Textile fabrics with opaque pigment printing and method of producing same

A printed textile fabric formed of interengaged yarns of a predetermined color, selected areas of said fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined color contrasting with the color of said yarns, said printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the color of said yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque coating covering the exposed surfaces of the interengaged yarns and bonded thereto and hiding the underlying color of the yarns, said opaque coating comprising an opacifying pigment, a crosslinked acrylic latex polymer, a heat reactive acrylic resin crosslinked with said acrylic latex polymer, and a curing catalyst.

A printed textile fabric formed of interengaged yarns of a predetermined color, selected areas of said fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined color contrasting with the color of said yarns, said printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the color of said yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque coating covering the exposed surfaces of the interengaged yarns and hiding the underlying color of the yarns, and being further characterized by penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and individually coating each of the yarns in the printed area such that the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric remains visible, said coating comprising an opacifying pigment providing opacity in said coating and a crosslinked latex polymer binder bonding said opacifying pigment to the yarns.

A printed textile fabric formed of interengaged yarns of a predetermined color, selected areas of said fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined color contrasting with the color of said yarns, said printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the color of said yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque pigmented coating bonded to the interengaged yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof, said pigmented coating penetrating each yarn and individually encapsulating and coating the exposed fibers at the surface of the yarn while allowing the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric as well as the individual surface fibers of the yarn to remain visible in the printed pattern areas.

A printed textile fabric formed of precolored yarns of a predetermined relatively dark color, selected areas of said fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined relatively lighter color contrasting with the darker color of the yarns, said printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the relatively darker color of the yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque coating covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof, and being further characterized by penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and individually coating each of the yarns in the printed area such that the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric remains visible, said coating comprising a white opacifying pigment providing opacity in said coating and a crosslinked latex polymer binder bonding said opacifying pigment to the yarns.

A printed textile fabric formed of yarns of a predetermined color, said fabric having printed thereon a pattern of well-defined dots of a predetermined color contrasting with the color of said yarns, said dots being substantially opaque and unaffected by the color of the underlying yarns, and said dots being formed by an opaque coating covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof, and being further characterized by penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and individually coating each of the yarns in the printed area such that the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric remains visible, said coating comprising an opacifying pigment providing opacity to the coating and a crosslinked latex polymer binder bonding said opacifying pigment to the yarns.

A printed textile fabric formed of dyed yarns of a predetermined color throughout the fabric, selected areas of said fabric having printed pattern areas of selected areas of the fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined color contrasting with the color of the yarns, the printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the color of the yarns, and the pattern areas being formed of a plurlality of colors contrasting with one another and with said predetermined dyed color of the yarns, at least one of the colors being lighter than said predetermined color dyed yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque coating covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof, and being further characterized by penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and individually coating each of the yarns in the printed area such that the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric remains visible, said coating comprising an opacifying pigment providing opacity in said coating and a cured water insoluble polymer binder bonding said opacifying pigment to the yarns.

A printed textile fabric formed of dyed yarns of a predetermined color throughout the fabric, selected areas of the fabric having printed pattern areas of predetermined color contrasting with the color of the yarns, the printed pattern areas being substantially opaque and thus unaffected by the color of the yarns, and the pattern areas being formed of a plurality of colors contrasting with one another and with said predetermined dyed color of the yarns, at least one of the colors being lighter than said predetermined color dyed yarns, and said pattern areas comprising an opaque pigmented coating bonded to the interengaged yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof, said pigmented coating penetrating each yarn and individually encapsulating and coating the exposed fibers at the surface of the yarn while allowing the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric as well as the individual surface fibers of the yarn to remain visible in the printed pattern areas.

In the printing of textile fabrics wherein a printing paste containing pigments and a heat curable binder is applied to selected areas of the fabric and the printing paste is thereafter dried and cured, an improved method of obtaining substantially opaque printed areas unaffected by the color of the underlying yarns, said method comprising applying to the fabric a printing paste comprising a stable dispersion of an opacifying pigment and an aqueous, curable polymer binder, said printing paste being applied to the fabric in an amount sufficient to form in the dried and cured fabric an opaque coating penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof while allowing the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric to remain visible.

In the printing of textile fabrics wherein a printing paste containing pigments and a heat curable binder is applied to selected areas of the fabric and the printing paste is thereafter dried and cured, an improved method of obtaining substantially opaque printed areas unaffected by the color of the underlying yarns, said method comprising applying to a precolored fabric a printing paste comprising a stable dispersion of a white opacifying pigment and an aqueous crosslinkable latex polymer, said printing paste being applied to the fabric in an amount sufficient to form in the dried and cured fabric a film-like opaque coating penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof while allowing the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric to remain visible.

In the printing of textile fabrics wherein a printing paste containing pigments and a heat curable binder is applied to selected areas of the fabric and the printing paste is thereafter dried and cured, an improved method of obtaining substantially opaque printed areas unaffected by the color of the underlying yarns, said method comprising applying to the fabric a stable dispersion of an aqueous white printing paste having a solids content of at least 30 percent and comprising at least 25 percent of an opacifying pigment and at least 5 percent of an aqueous latex polymer binder, all percentages by weight, solids basis, said printing paste being applied to the fabric in an amount sufficient to form in the dried and cured fabric an opaque coating penetrating into the fabric to the back side thereof and covering the exposed surfaces of the yarns and hiding the underlying color thereof while allowing the interengaged yarn structure of the fabric to remain visible.