Height adjustable pants presser with top finishing
AssigneeParis Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorStephen F. Gilbert
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Abstract
A height adjustable pants finishing device includes a pair of topping bucks positioned in the top portion of a pair of pants to be finished. Waist clamps hold the pants in the desired orientation; then, pressing plates engage pleats to hold the pleats for pressing. Additional pressing plates engage the top portion of the pants for high quality finishing of the top of the pants. The cuffs of the pants are clamped together, and steam is injected into the pants for finishing. After steaming, heated air is passed through the pants to set the creases.
Claims16
In a pants finishing apparatus including a cabinet, a plurality of creasing blades supported by said cabinet, and means for steaming a pair of pants held on said creasing blades, the improvement comprising at least one topping buck supported by said cabinet, one creasing blade of said plurality of creasing blades extending from said at least one topping buck, a pressing plate selectively engageable with said topping buck, and means for introducing steam into said topping buck independent of said means for steaming said pair of pants, and waist clamping means, said waist clamping means including at least one clamping plate selectively engageable with the waist of said pair of pants.
In a pants finishing apparatus including a cabinet, a plurality of creasing blades supported by said cabinet, and means for steaming a pair of pants held on said creasing blades, the improvement comprising lift means for adjusting the height of said cabinet for selectively placing said creasing blades at a preferred height.
In a method for finishing a pair of pants wherein said pair of pants is supported on creasing blades and steam is directed into said pair of pants, the improvement including the steps of placing at lest one topping buck in a top portion of said pair of pants, engaging said at least one topping buck with a pressing plate, and passing steam through said at least one topping buck, and subsequently carrying out said step wherein steam is directed into said pair of pants, and wherein said step of placing at lest one topping buck in the top portion of said pair of pants comprises the step of placing a pair of topping bucks in the top portion of said pair of pants, aligning pleats in said pair of pants with the tops of said pair of topping bucks, clamping a waist of said pair of pants to maintain the pleats on the tops of said topping bucks, and applying a vacuum to said pair of topping bucks for holding said pleats against said pair of topping bucks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.