JP2003047508A - Transfer printing method to slide fastener - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distinctly print a slide fastener of a fixed size with desired patterns and designs over the entire surface of a fastener tape including the spacings between teeth. SOLUTION: The slide fastener is placed on a lower tool by using a tool for transfer including the lower tool having grooves of the width nearly equal to the width of tooth rows of the slide fastener, push plates having the width greater than the width of the fastener tapes and elastic sheets having the width greater than the width of the fastener tapes, then the lower parts of the tooth rows are housed into the grooves of the lower tool. Transfer paper having the desired designs or patterns is arranged on the slide fastener described above and thereafter the push plate is placed on the fastener tapes on both sides of the tooth rows of the slide fastener and the elastic sheet is placed on both push plates of the tooth rows and is then pressed and heated from above by a heating plate.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transfer printing to a slide fastener, and more specifically, to a fixed-size slide fastener on the entire surface of a fastener tape including a gap between teeth. The present invention relates to a method for transferring and printing a desired pattern or pattern and a jig for the method. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, slide fasteners are used in various articles such as sportswear, jumpers, pants and other clothes, as well as bags, attache cases, bags and the like. This type of fastener is composed of a fastener tape, a resin or metal working tooth planted on the tape, and a slider for connecting the working tooth, and the fastener tape itself is white, black or other depending on the application. It is colored. [0003] However, if the article is a uniform single color, there is room to select a slide fastener, but if the article has a design or pattern such as clothes,
At the same time, there is a problem that the slide fastener cannot be selected, and the design of clothes and the like is necessarily limited. In order to avoid this, it is conceivable to use the same pattern or pattern as the clothes or the like for the fastener tape, but the slide fastener is usually 100 to 500 m.
Each roll is manufactured as one unit, and cut into several tens of cm in predetermined dimensions to be finished into individual fixed-size slide fasteners. Therefore, when the whole roll is printed with the same pattern, the coordination with clothes is balanced. Therefore, there is a problem that only a small number is sold, and there is too much waste, and the profit is broken. In order to solve this problem, a method of printing a pattern or pattern on each slide fastener by ink-jet using a pigment ink, or a method of printing a pattern on each slide fastener using transfer paper multicolor-printed with a sublimation dye ink. It is conceivable to use a thermal transfer printing method for thermally transferring patterns and patterns. However, it is difficult to print delicate patterns or patterns with the former, and in the latter thermal transfer printing method, the transfer paper is placed on a slide fastener, and the paper is planted on a fastener tape because of the pressure and heating from above. There is a problem that not only the white teeth remain in the way, white streaks remain in the longitudinal direction of the tape along the long teeth, but also the gaps between the long teeth cannot be dyed, and the desired pattern or pattern cannot be printed. It became clear. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to clearly print a desired pattern or pattern on the entire surface of a fastener tape including a gap between teeth on a fixed-size slide fastener. According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a lower jig having a groove having a width substantially equal to the width of a tooth array of a slide fastener, and the fastener tape are provided. Using a transfer jig including a pressing plate having the above width and an elastic sheet having a width equal to or greater than the width of the slide fastener, placing a slide fastener on the lower jig and lowering the lower part of the working tooth row. After being accommodated in the groove of the lower jig and arranging a transfer paper having a desired pattern or pattern on the slide fastener, a push plate is placed on the fastener tape on both sides of the tooth array of the slide fastener, and After the elastic sheet is placed on both the pressing plates in the row, transfer and dyeing are performed by pressing and heating with a heating plate from above. [0008] The lower jig can be formed of stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass or any other metal material.
It is preferably formed of a corrosion resistant material such as stainless steel.
Further, the lower jig is at least equal to the width of the slide fastener and is longer than the length of the slide fastener. Is formed. The lower jig may be formed integrally with a single plate, or may be formed of two metal plates at least equal in thickness to the tooth array of the slide fastener. In the latter case, one metal plate is fixed to the base plate as a fixed plate, and the other metal plate is arranged on the base plate as a movable plate so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the fixed metal plate, and a rack-pinion mechanism is provided. Thus, the width of the tooth groove may be adjusted according to the width of the tooth row of the slide fastener. The pressing plate is formed of a plate made of a heat conductive metal such as stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass or the like. The pressing plate preferably has a thickness slightly higher than the height of the tooth in order to prevent the tooth from being deformed or damaged when pressed and heated by a heating means such as an iron during transfer printing. [0010] The elastic sheet protects the heating surface of the iron and other heating plates and, when pressed by the heating plate, brings the transfer sheet placed on the working teeth into close contact with a zipper tape so that a tape between the working teeth can be provided. It has a role to enable transfer to the material, the material is silicon rubber,
It is preferable to use a heat-resistant elastic material such as synthetic rubber and natural rubber such as fluororubber and neoprene rubber. As the slide fastener, any commercially available one can be used, and its engaging teeth may be made of metal or synthetic resin. Further, the fastener tape in which the teeth of the slide fastener are planted preferably contains chemical fibers made of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyamide resin and polyester resin. The polyamide resin includes nylon 6, nylon 66, monomer casting nylon, nylon 610, copolymer nylon and the like. The polyester-based resin includes polybutylene terephthalate resin, polyethylene terephthalate resin, polybutylene naphthalate resin, and the like. When transfer printing is also performed on the tooth of the slide fastener, it is preferable that the tooth is formed of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide resin and a polyester resin. Even metal teeth can be transferred and printed by subjecting the surface to gloss polishing and then treating with a brightener. In this case, it is preferable to use a copper alloy such as nickel silver or aluminum or an alloy thereof as a material for the teeth. As a transfer material, in addition to a known transfer paper using paper such as thin paper, a printing layer having a plastic film as a base material and a desired pattern or pattern printed on one surface with a sublimable disperse dye ink. A sublimation dye transfer film is used. Examples of the base material of the transfer film include polyester films, polyamide films, polyimide films, polyaramid films, polycarbonate films, polyphenylene sulfide films, polysulfone films, cellophane, triacetate films, and polypropylene films. Polyester films are preferred in terms of mechanical strength, dimensional stability, heat resistance, price, and the like. When a plastic film is used as a substrate, its thickness is usually 2
It is set to ~ 250μm, considering mass productivity and suitability for use, 5 ~ 100μm, more preferably 5 ~ 100μm
Preferably, it is 50 μm. As the disperse dye ink, any known disperse dye can be used. The disperse dye ink is obtained by kneading the disperse dye with a binder and adjusting the viscosity with a diluent. Using this disperse dye ink, a pattern, pattern, photograph, or the like is printed on the surface of the base material by a printing method such as gravure printing, screen printing, or offset printing. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a transfer jig when the method of the present invention is carried out. The transfer jig is fixed to a base plate 1 and supports a slide fastener F, and is disposed on the lower jig 2. Slide fastener F
And the transfer paper 4 placed thereon is fastened to a fastener tape T
A pair of pressing plates 5 each of which is pressed and fixed along, an electric heating plate 7 having an iron surface for heating the transfer paper 4 via the pressing plate 5, and an ironing surface of the electric heating plate 7 An elastic sheet 6 made of silicone rubber is provided between the pressing plate 5 and the electrothermal heating plate 7 for protection from the rows. The lower jig 2 is formed of stainless steel, and has a tooth groove 3 having a width substantially equal to the width of the tooth row of the slide fastener F formed in the upper center thereof along the longitudinal direction. The tooth row E of the slide fastener F is accommodated in the tooth groove 3. The fastener tape pressing plate 5 is formed of an aluminum plate having a thickness substantially equal to the height of the tooth E from the surface of the fastener tape T, has a width and a length at least equal to the width of the fastener tape T, and 4 on the fastener tape T. In use, a slide fastener F is placed on the lower jig 2 so that the lower engagement teeth are positioned so as to enter the engagement teeth grooves 3 of the lower jig 2, and transfer paper is placed thereon. 4, the push plate 5 is arranged on both sides of the row of teeth of the slide fastener F, and the elastic sheet 6 is placed thereon, and then pressed and heated by the electrothermal heating plate 7 from above the elastic sheet 6. Just do it. In the process of lowering the electric heating plate 7, the transfer paper is pressed between the engagement teeth of the fastener via the elastic sheet 6, and the entire transfer paper is brought into close contact with the fastener tape. The pattern or pattern drawn on the surface is transferred to the entire surface of the fastener tape F. Incidentally, a YKK 3G open fastener (length: 60 cm, tape: polyester fiber, tooth and slider: metal) is placed on a stainless steel lower jig, and a sublimation type dry thermal transfer paper pudding is placed thereon. A color TS (registered trademark, trade name, manufactured by Toyo Seiki Printing Co., Ltd.) is placed, a stainless steel pressing plate is placed on the fastener tape, and a commercially available 2 mm thick silicon rubber sheet is placed thereon.
When pressed with a heater maintained at 0 ° C., the pattern drawn on the surface of the transfer paper was cleanly transferred and dyed over the entire surface of the fastener tape including the gaps between the teeth. When the method of the present invention was carried out in the same manner as in the above embodiment using a YKK coil fastener as a slide fastener, not only the fastener tape but also the coil itself was clearly transferred and stained. No defects such as coil deformation, settling, and malfunction of the slider due to heating or compression were not recognized at all. As is apparent from the above description, the present invention uses a transfer jig having a simple structure to provide a commercially available slide fastener with the entire surface of the fastener tape including a gap between its teeth. The desired pattern and pattern can be printed clearly
In addition, since it is possible to print one by one, there is no waste, and an excellent effect such as being able to print an arbitrary design or pattern according to demand is achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a transfer jig used for carrying out the method of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the transfer jig of FIG. Lower jig 3 ... Service tooth groove 5 ... Press plate 6 ... Elastic sheet

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Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A lower jig having a groove having a width substantially equal to the width of a tooth row of a slide fastener, a pressing plate having a width equal to or greater than the fastener tape, and a width equal to or greater than the width of the slide fastener. Using a transfer jig including an elastic sheet having a width of, a slide fastener is placed on the lower jig, and the lower part of the working tooth row is accommodated in the groove of the lower jig. After arranging a transfer paper having a desired pattern or pattern on the fastener tape on both sides of the fastener teeth of the slide fastener on the fastener tape, after placing the elastic sheet on both push plates of the service teeth row, A transfer printing method to a slide fastener, comprising pressing and heating with a heating plate from above.