Steam pressing station for pressing fabric seams

A steam pressing station for pressing fabric seams, comprising:

• a support stand;
• a blower;
• a lower pressing member fastened to said stand, said lower pressing member being formed with a suction chamber, said suction chamber being connected to said blower, said lower pressing member including a conveyor belt forming a pressing surface of said lower pressing member;
• motor means operatively connected to said conveyor belt for selectively revolving same in either of two opposite directions;
• an upper pressing member fastened to said stand above said lower pressing member, said upper pressing member including a form pressing body movable in a direction substantially perpendicular with respect to said pressing surface of said lower pressing member, said form pressing body being provided with a heatable seam chamber connectable to a steam generator, said form pressing body being further provided with a pressing plate defining a lower side of said steam chamber and having a plurality of steam openings;
• fabric seam threading means attached to said upper pressing member at a free end thereof for separating fabric edge strips extending from a seam to be pressed;
• a fabric receiving member fastened to said lower pressing member at a free end thereof;
• fabric edge holding means for clamping against said conveyor belt a leading edge of a fabric piece to be pressed upon a drawing of said leading edge past said fabric seam threading means and for continuing to hold said leading edge to said conveyor belt during a drawing of said fabric piece between said lower pressing member and said upper pressing member and past said fabric seam threading means, said fabric edge holding means being movably mounted to said stand to follow motions of said conveyor belt at said pressing surface.