Tape for Printed Label Production and Process for Producing Tape
There are utilized at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns with different chromophore, which is spun out of dope kneaded with a fluorescent material. When ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns and colorless yarns are wound around a beam or drum with or without infrared-fluorescent yarns, ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are arranged repeatedly in specific color order in the traverse direction during the warping operation. These yarns as the warp are woven into a wide textile with a wide loom. In this weaving, ultraviolet- and infrared-yarns are interwoven in specific color order in parallel with each other over the entire width of the wide textile, which is cut into tapes with heating in the broader width than a space where the color order may be identified.
The present invention relates to a tape of obtaining informative printed labels whose specific repetitive pattern can identified by irradiation of ultraviolet and/or infrared rays to confirm a genuine article with the label, and a process for manufacturing appropriately the tape of various width from a wide textile having the same repetitive pattern.
BACKGROUND ARTIn recent years, there has concentrated popularity on goods to which a famous brand is sewn and then a large amount of imitation goods for which the brand is used illegally have appeared in a domestic clothing market. As this result, affairs where sales on famous brand goods are not only inhibited but also confidence in the quality of the brand goods is lost have happened frequently. Especially, since imitation goods are manufactured by low-paid worker of under-developed country and imported and sold at a farther low price than famous brand goods, they give remarkable damage to manufacturer and distributor of famous brand goods. It is difficult even for those skilled in the art to distinguish the imitation goods from famous brand goods because the imitation goods closely resemble the famous brand goods as dyeing and needlework technologies advance rapidly about clothing. The imitation goods are therefore sold through the route similar to the famous brand goods for a long term and manufacturer and distributor of the famous goods brands sustain a big loss.
Various prosecution means are now proposed to prosecute unjustified imitation goods in the early stages about clothing. For example, EP-A1-0328320, JP-A2-H06-306727 or JP-A2-H07-92911 disclose a decorative woven label prepared by interweaving photochromic yarns containing inorganic or organic fluorescent material with normal yarns. This woven label is sewn on clothes. It is possible to identify the imitation goods with or without photochromic yarns in the label by irradiating it with ultraviolet rays when necessary. JP-A2-H07-92911 discloses that a woven label or cloth is woven out of yeans containing red, blue and/or green fluorescent materials. JP Patent No. 2986714 whose inventor is this applicant's employee also utilizes ultraviolet-fluorescent materials that emit a red, blue or green visible light.
[Cited Reference 1] EP-A1-0328320 [Cited Reference 2] JP-A2-H06-306727 [Cited Reference 3] JP-A2-H07-92911 [Cited Reference 4] JP Patent No. 2986714 DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the InventionSaid security woven label has been already acknowledged in the textile trade widely. The woven label has the effect of judgment on genuineness or spuriousness for comparatively a short term until it becomes well-known that certain fluorescent yarns are interwoven into the woven label. When label maker receives similar orders from many garment producers, i.e., label users about this woven label, security by the woven label will vanish if he cannot deliver them with different chromophore to each garment producer. It is therefore necessary to identify each garment producer by interweaving ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns in the different numbers into the woven label for each garment producer, or at the different intervals between each two yarns in the case when applying two or more yarns. Even if such discretion measure is executed, the number of corrective garment producers is confined to at most ten or more companies. Weave label is also used as trademark sewn mostly on the reverse-side of clothes, bags, small clothing articles, blankets or the like. The trademark having complex beautiful pattern are woven with loom on which jacquard is mounted. When ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are interwoven into the center of woven label braided from float portions of many color yarns indicating some characters and/or designs, the yarns are sunk into the label, so that judge operation with ultraviolet radiation becomes difficult or unpleasant sensation is liable to occur on the label design. Therefore, it is only possible to interweave ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns into the periphery of woven label. Interweaving ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns is so limited to the label periphery that the number of corrective garment-production users decreases less than ten companies. In this case, this Applicant who exceeds one hundred or more customers i.e., garment-production users cannot correspond at all.
As disclosed in JP-A2-H07-92911, the number of corrective garment-production users must greatly increase when red, blue and/or green ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are utilized for making trademark label as to an alternation of interweaving thereof for each users. This woven label has colorful designs and the ground weave thereof is braided out of color yarns as the warp and weft rather than colorless or white, so that it is necessary to color ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns in the same way. It is hard to judge whether chromophore is blue or green or not by radiation of ultraviolet rays in the case when ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are colored green or blue. It becomes difficult to distinguish chromophore of photochromic yarns when the brightness of the ground weave lowers like black. The number of corrective garment-production users does not therefore increase so much by means of the use of red, blue and/or green ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns in the case of the decorative woven label.
As the other problem of woven label, since trademark-showing label is different in size or planar shape for every kind and quality of garments made by each garment-production user, there are a lot of labels different in number of the warp, width, length or density. So as to interweave same number of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns at the similar warp position and interval about woven labels different in size of one garment-production user, it is indispensable to determine exact numbers and interweave position of every ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns during the warping operation. This operation is still very serious at the present time that it is managed with a computer. It is also impossible to prosecute imitation goods for thin jacket, trousers and underwear in summer because trademark-showing label is not often sewn on the reverse side thereof.
This inventor has examined the above-mentioned problem concerning security woven label from the viewpoint of label maker. In this examination, label sewn on garments includes colorless cloth slip on which washing-indication, descriptive, disclaimer mark or the like is printed, namely, printed label in addition to trademark-showing woven label. This inventor has paid attention to the printed label whose body is colorless before printing regardless of size thereof. About the printed label, a thin colorless tape on which letters and/or design are printed with screen printing machine, letterpress printing machine or the like is cut into pieces and then sewn on the reverse side of clothes. Each label user such as garment producers utilizes colorless tape for making printed label in the same manner even if printed label is different in size about each label user. It is thus possible to prepare high-general security label by interweaving appropriately ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a tape of obtaining general-purpose printed label so that imitation goods may surely be detected by irradiating it with ultraviolet and/or infrared rays.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a tape of obtaining printed label having a specific repetitive pattern that appears in sight by irradiation of ultraviolet and/or infrared rays even if the label is of any size.
Further object of the present invention is to provide a process for manufacturing a tape for a printed label so that label manufacturer can promptly deliver security label in different size at a low price.
A tape of obtaining printed label according to the present invention is cut into labels after pattern and/or character were printed on the surface thereof for use as informative security label. The tape of the present invention comprises a tape body that is colorless when irradiating it with a visible light, and at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns with different chromophore, which are interwoven into the tape body in parallel with other yarns. As for the tape of the present invention, the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are arranged in specific color order in the traverse direction of the tape. The color order is repeated every four or more rows by means of two kinds of yarns, every three or more rows by means of three kinds of yarns or every two or more rows by means of four or more kinds of yarns over the entire width of the tape so that the specific repetitive pattern on the label may be identified by irradiation of ultraviolet rays.
In the tape of the present invention, it is preferable that prescribed width of the first and end rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are defined while arranging them in specific color order. In this case, the color order is repeated every three or more rows by means of two kinds of yarns in the traverse direction of the tape so that the specific repetitive pattern on the label may be identified by irradiation of ultraviolet rays.
As for the tape of the present invention, instead of one kind of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns, infrared-fluorescent yarn may be interwoven into the tape in parallel with other yarns so that the specific repetitive pattern on the label may be identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays. Infrared-fluorescent yarn may be also interwoven into the tape in parallel together with plural rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns so that the specific repetitive pattern on the label may be identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays. As for the tape of the present invention, textile design thereof is preferably a satin weave on which a lot of the warp comes to the surface, whereby chromophore of ultraviolet- or infrared-fluorescent yarns may be easily identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays on the surface of the label.
In a process for manufacturing a tape according to the present invention, there are utilized at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns with different chromophore, into which dope kneaded with fluorescent material is spun. The process comprises the step of winding ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns together with normal colorless yarns around a warp beam in warping operation, arranging ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns repeatedly in specific color order in the traverse direction, and then weaving ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns and colorless yarns as the warp with a wide loom. The ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are interwoven in specific color order over the entire width of a textile. The wide textile is cut into tapes with heating in the broader width than a space where the color order of the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns may be identified.
In the process for manufacturing a tape of the present invention, a prescribed width of the first and end rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are preferably defined while arranging them repeatedly in specific color order in the traverse direction. After woven, the wide textile is cut into tapes with heating in the broader width than a space where the first and end rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns exist in the tape.
In the manufacturing process of the present invention, it is preferable that infrared-fluorescent yarns are wound together with ultraviolet-fluorescent and normal colorless yarns around a warp beam in warping operation and these yarns are woven as the warp with a wide loom. In the wide loom, rows of the warps are opened with dobby or tappet machine. Preferably, a satin wide textile on which a lot of the warp comes to the surface is woven with the wide loom while inserting colorless yarns of synthetic fiber as the woof into a shuttle path caused by this opening movement. It is also preferable that the warp and the woof of colorless yarns are made out of non-bleached polyester fiber.
Means for Solving the ProblemIllustrating the present invention with the drawings, plural photochromic yarns 6 which cannot be identified under a visible light are shown in
As shown in
The tape body 3 is not only substantially colorless when irradiating it with neither ultraviolet rays nor infrared rays, but also may be white or light color to such an extent that the identification of chromophore is not inhibited. The tape body 3 is also a non-bleached or off-white cloth with or without a ground pattern. In a case of carrying out bleaching treatment, the tape body requires bleaching without a fluorescent agent. In
As exemplified in
As the fluorescent material kneaded into ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, blue fluorescent material has chemical composition of Sr4Al14O25:Eu,Dy (peak wavelength: 490 nm.), Sr5(PO4)3Cl:Eu (peak wavelength: 445 nm.), ZnS:Ag (peak wavelength: 450 nm.), CaWO4 (peak wavelength: 425 nm.) or the like. Green fluorescent material has chemical composition of SrAl2O4:Eu,Dy (peak wavelength: 520 nm.), Zn2GeO4:Mn (peak wavelength: 534 nm.), ZnS:Cu,Al (peak wavelength: 530 nm.), Zn2SiO4:Mn (peak wavelength: 525 nm.) or the like. Red fluorescent material has chemical composition of Y2O2S:Eu (peak wavelength: 626 nm.), Y2O3:Eu (peakwavelength: 611 nm.), YVO:Eu (peak wavelength: 619 nm.) or the like. Violet fluorescent material has chemical composition of CaAl2O4:Eu,Nd (peak wavelength: 440 nm.). By mixing two or more of said fluorescent materials, it is possible to obtain purple, orange or pink fluorescent material. For example, when this fluorescent material is irradiated with a small lamp 8 (
When two or more kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 with different chromophore are interwoven into the tape body 3, they are repeated in specific color order in the traverse direction. Label users can be therefore identified by the repetition pattern. As for the repetition pattern, there are two cases of which the one is a simple repetition and the other is an arrangement that provides the first and end rows. Since the printed label 2 is arranged optionally when sewing it on a wear C, it is indispensable to be able to identify the repetitive pattern regardless the arrangement direction thereof. In
Examples of a simple repetitive pattern are disclosed in
In case of simple repetitive pattern of two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, there are obtained eight patterns in every four rows and four patterns in every three rows. Accordingly less than three rows of repetition are so unpractical that the number of patterns is too few. Every four rows are probably practical in only small-scale label maker because 24 label users may be specified by multiply eight patterns and three row spaces together.
As for three kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, 15 patterns are obtained in every four rows. Therefore, more than three rows for three kinds and more than two rows for four or five kinds are almost practical. On printed label 2, a minimum cut interval may be decided on twice of every pattern width so that the repetitive pattern can be identified regardless the arrangement direction thereof. So as to increase the number of distinguishable patterns, it is possible to weave two ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 in the first row of the pattern only, change the row space between each of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, or interweave infrared fluorescent yarns with yarns 5.
In case of repetition with first row and end row, it is necessary to provide first row 9 and end row 10 of the repetitive pattern P so that it can be identified regardless the arrangement direction of the label as shown in
The number of the pattern P may be calculated by repeated permutation nπr when the first and end rows 9 and 10 are specified and repeated. The number of the patterns is 23=8 in every three rows of two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, which is too few. The number of the patterns is 33=27 in every three rows of three kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, which is practical in small-scale label maker. If the row space is changed to provide the first and end rows 9 and 10, it is not preferable to add modification of the row space for increasing the number of patterns because of positional confusion. In practice, it is preferable to be 44=256 or more patterns in which four kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 are repeated in every four rows, or to be 6×5×4×3×2=720 patterns calculated by permutation nPr in which six kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 are repeated in every six rows by non-repetition (see
Infrared-fluorescent yarns 18 (
As fluorescent material mixed into infrared-fluorescent yarns 18, europium compound, samarium compound, zinc sulfide compound, zinc oxide compound or silicate zinc compound may be exemplified or LiAlO2:Fe, (Zn.Cd)S:Cu, YVO4:Nd or the like may be added to the material. Liquid organic compound emitting a visible light by irradiation of infrared rays may be also attached to the fluorescent material. It is possible to mix resin powder containing said organic compound or add inorganic powder absorbing infrared rays of a specific wavelength to the fluorescent material. This fluorescent material is the average particle size of 2-3 micron meters and 95% thereof is the particle size less than 7 micron meters. It is preferable to add about 3-10% in weight of this material to dope. When less than 3% in weight of the material is add, it is difficult to detect infrared-fluorescent yarns for the reason that luminescence weakens. More than 10% in weight thereof is uneconomical and affects spinning operation negatively.
So as to produce a tape of the present invention, plural bobbins 22 for at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 and normal colorless yarns are mounted on a creel 23 in accordance with the textile design in non-drum or drum type warper 20 as shown in
The wide textile 7 thus woven is carried from the woven lead 38 via a guide roller 42 to a take-up roller 44 and then passes through the roller 44 and a pair of press rollers 46, 46. In the loom 28, plurality of heated knives 48 is diagonally attached before or behind the press rollers 46, 46, with which the wide textile is cut into tapes in width W with heating. The tapes 1 thus obtained are passed through an ironing roller 50 to stabilize the form thereof and then wound up to a cloth beam 52. The wide textile 7 may be also cut into tapes 1 with other heat-cutting machine after it was wound up the cross reel 52.
As exemplified in
Label manufacturer will provide basically one kind of wide textile 7 for each company or customer even if the size of printed label 2 for which the customer gives an order is various. In the warping process shown in
The printed label 2 thus obtained is made of the tape 1 in which at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 are interwoven, and the label is nothing but a normal label under a visible light. When a customer or dealer irradiates the label with ultraviolet rays or black light 8 and/or infrared rays, he can identify the original repetition pattern P by the photochromic yarns and confirm easily whether the goods is genuine or not. It is difficult for forgery manufacturer to discover to interweave the photochromic yarns into the printed label 2 because ultraviolet- and infrared-fluorescent yarns 5 and 18 are colorless and usually the same denier as the normal yarns. Even if forgery manufacturer can discover existence of the photochromic yarns, he cannot recognize the repetition pattern P by plurality of the photochromic yarns. It is therefore almost impossible for forgery manufacturer to weave the pattern P into the printed label 2. The inorganic fluorescent material in ultraviolet- and infrared-fluorescent yarns 5 and 18 is less toxicity than an organic fluorescent material and also excellent in weather resistance and print properties.
EFFECT OF THE INVENTIONA tape according to the present invention is not for woven label where color yarns are interwoven, but is substantially colorless and plain under a visible light for the purpose of printing washing-indication, trade mark or the like on the label. The tape of the present invention is often composed of simple satin weave in which ultraviolet- and infrared-fluorescent yarns are easily interwoven in parallel over the entire width thereof. The tape of the present invention is colorless by irradiation of a visible light, accordingly the identification of red, blue and/or green chromophore is easy by irradiating the tape with ultraviolet and/or infrared rays so that the specific repetition pattern can be recognized surely.
The printed label made of the tape according to the present invention is identical with a normal label under a visible light even if ultraviolet- and infrared-fluorescent yarns are interwoven into the tape. In case of doubting whether the goods is genuine or spurious, it is possible to confirm that the specific repetition pattern is recognized by irradiating the printed label with ultraviolet and/or infrared rays. In this printed label, the specific repetition pattern by interweaving ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns etc. cannot be distinguished by visual observation only, accordingly forgery manufacturer finds it difficult to manufacture the same label. As for the garment or the like on which the printed label are sewn, the imitation article is certainly prosecuted at the early stage by means of the printed label even if it resembles such closely that a professional dealer in garment cannot identify from the outside thereof.
In the process for producing a tape of the present invention, ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns etc. are interwoven repeatedly in specific color order while weaving a wide textile and plural tapes may be simultaneously made of the wide textile, provided that the tape width is more than the color order can be distinguished. Label manufacturer will accordingly provide basically one kind of wide textile and preserve a beam wound with warped yarns for each customer even if the size of printed label for which the customer gives an order is various. Label manufacturer can easily provide printed label used for security label for each customer even if customers who utilize various sizes of printed label exceed one hundred companies, and he can also manage and preserve the labels easily.
In this producing process, ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are merely interwoven with normal colorless yarns while weaving the wide textile. It is not necessary to arrange another assembly or additional process when interweaving yarns, but it is possible to manufacture inexpensive printed label for security with nearly the same equipment as previous. By virtue of the present invention, label manufacturer may not only deliver printed labels with washing indication or descriptive labeling to garment-production user, but also he may deliver white plain tapes to customer who will print desired washing indication or descriptive labeling. It is therefore feasible for label manufacturer to achieve increment of sales amount and expansion of market about white tapes in addition to selling printed labels.
- 1 tape
- 2 printed label
- 3 tape body
- 5 ultraviolet-fluorescent yarn
- 6 photochromic yarn
- 18 infrared-fluorescent yarn
The present invention is now illustrated on the basis of examples, but the present invention will not be limited to the examples.
Each ultraviolet-fluorescent yarn 5 was twisted from twelve polyester filaments, into which polyester containing an inorganic fluorescent material with the particle size of 4-7 micron meters was spun. The yarn 5 has a fineness of 7.5 deniers. In the meantime, a non-bleached colorless yarn was twisted out of 24 polyester filaments, which is similar in a fineness of 7.5 deniers.
As the inorganic fluorescent material, there were used six kinds of chromophore with different fluorescent colors such as blue chromophore (chemical composition: Sr4Al14O25:Eu,Dy), green chromophore (chemical composition: SrAl2O4:Eu,Dy), red chromophore (chemical composition: Y2O2S:Eu, Y2O3:Eu), violet chromophore (chemical composition: CaAl2O4:Eu,Nd), orange chromophore and pink chromophore. These fluorescent materials emit a certain color light when irradiating them with a black light 8. They generate little afterglow and have properties that do not emit a light by irradiation of normal sunlight or fluorescent lamp light.
In the warping process, bobbins 22 wound with six kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 and white polyester yarns were arranged on a creel 23 of non-drum type warper 20 according to number, order, width and density based on the textile design, as shown in
In the weaving process, the warp a beam 26 (
By cutting the wide textile 7 into tapes with heating, it was possible to obtain simultaneously a lot of tapes 1 from the wide textile and then wind them about crossing reels 52, respectively. The heat-cut width of the tape 1 was twice the pattern P, namely, the minimum cut space was 15.0 millimeters so that the pattern P can be identified regardless the arrangement direction thereof. In the case of this example, it was feasible to produce simultaneously 13 of tapes from the textile.
On the wound tape 1, given designs M and/or characters were continuously printed with black ink containing general pigments by means of a letterpress-printing or screen-printing machine. The printed tape body 3 was cut into pieces every 40 millimeters in length with the cutting section of a cutting-and-holding machine. Sequentially, the cut pieces of the tape were sent to the holder section of the machine so that the piece was held at the center thereof and pressed to obtain printed labels 2 (
The printed and sewn label 2 keeps colorless because ultraviolet-fluorescent yarn 5 does not emit a light under a visible light. While a customer himself and/or a dealer irradiates the label with ultraviolet rays by means of black light 8, he can identify the repetitive pattern P exclusive to each customer by the photochromic yarns 5. Therefore, he can confirm easily whether the wear C is genuine or not. As for the printed label 2, it was difficult to know the weave of the fluorescent yarns 5 because they were colorless and usually the same fineness as the surrounding general yarns. It was also impossible to identify the repetitive pattern P by means of plural photochromic yarns even if the existence of the photochromic yarns could be confirmed.
The repetitive pattern P existed certainly in the tape when the cut width thereof was more than 15.0 centimeters. It is therefore possible to prepare the printed labels 2 with a different width from the wide textile 7 only if the cut width thereof is modified. For preparing the printed label 2, the label manufacturer has only to manage and store the beam 24 on which wound these yarns for each customer separately. Because six kinds of the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 were arranged in six rows without overlap so that 720 patterns were obtained by permutation, the label manufacturer is able to provide each customer with an exclusive security label even if the number of customers i.e., sewn products Sequentially, the cut pieces of the tape were sent to the holder section of the machine so that the piece was held at the center thereof and pressed to obtain printed labels 2 (
The printed and sewn label 2 keeps colorless because ultraviolet-fluorescent yarn 5 does not emit a light under a visible light. While a customer himself and/or a dealer irradiates the label with ultraviolet rays by means of black light 8, he can identify the repetitive pattern P exclusive to each customer by the photochromic yarns 5. Therefore, he can confirm easily whether the wear C is genuine or not. As for the printed label 2, it was difficult to know the weave of the fluorescent yarns 5 because they were colorless and usually the same fineness as the surrounding general yarns. It was also impossible to identify the repetitive pattern P by means of plural photochromic yarns even if the existence of the photochromic yarns could be confirmed.
The repetitive pattern P existed certainly in the tape when the cut width thereof was more than 15.0 centimeters. It is therefore possible to prepare the printed labels 2 with a different width from the wide textile 7 only if the cut width thereof is modified. For preparing the printed label 2, the label manufacturer has only to manage and store the beam 24 on which wound these yarns for each customer separately. Because six kinds of the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 were arranged in six rows without overlap so that 720 patterns were obtained by permutation, the label manufacturer is able to provide each customer with an exclusive security label even if the number of customers i.e., sewn products manufacturers exceed about 100 companies.
EXAMPLE 2Five kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 were manufactured in the same manner as Example 1. Five kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 were interwoven into a tape 1 by arranging in four rows with overlapping repetition. Embodiments of the tape 1 were, for instance, shown in
As for infrared-fluorescent yarn 18, an inorganic fluorescent material with the average particle size of 2-3 micron meters, which contains europium and zinc sulfide compounds, was kneaded into polyester and then the polyester was spun into filaments. 12 filaments were twisted into the yarn 18 having a fineness of 7.5 deniers. The infrared-fluorescent yarn 18 emitted a green visible light when irradiating it with infrared rays having excited wavelength of 780 nanometers-1 millimeter and did not emit a light by irradiation of general sunlight or non light source.
In the warping process, four kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5, infrared-fluorescent yarn 18 and white polyester yarns pulled out of bobbins 22 were wound around slasher beams 24 while giving certain tension. As exemplified in
In the weaving process, the warp 30 pulled out of the warp beams 26 was woven into five-harness satin width textile 7 on which plenty of the warp comes to the surface by inserting colorless polyester yarn as the woof into a shuttle path within a wide loom 28 (
By cutting the wide textile 7 into tapes with heating, it was possible to obtain simultaneously a lot of colorless tapes from the wide textile. According to the tape 1, the heat-cutting width thereof was twice the pattern P, namely, the minimum cutting space was 10.0 millimeters. On the wound tape 1, given designs M and/or characters were continuously printed with black ink containing general pigments by means of a letterpress-printing or screen-printing machine. The printed tape was cut into pieces every 30 millimeters in length with a cutting section of a cutting-and-holding machine. Sequentially, the cut pieces of the tape were sent to a holder section of the machine so that the piece was held at the center thereof and pressed.
The printed and sewn label 2 keeps colorless because ultraviolet-fluorescent and infrared-fluorescent yarns 5 and 18 does not emit a light under a visible light. While a customer himself and/or a dealer irradiates the label with ultraviolet rays by means of black light 8, he can identify the repetitive pattern P exclusive to each customer by the photochromic yarns 5. While he also irradiates the label with infrared rays, the tape 2 emits a green visible light. Therefore, he can confirm easily whether the labeled wear is genuine or not. As for the printed label 2, it was difficult to know the weave of the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 and then identify the repetitive pattern P. It was further difficult to know the interweave of the infrared-fluorescent yarns 18.
The repetitive pattern P existed certainly in the colorless tape when the cut width thereof was more than 10.0 centimeters. It is therefore possible to prepare the printed labels 2 with a different width from the wide textile 7 only if the cut width thereof is modified. Because five kinds of the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns 5 were arranged in overlapping four rows so that 625 patterns were obtained by permutation, the label manufacturer is able to provide each customer with an exclusive security label even if the number of customers i.e., sewn products manufacturers exceed about 100 companies.
Claims
1. A tape of obtaining printed label used as informative security label, the tape being cut into labels after designs and/or characters were printed on the surface thereof, comprising:
- a tape body that is colorless when irradiating it with a visible light; and
- at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns with different chromophore, the yarns being interwoven into the tape body in parallel with other yarns;
- the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns being arranged in specific color order in the traverse direction, the color order being repeated every rows selected from the group consisting of every at least four rows by means of two kinds of the yarns, every at least three rows by means of three kinds of the yarns and every at least to rows by means of at least four kinds of the yarns over the entire width of the tape, whereby the specific repetitive pattern on the label is identified by irradiation of ultraviolet rays.
2. The tape according to claim 1, wherein a prescribed width of the first and end rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are defined while arranging them in specific color order, the color order being repeated every at least three rows by means of two kinds of yarns in the traverse direction, whereby the specific repetitive pattern on the label is identified by irradiation of ultraviolet rays.
3. The tape according to claim 1, wherein, infrared-fluorescent yarns instead of one kind of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are interwoven into the tape in parallel with other yarns, whereby the specific repetitive pattern on the label may be identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays.
4. The tape according to claim 1, wherein infrared-fluorescent yarns are interwoven into the tape in parallel with other yarns in addition to plural rows of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns, whereby the specific repetitive pattern on the label is identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays.
5. The tape according to claim 1, wherein textile design thereof is a satin weave on which a lot of the warp come to the surface, whereby chromophore of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns or existence of infrared-fluorescent yarns is identified by irradiation of both ultraviolet and infrared rays on the surface of the label.
6. A process for manufacturing a tape of obtaining printed label by means of at least two kinds of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns different from each other in chromophore, the yarns being spun out of dope kneaded with a fluorescent material, which comprises:
- arranging ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns repeatedly in specific color order in the traverse direction when winding them together with normal colorless yarns around a warp beam by beam warping;
- weaving ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns and colorless yarns as the warp with a wide loom while the ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are interwoven in specific color order over the entire wide of a textile; and
- cutting the wide textile into tapes with heating in the broader width than a space where the color order is identified.
7. The process according to claim 6, wherein a prescribed wide of the first row and the end row of ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns are defined while arranging them repeatedly in specific color order in the traverse direction, after woven, the wide textile is cut into tapes with heating in the broader width than a space where the first row and the end row exist in the tape.
8. The process according to claim 6, wherein infrared-fluorescent yarns are wound together with ultraviolet-fluorescent yarns and normal colorless yarns around a warp beam by beam warping, and they are woven as the warp with a wide loom.
9. The process according to claim 6, wherein a wide satin textile on which a lot of the warp come to the surface is woven while rows of the warp are opened with a dobby or a tappet machine and colorless yarns of synthetic fiber are inserted as the woof into a shuttle path caused by this opening movement within a wide loom
10. The process according to claim 6, wherein the warp and the woof composed of colorless yarns is made of a non-bleached polyester fiber.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 15, 2005
Publication Date: Dec 18, 2008
Inventor: Hideki Terashima (Fukui)
Application Number: 11/658,484
International Classification: D03D 15/00 (20060101);