TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLYING INKJET PRINTER

• US 20090293209A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intec Incorporated (G Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: InkTec Company Limited
• Inventors: PARK, Eun-Jin, CHUNG, Kwang-Choon, KIM, Hoo-Shick, CHOI, Ju-Jin, KIM, Hyoung-Seok, LEE, Kyong-Min, GONG, Myoung-Seon
• Granted Patent: US 8,556,360 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 8/445
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0015 for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing selective coating B41J2/2114
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/002 Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/00216 using infrared [IR] radiation or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17559 Cartridge manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/2114 Ejecting transparent or white coloured liquids, e.g. processing liquids B41J2/211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4078 Printing on textile
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/16 using dispersed, e.g. acetate, dyestuffs
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/38 using reactive dyes
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/39 using acid dyes
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/50 Derivatives of cellulose
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/6491 (Thio)urea or (cyclic) derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/65118 Compounds containing hydroxyl groups
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/6533 Aliphatic, araliphatic or cycloaliphatic
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 1/67333 Salts or hydroxides hydroxylamines D06P1/67308
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 3/54 using dispersed dyestuffs
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 3/66 using reactive dyes
• CPC Class Codes: D06P 5/30 Ink jet printing

Abstract

A textile printing method applying inkjet printer comprises the steps for feeding a fabric by a fabric feed roller, applying a pretreatment liquid to the fabric by jetting the pretreatment liquid installed in a pretreatment liquid reservoir installed respective containers filled with individual compositions of a pretreatment liquid, so that such individual compositions are concurrently mixed and applied on the fabric surface to pretreat the fabric by operation of a control unit depending upon the fabric material through a pretreatment head, drying the pretreatment liquid applied to the fabric through a drier, and printing on the dried fabric by jetting the ink installed in a ink reservoir through the printing head. The pretreatment head, the drier and the printing head are serially arranged so that the steps for applying a pretreatment liquid, drying the pretreatment liquid and printing on the dried fabric are concurrently performed.

Claims

1. A method of printing a textile by applying an inkjet printer comprising the steps of:

feeding a fabric by a fabric feed roller;

preparing a pretreatment liquid by selecting pretreatment compositions from a plurality of containers of a pretreatment liquid reservoir, depending upon the type of the fabric, and mixing the selected pretreatment compositions, the containers filled with different pretreatment compositions respectively;

supplying the pretreatment liquid to a pretreatment head;

applying the pretreatment liquid to the fabric by jetting the pretreatment liquid through the pretreatment head toward the surface of the fabric;

drying the pretreatment liquid applied to the fabric through a dryer; and

printing on the dried fabric by jetting an ink installed in an ink reservoir through a printing head,

wherein the pretreatment head, the dryer and the printing head are serially arranged so that the steps for applying a pretreatment liquid, drying the pretreatment liquid and printing on the dried fabric are concurrently performed.

2. A method of printing a textile by applying an inkjet printer comprising the steps of:

feeding a fabric by a fabric feed roller;

preparing a pretreatment liquid by selecting pretreatment compositions from a plurality of containers of a pretreatment liquid reservoir, depending upon the type of the fabric, and mixing the selected pretreatment compositions, the containers filled with different pretreatment compositions respectively;

supplying the pretreatment liquid to a pretreatment head;

applying the pretreatment liquid to the fabric by jetting the pretreatment liquid through the pretreatment head toward the surface of the fabric;

drying the pretreatment liquid applied to the fabric through a dryer; and

printing on the dried fabric by jetting an ink installed in an ink reservoir through a printing head,

wherein the pretreatment head, the dryer and the printing head are arranged in parallel so that the steps for applying a pretreatment liquid, drying the pretreatment liquid and printing on the dried fabric are consecutively performed.

3. An apparatus for printing a textile by applying an inkjet printer comprising:

a feed roller for feeding a fabric;

a pretreatment head for applying a pretreatment liquid to the fabric by jetting the pretreatment liquid toward the surface of the fabric, the pretreatment liquid comprising a plurality of pretreatment compositions;

a pretreatment liquid reservoir comprising a plurality of containers each filled with the respective pretreatment compositions, the pretreatment compositions being individually selected from the containers to form the pretreatment liquid depending upon the type of the fabric, the pretreatment liquid reservoir supplying the pretreatment liquid to the pretreatment head;

a dryer for drying the pretreatment liquid applied to the fabric;

a printing head for printing on the dried fabric by jetting an ink;

an ink reservoir for feeding the ink to the printing head; and

a control unit for controlling the feed roller, the pretreatment liquid reservoir, and the ink reservoir,

wherein the pretreatment head, the dryer and the printing head are sequentially arranged in the direction that the fabric is fed so that the pretreating work, the drying work and the printing work are consecutively performed.

4. An apparatus for printing a textile by applying an inkjet printer comprising:

a feed roller for feeding a fabric;

a pretreatment head for applying a pretreatment liquid to the fabric by jetting the pretreatment liquid toward the surface of the fabric, the pretreatment liquid comprising a plurality of pretreatment compositions;

a pretreatment liquid reservoir comprising a plurality of containers each filled with the respective pretreatment compositions, the pretreatment compositions being individually selected from the containers to form the pretreatment liquid depending upon the type of the fabric, the pretreatment liquid reservoir supplying the pretreatment liquid to the pretreatment head;

a dryer for drying the pretreatment liquid applied to the fabric;

a printing head for printing on the dried fabric by jetting an ink;

an ink reservoir for feeding the ink to the printing head; and

a control unit for controlling the feed roller, the pretreatment liquid reservoir, and the ink reservoir,

wherein the pretreatment head, the dryer and the printing head are arranged in series or in parallel to construct a combined apparatus so that the pretreating work, the drying work and the printing work are consecutively performed.