US 12,234,394 B2
Marking element comprising a reinforcement fabric
Gert Raeymackers, Wetteren (BE); Jurgen Mispelon, Beerst (BE); and Daniel Dewandel, Kortrijk (BE)
Assigned to VETEX NV, Ingelmunster (BE)
Appl. No. 17/254,312
Filed by VETEX NV, Ingelmunster (BE)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/056584
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/044078, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0115306 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. C09J 7/29 (2018.01); B32B 3/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/22 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01)
CPC C09J 7/29 (2018.01) [B32B 3/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/028 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/22 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 2307/75 (2013.01); B32B 2519/00 (2013.01); C09J 2203/334 (2013.01); C09J 2301/304 (2020.08); C09J 2400/263 (2013.01); C09J 2475/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marking element for the labelling of a textile, wherein said marking element comprises an adhesive layer for securing the marking element to a textile, a reinforcement fabric and a printable layer which forms an outer surface of the marking element, wherein the said outer surface is thermal transfer printable and wherein the fabric is embedded between the printable layer and the adhesive layer, wherein the fabric is a porous fabric having a thickness of at most 1000 μm and in that one or both of the printable layer and the adhesive layer extend at least partly through the fabric in such a way that the said layers are in direct contact with each other and adhere to each other,
wherein the fabric is a knit,
wherein the printable layer comprises a thermoset polyurethane,
wherein the adhesive layer comprises a first portion, wherein the printable layer comprises a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion directly contact each other, wherein both the first portion and the second portion do not deteriorate due to washing, and wherein, when heat and pressure are applied to the marking element to label the textile, both the first portion and the second portion are neither altered nor melted due to the heat and pressure.