US 2004/0069818 A1 · Apparatus for pressing shirts having a subdivided inflatable body

Abstract

A shirt-shaped inflatable body for pressing shirts and on which the shirt is stretched flat includes lateral cavities, which are inflated by an increased pressure, in the sides of the trunk section of the inflatable body. The cavities are supported by a frame located inside the inflatable body and press the trunk section outwards, forming a flat shape. The pressure in the lateral chambers located inside the casing of the inflatable body is increased by the fact that both the casing of the lateral chambers and the casing of the inflatable body are permeable to air and that the lateral chambers are directly supplied with air by a fan, whereas the remaining areas of the inflatable body are only inflated with the air that flows through the casing of the lateral chambers against a flow resistance.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for pressing items of clothing, comprising:

an inflatable body having partition walls and being internally subdivided into a plurality of cavities by said partition walls, said cavities including at least one indirectly inflated cavity and at least one adjacent cavity;
devices for inflating said inflatable body with air communicating with said inflatable body;
and
a partition wall of said walls separating said at least one indirectly inflated cavity from said at least one adjacent cavity and passing air therethrough counter to a flow resistance, said indirectly inflated cavity being inflated with air exclusively through said partition wall.

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Apparatus for pressing shirts having a subdivided inflatable body

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Apparatus for pressing shirts having a subdivided inflatable body

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Abstract

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