Patent ID: 8220921

Claim:
An inkjet dyeing apparatus for dyeing a belt-shape textile by ink ejected thereon, comprising: a feeding section for feeding the textile to a front surface printing line; a front surface printing section disposed on the front surface printing line for dyeing a front surface of the textile by the ink ejected thereon; a front surface drying section provided at a downstream of the front surface printing section for drying the front surface of the textile; an inverting section provided at a downstream of the front surface drying section for inverting and feeding the textile to a rear surface printing line; a rear surface printing section disposed on the rear surface printing line for dyeing the rear surface of the textile by ink ejected thereon; a rear surface drying section provided at a downstream of the rear surface printing section for drying the rear surface of the textile; a transporting section for transporting the textile for further processing; and a control unit for controlling ejections of the ink at the front and rear surface printing sections, wherein the inverting section comprises a first guide section having a first shaft arranged substantially perpendicular to the front surface printing line to invert the textile transferred from the front surface drying section substantially 90 degrees, an intermediate guide section for turning the textile transferred from the first guide section, and a second guide section having a second shaft arranged substantially perpendicular to the rear surface printing section to invert the textile inverted substantially 90 degrees by the first guide section and transferred from the intermediate guide section further substantially 90 degrees and transport the textile to the rear surface printing line.