Pad printing on textile substrates
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsEdmund L. Pace, Gregory S. Braxton
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Abstract
A method for pad printing a pattern on a textile substrate with a pad printing machine, and fabric and apparel so formed from the textile substrate. The method includes the steps of positioning the textile substrate on the printing area of the pad printing machine, transferring a pattern having at least one color from the cliché of the pad printing machine to a printing pad, and transferring the pattern from the printing pad to the textile substrate.
Claims13
A method for pad printing a pattern comprising product label information on a knitted textile substrate with a pad printing machine having a cliché, at least one printing pad, and at least one printing area, to form a tagless product label, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a knitted textile substrate on the printing area of the pad printing machine, the knitted textile substrate having a selected thickness and inner and outer surfaces;
- transferring a pattern comprising product label information from the cliché to the at least one printing pad, the pattern having a depth less than the thickness of the knitted textile substrate and formed from a composition including an ink, a solvent, and a hardener, such that the composition dries without penetrating the entire thickness of the knitted textile substrate;
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- transferring the pattern comprising the product label information from the at least one printing pad to one of the inner and outer surfaces of the knitted textile substrate.
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