PROCESS FOR TEXTILE PRINTING WITH LASER COPIES OF NORMAL PHOTOCOPYING PAPER USING A SPRAY TEXTILE FIXING BASE

Abstract

 The printing of textile material by the disclosed process makes use of laser photocopies on normal photocopying paper on which is projected a liquid spray of a textile fixing base, achieving the transfer of the print (3) of the copy (1) to the fabric (4) by absorption of the toner by the fixing base and its heat and pressure transfer to any type of natural or synthetic textile materials.

Description

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The invention object of this specification refers to a ingenious usage of a textile fixing base in a textile stamping procedure, allowing the use of laser photocopies made upon normal photocopier paper.

[0002] It incorporates the treatment of the copy obtained through the fore mentioned liquid spray, in fact a textile fixing base, generating with it a sui generis image transfer, from the copy to the fabric.

[0003] With his procedure the fixing base absorbs the toner and the liquid thus impregnated is then ready for its transfer, thermal and through pressure, upon any type of textile materials, whether natural or synthetic.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Only one procedure is known for the stamping of textile materials through photocopies, which consists of using a transfer paper, previously chemically treated, before passing it through the conventional photocopier.

[0005] This special transfer paper, once photocopied, is then dry stamped, in the color photocopier and upon the fabrics selected.

[0006] This undoubtedly ingenious procedure does still feature a number of inconveniences for its practical use, such as:

• The damage caused in the copier due to the continuous use of chemically treated paper.
• Fabric stamping is very superficially effected, and therefore stamping resistance to consecutive garment washing is very low.
• The selectivity of the procedure, given that the stamping may not be effected upon all kind of materials.
• The high cost of the chemically treated paper.

[0007] Up to date there is no knowledge of any type of procedure allowing image transfer upon all kinds of textile material, inexpensive, such as that using normal photocopier paper and effecting fluid based stamping, so that it penetrates deeply into the fabric, thus facilitating transfer maintenance over consecutive washing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0008] The solution advanced herewith consists of a textile stamping procedure, using normal photocopier paper, incorporating the copy so obtained through a liquid spray, generating a stamping transfer procedure, from the copy to the fabric.

[0009] To this end normal photocopier paper is placed into a laser photocopier, obtaining a color copy.

[0010] Then, upon this color copy is applied, using a spray, a textile fixing base, which absorbs the toner off the copy.

[0011] In the third operation the copy, already impregnated with the fixing base fluid, is then placed upon any light colored fabric, proceeding then to stamp the illustration, signs or marks from the paper on to the fabric through the use of a clothes iron, manual, pneumatic or hydraulic, previously heated to a temperature of approximately 200 °C. The fabrics to be stamped may be of any type, either natural (cotton, silk, wool, etc.) or synthetic.

[0012] The toner absorbed by the spray is then passed on to the fabric, deeply penetrating therein, which shall then offer a high degree of resistance to the successive washing of the garment to be made with this stamping, directly related to the resistance to washing of the fixing base chemical product.

[0013] The paper placed upon the fabric is then withdraw.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] In order to complement the description given and so as to facilitate a better and easier comprehension of the characteristics of the invention, this patent specification is accompanied, as integral part thereof, of a diagram in which with a merely illustrative but never limitative character the following has been represented:

[0015] The diagram shows in a graphical and schematic manner the stamping procedure following by this invention.

PREFERRED EXECUTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] Upon seeing these commented figures it may be observed how the invention here advanced consists of a textile stamping procedure, using normal photocopier paper, whence the copy so obtained is treated with a spray based fluid textile fixing base, generating a copy to fabric stamping transfer procedure.

[0017] Using normal photocopier paper, in a laser photocopier, is first obtained a color copy (1) upon which is extended, using a spray, a textile fixing base (2) that absorbs the toner, being this copy (1) later placed upon any kind of light colored fabric (4), proceeding then to stamp the drawing (3) or the signs or marks upon the fabric (4) through the use of a, manual, pneumatic 0 hydraulic clothes iron (5), heated up to a temperature of approximately 200 °C, transferring then the toner absorbed by the spray to the textile, penetrating it deeply into the fabric, reason for which it shall offer a high level of resistance to successive washing, as a function of the resistance to washing of the own fixer fluid, being then withdrawn the copy paper (1) previously placed upon the fabric (4).

[0018] This description needs not be extended any further as any expert in this art would already have enough information to understand the scope of the invention and the advantages derived from it, as well as to be able to reproduce it.

[0019] It is further understood that, as long as the essential qualities of the invention is not altered, its materials and shape, size and arrangement of the elements may be varied within the same characteristics.

[0020] The terms used during the description, as well as their sense must at all times be considered in a non limitative manner.

Claims

1. Procedure for the stamping of textiles with laser copies on normal copier paper using a spray based textile fixing base, essentially characterized for using a fluid spraying textile fixing base, as well as normal photocopier paper, in a laser photocopier, in which a paper copy is first obtained (1) upon which is extended, using a spray, a textile fixing base (2) that absorbs the toner, being this copy (1) later placed upon any kind of light colored fabric (4), proceeding then to stamp the drawing (3) or the signs or marks upon the fabric (4) through the use of a, manual, pneumatic o hydraulic clothes iron (5), heated up to a temperature of approximately 200 °C, transferring then the toner absorbed by the spray to the textile, penetrating into it deeply into the fabric, reason for which it shall offer a high level of resistance to successive washing, as a function of the resistance to washing of the own fixer fluid, being then withdrawn the copy paper (1) previously placed upon the fabric (4).

2. Procedure for the stamping of textiles with laser copies on normal copier paper using a spray based textile fixing base.

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