Printed textile substrate and process for making

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024240396-A1
Application number	US-202418403839-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 4, 2024
Priority date	Jan 12, 2023
Publication date	Jul 18, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

This invention relates to a printed textile substrate, such as a floorcovering article, and a process for making a printed textile substrate. This invention provides the process and steps to print color patterns in-register with physical patterns, such as varying yarn pile heights, yarn luster, yarn color, and the like. This process provides many unique aesthetics on a textile substrate that cannot be created another way.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A process for creating a design on a textile substrate comprising the following steps:
(a) selecting a textile substrate, wherein the textile substrate contains tufted yarns having a first height, tufted yarns having a second height, and areas free from tufted yarns, wherein the first height is greater than the second height; (b) selecting a print design to be placed on a surface of the textile substrate in a pre-determined location, wherein the print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height;
and; (c) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected print design to the textile substrate.

2 . A process for creating a design on a textile substrate comprising the following steps:
(a) selecting a textile substrate, wherein the textile substrate contains tufted yarns having a first height, tufted yarns having a second height, and areas free from tufted yarns, wherein the first height is greater than the second height; (b) selecting a first print design to be placed on a surface of the textile substrate in a pre-determined location, wherein the first print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the first print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height;
(c) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected first print design to the textile substrate; (d) selecting a second print design to be placed on the surface of the textile substrate, wherein the second print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the second print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height; and
(e) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected second print design to the textile substrate.

3 . The process of claim 2 , wherein the first print design and the second print design are applied to the surface of the textile substrate in a single pass.

4 . The process of claim 2 , wherein the first print design and the second print design are applied simultaneously to the surface of the textile substrate.

5 . A process for creating a design on a textile substrate comprising the following steps:
(a) selecting a textile substrate, wherein the textile substrate contains tufted yarns having a first height, tufted yarns having a second height, and areas free from tufted yarns, wherein the first height is greater than the second height; (b) selecting a first print design to be placed on a surface of the textile substrate in a pre-determined location, wherein the first print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the first print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height;
(c) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected first print design to the textile substrate; (d) selecting a second print design to be placed on the surface of the textile substrate, wherein the second print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the second print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height;
(e) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected second print design to the textile substrate; (f) selecting a third print design to be placed on the surface of the textile substrate, wherein the third print design is applied to the textile substrate via a digital printing apparatus, and wherein the third print design is applied to the textile substrate in only one of the following pre-determined locations on the textile substrate:
(i) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height,
(ii) on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height,
(iii) on a least a portion of the areas free from tufted yarns, or
(iv) on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height; and
(g) directing the digital printing apparatus to apply the pre-selected third print design to the textile substrate.

6 . The process of claim 5 , wherein each of the first, second and third print designs are applied to the surface of the textile substrate in a single pass.

7 . The process of claim 5 , wherein each of the first, second and third print designs are applied simultaneously to the surface of the textile substrate.

Assignees

• Milliken & Co

Inventors

• Macmeccan Robert M
• Mccay Jonathan C
• Harris Tammy B
• West Kevin D
• Kitchen Dale S
• Rosen Jonathan
• Parry Scott R

Classifications

• D06N7/0028

  characterised by colour effects, e.g. craquelé, reducing gloss (terrazzo by sintering D06N7/0057) · CPC title

• D06N7/001

  obtained by mechanical embossing · CPC title

• D06N7/0002

  Wallpaper or wall covering on textile basis · CPC title

• D05C17/026

  characterised by the tufted pile surface · CPC title

• B41J2203/011

  Inspecting the shape or condition, e.g. wrinkled or warped, of a medium to be printed before printing on it · CPC title