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US 12,351,978 · App. 17/586,919 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Ink jet textile printing method and recording apparatus

Inventors: Akiko Yamada (Shiojiri, JP); Hideki Okada (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
D06P5/30B41J3/4078C09D11/322D06P1/445B41J11/007
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Patent No.
US 12,351,978
App. No.
17/586,919
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink jet textile printing method of textile printing on a fabric includes mounting and supporting the fabric on an endless belt having an adhesive layer, and adhering an ink containing a pigment, resin particles, and water by an ink jet method. The fabric is a fabric composed of hydrophobic fibers, and the fabric is a fabric treated with a cationic polymer.

Claims (12)

1. An ink jet textile printing method for printing on a fabric, the method comprising;

mounting and supporting the fabric on an endless belt having an adhesive layer;

heating the endless belt with a heater positioned proximate the endless belt to increase the adhesiveness of the adhesive layer; and

adhering an ink containing a pigment, resin particles, and water by an ink jet method,

wherein the fabric is a fabric composed of hydrophobic fibers; and

the fabric is a fabric treated with a cationic polymer.

2. The ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic polymer has, in its structure, any one cationic functional group selected from a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group, a quaternary ammonium base, an imino group, and an amide group.

3. The ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the fabric is composed of polyester, and the METSUKE of the fabric is 40 to 180 g/m 2 .

4. The ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic polymer is adhered in an amount of 0.4% to 5% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the fabric.

5. The ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 further comprising flame retardant processing.

6. A recording apparatus for recording by the ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 .

7. The ink jet textile printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer includes a hot-melt adhesive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: YAMADA, AKIKO; OKADA, HIDEKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-012857 · Jan 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220243392A1 · Aug 4, 2022
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