The present invention relates to a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin, such as an emblem to be affixed to clothing such as uniforms, a bag, a cap, or the like, and a method for producing the same, and more specifically relates to a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin provided with a decoration such as that of gold lace embroidery and a method for producing the same.
Three-dimensional decorative pieces made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin (hereinafter referred to simply as “decorative pieces”, if appropriate), such as emblems, appliques, and stickers, produced through high-frequency dielectric heating have been proposed (see Patent Document 1, for example).
In Patent Document 1, a decorative piece material that includes a thermoplastic resin sheet, a vapor-deposited metal layer, and a foamed resin sheet and a base material sheet made of a woven fabric are placed on each other, and as a result of performing high-frequency dielectric heating thereon, an insulator generates heat, the foamed resin sheet is expanded and shaped, and the layers are welded to each other, and thus a decorative piece is produced.
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent No. 1815053
Some decorative pieces produced through embroidery are provided with gold lace embroidery by embroidering a base material with a so-called gold lace thread obtained by winding a gold thread and a silver thread around a core thread. However, with conventional three-dimensional decorative pieces made of a thermoplastic resin produced through high-frequency dielectric heating, while uneven designs can be expressed, sufficient expression of a sense of luxuriousness, an aura of substance, elaborateness, a depth of color, a metallic appearance, and the like such as those of gold lace embroidery has not been possible. One of the reasons therefor is that there is a limitation on how fine a design can be formed in an engraved die used in high-frequency dielectric heating. Thus, when a gold lace design needs to be formed, embroidery has needed to be manually performed using a gold lace thread. Also, there are cases where a thermoplastic synthetic resin film and a base material sheet are separated from each other through washing, friction, and the like due to insufficient adhesive strength between the thermoplastic synthetic resin film and the base material sheet.
An object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin by which a design such as that of a gold lace thread can be expressed, and a method for producing the same.
A three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin according to the present invention is a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin that is produced by subjecting, to high-frequency dielectric heating, a decorative piece material that includes an upper layer constituted by a thermoplastic synthetic resin film having a vapor-deposited metal layer, an intermediate layer constituted by a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, and a lower layer constituted by a thermal bonding film,
the decorative piece including:
a first printing layer printed using a transparent color ink, a matte ink, or a glossy ink, as an upper surface of the upper layer; and
a second printing layer in which a fine line is printed using a transparent UV ink, on an upper surface of the first printing layer.
It is desirable that the fine line of the second printing layer has a width of 0.1 mm to 0.25 mm.
It is desirable that the upper layer has a protruding portion formed through shaping, and
the fine line of the second printing layer is printed to intersect an edge portion of the protruding portion.
The upper layer may be configured to include a migration prevention film layer.
Also, a method for producing a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin according to the present invention is a method for producing a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin by subjecting, to high-frequency dielectric heating, a decorative piece material that includes an upper layer that is constituted by a thermoplastic synthetic resin film having a vapor-deposited metal layer, has an outline, and is provided with a three-dimensional design, an intermediate layer constituted by a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, and a lower layer constituted by a thermal bonding film,
wherein the upper layer is formed through
a step of forming a first printing layer in the upper layer by screen printing a transparent color ink, a matte ink, or a glossy ink onto an upper surface of the thermoplastic synthetic resin film,
a step of forming a second printing layer in the upper layer by screen printing a fine line using a transparent UV ink onto an upper surface of the first printing layer,
a step of curing the second printing layer by irradiating the second printing layer with ultraviolet rays, and
a step of attaching an adhesive carrier film to an upper surface of the second printing layer,
the method including:
a step of placing the decorative piece material in which the lower layer, the intermediate layer, and the upper layer are placed on each other in the stated order, on a table serving as one electrode in high-frequency dielectric heating,
a first high-frequency dielectric heating step of shaping the three-dimensional design in the upper layer by pressing an engraved die serving as another electrode in high-frequency dielectric heating against the upper layer of the decorative piece material and performing high-frequency dielectric heating, and fusion-cutting the decorative piece material other than the carrier film along the outline and fusing the upper layer and the intermediate layer to weld the resulting layer to the lower layer,
an elimination step of eliminating an unnecessary portion that does not constitute the three-dimensional design of the fusion-cut decorative piece material to obtain a decorative piece material,
a second high-frequency dielectric heating step of welding a base material and the decorative piece material by fitting the decorative piece material into the engraved die placed on the table with an engraved surface facing upward such that the lower layer faces upward, placing the base material on the decorative piece material, pressing the base material against the decorative piece material using a flat-plate die from above the base material, and performing high-frequency dielectric heating, and
an adjustment step of removing, from the engraved die, the decorative piece material and the base material that are welded to each other, peeling off the carrier film, and cutting the base material to a desired shape to obtain a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic resin.
According to the three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and the method for producing the same according to the present invention, the decorative piece material has, as a surface of the upper layer, a second printing layer in which a fine line is printed using a transparent UV ink. This fine line of the second printing layer can express a design such as that of gold lace embroidery on a protruding design formed by shaping the upper layer, and can express, on a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin, a three-dimensional appearance, a texture, a sense of luxuriousness, elaborateness, a metallic appearance, and the like such as those of gold lace embroidery, by increasing the thickness of a printed fine line.
Hereinafter, a three-dimensional decorative piece 10 made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin of the present invention and a method for producing the three-dimensional decorative piece 10 will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the thicknesses of a layer is shown exaggerated to facilitate the explanation as needed. Also, the shapes, the designs, the thicknesses, and the like of the decorative piece 10, a decorative piece material 20, a base material sheet 80, and the like are given by way of example only, and can be changed as appropriate.
In the decorative piece material 20, the upper layer 30, the intermediate layer 60, and the lower layer 62 are integrated with each other through a first high-frequency dielectric heating step. Also, a carrier film 70 for holding a design separated in a production process at a predetermined position, and a polypropylene film 72 for protecting the carrier film 70 may be attached to the upper surface of the decorative piece material 20. Hereinafter, configurations and typical materials of the layers will be described as examples.
As shown in
Examples of the migration prevention film 34 may include an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) film and a polyamide resin-based film such as polyamide MXD6, and the migration prevention film 34 prevents a dye of the base material sheet 80 and a dye of a garment or the like to which the decorative piece 10 is attached from migrating to a front surface side of the decorative piece material 20.
A soft sheet of a thermoplastic synthetic resin or a foamed resin sheet can be used as the intermediate layer 60, and the intermediate layer 60 may be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin such as soft polyvinyl chloride (PVC), for example.
A thermal bonding film can be used as the lower layer 62. Examples of the thermal bonding film include polyamide-based, polyurethane-based, polyester-based, and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA)-based films. Note that the material of the lower layer 62 can be selected as appropriate depending on the type of base material sheet 80, which will be described later.
Specifically, as shown in
In
Also, the second printing layer 50 subjected to printing using a transparent UV ink is formed on the upper surface of the first printing layer 40. The second printing layer 50 can be formed by printing, onto a desired design portion, overlapping the design 41 of the first printing layer 40, a transparent UV ink to make a design 52 realized by fine lines 51. Note that, although the second printing layer 50 is shown as one layer having a thickness in
Although a transparent UV ink used for the second printing layer 50 is an ultraviolet-curable ink and an example thereof is UV5410 manufactured by Seiko advance Ltd., for example, there is no limitation thereon.
As shown in
In the second printing layer 50, the printed fine lines 51 are cured by irradiating the surface of the second printing layer 50 with ultraviolet rays after printing is performed using a transparent UV ink.
As shown in
Although an example of the carrier film 70 is a sheet obtained by applying an acrylic adhesive to a special polypropylene film, such as A-2430 or L-3310 HITALEX manufactured by Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd., there is no limitation thereon. Note that, if there is a risk that an adhesive of the carrier film 70 will remain on the second printing layer 50 and the brightness of a metal tone portion of the second printing layer 50 will decrease, elimination of the carrier film 70 can prevent a decrease in the brightness thereof. In this case, although the holding force is slightly decreased, the polypropylene film 72 can function as the carrier film 70.
It is sufficient to attach the carrier film 70 to the upper surface of the second printing layer 50 using a hand roller, and to place the polypropylene film 72 thereon in tight contact therewith. Note that these films 70 and 72 are peeled off in a final process, and will not remain on the decorative piece 10.
The upper layer 30 (that includes the first printing layer 40 and the second printing layer 50), the intermediate layer 60, and the lower layer 62 that have the above-described configuration are placed on each other to constitute the decorative piece material 20, a piece of release paper is disposed on the lower surface of the lower layer 62, the three-dimensional designs are shaped on the upper layer 30 and the designs are cut in the first high-frequency dielectric heating step, and the upper layer 30, the intermediate layer 60, and the lower layer 62 are integrated with each other through fusion.
The first high-frequency dielectric heating step can be performed using a molding die (forming die) 100 for high-frequency dielectric heating shown in
Therefore, the decorative piece material 20, that is, the lower layer 62 on which the release paper is disposed, the intermediate layer 60, and the upper layer 30 to which the carrier film 70 and the polypropylene film 72 are attached are placed on each other in the stated order on the table 101, and as shown in
When high-frequency dielectric heating is complete, the engraved die 102 is moved upward, and the decorative piece material 20 is removed from the molding die 100. Although the removed decorative piece material 20 is split at the outer edges of the designs, the decorative piece material 20 is adhered to the carrier film 70 due to the adhesive force of the carrier film 70. Then, the release paper is peeled off, and as shown in
Next, a second high-frequency dielectric heating step for integrating the obtained decorative piece material 20 with the base material sheet 80 is performed. Examples of the base material sheet 80 may include a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, a nonwoven fabric, felt, a synthetic resin sheet, and a synthetic leather.
In the second high-frequency dielectric heating step, as shown in
Then, as shown in
When the second high-frequency dielectric heating step is complete, the flat die 104 is moved upward, the decorative piece material 20 and the base material sheet 80 that are integrated with each other are removed from the engraved die 102, the polypropylene film 72 and the carrier film 70 are peeled off from the surface thereof, and the three-dimensional decorative piece 10 made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin can be obtained by cutting the base material sheet 80 to any outer shape as shown in
As shown in
Also, in the second high-frequency dielectric heating step, the decorative piece material 20 and the base material sheet 80 are bonded as firmly as possible to each other through fusion of the thermal bonding film of the lower layer 62, as compared with a conventional configuration, and thus it is also possible to prevent the decorative piece material 20 and the base material sheet 80 from separating from each other through washing, friction, and the like.
The foregoing description is given merely to describe the present invention, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention recited in the appended claims or narrowing the scope of the present invention. Also, the constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments above, and it is of course possible to make various modifications within the technical scope defined in the appended
This application is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 16/767,411, filed May 27, 2020, which is a national stage of PCT/JP2017/046973, filed Dec. 27, 2017. The entire contents of the prior applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
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