Machine for pressing open seams

A machine for folding and pressing open the inside flaps of seams, adapted to be mounted downstream of a sewing machine for making up textile fabrics, said machine comprising:

• a heated plate having a body with a front face and defining first, second and third chambers therein,
• means connecting said first chamber to a source of steam,
• means connecting said second chamber to a vacuum source,
• means connecting said third chamber to an air blower supplying cold air, and
• means defining a plurality of holes in said front face of said body of said heated plate,
• a floating platen structure having a front face positioned opposite and facing said front face of said heated plate,
• means defining a plurality of apertures in said front face of said floating platen structure,
• means defining two chambers in said floating platen structure each said chamber being separated into two parts by a partition which divides it into two distinct portions;
• two adjacent metal bands carried on pulleys rotatable about respective vertical axes running between said heated plate and said floating platen structure whereby to press the two inside flaps of a seam, which have been preliminarily separated by means of an appropriate separating member, against the inner face of the adjacent portions of fabric joined by said seam.