double yarn for the composite yarn for the gauze layer, the area of ​​the lyocell yarn on the surface of the printed surface 11a of the gauze layer 11 can be made larger than that of the cotton yarn, thereby achieving good printing using dye ink.

[0026] In addition, generally, the more the number of yarns twisted together, the more uneven the yarn surface becomes, and the lower the printing resolution becomes, so it is desirable to twist together a small number of yarns in order to achieve good printing. In this embodiment, the cotton yarn for reinforcing the strength is made into a single yarn, and the lyocell yarn is made into a double yarn, so that good printing can be achieved while maintaining the strength of the double yarn made of cotton yarn and lyocell yarn.

[0027] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the shape, size, material, etc. of the components constituting the towel according to the present embodiment can be appropriately changed.

[0028] The pile layer may be made of yarn made of other material such as polyester, instead of cotton yarn, as long as it can provide a certain degree of softness and texture. In the above embodiment, the pile layer is made of one-sided pile, but it may be made of two-sided pile.

[0029] In addition, in the above embodiment, the towel has a two-layer structure consisting of a gauze layer and a pile layer, but it may have a three-layer or more structure as long as it has a gauze layer made of a composite yarn of cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as the printing surface.

[0030] Furthermore, it goes without saying that printing on the printing surface is not limited to printing with dye ink, and other printing methods such as printing with pigment ink may also be used. [Explanation of symbols]

[0031] 10. Towels 11 Gauze layer 11a Print side 12 Gauze layer warp thread 12a Warp thread for connecting gauze layer 15 Weft thread for gauze layer 20 pile layers 20a pile surface 22 Pile layer ground warp 23 Pile warp thread (cotton thread) 25 Pile layer ground weft 25a Pile layer ground warp thread for connection

Claims

1. In towel fabrics with one-sided pile, A gauze layer using a double yarn formed by twisting cotton yarn and lyocell yarn as a warp yarn and a weft yarn; a pile layer having a pile surface formed on at least an outer surface thereof; The towel fabric has at least two layers.

2. 2. The woven towel fabric of claim 1, wherein said pile layer is woven from cotton yarn.

3. 2. The woven towel fabric according to claim 1, wherein 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 interval.

4. 4. The woven towel fabric according to claim 1, wherein the doubled yarn is a doubled yarn made of a cotton yarn which is a single yarn and a lyocell yarn which is a two-ply yarn.

5. 5. The towel fabric according to claim 4, wherein the doubling yarn has a mixture ratio of 30 to 70% by mass of cotton yarn and 70 to 30% by mass of lyocell yarn.

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