Free standing, upright clothes press

A clothes press for hot-pressing clothes, comprising:

• a mount base adapted to be positioned in a horizontal plane;
• a fixed board which has a lower end fixed to said mount base and which extends in a vertical direction relative to said mount base.
• a movable board pivotally attached at a lower end of said movable board to a portion of said fixed board adjacent to said lower end of said fixed board and movable toward and away from said fixed board, said movable board having a hollow structure and serving to press clothes between said movable board and said fixed board;
• a hinge mechanism which rotatably connects said lower ends of said fixed board and movable board to each other, and supports said movable board in opposed relationship to said fixed board;
• a lock mechanism mounted on said movable board and said fixed board for holding said movable board in a state in which said movable board is pressed against said fixed board;
• a press sheet having one end attached to said hinge mechanism and rotatably provided between said movable board and said fixed board;
• and
• reinforcements provided along side end faces of said press sheet in a vertical direction.

A clothes press comprising:

• a fixed board and a movable board, at least one of which has a heater for hot-pressing clothes between said fixed board and said movable board;
• a hinge means for rotatably coupling one end of said fixed board to one end of said movable board to make said movable board openable and closable with respect to said fixed board;
• and
• biasing means provided on said hinge mechanism for pulling clothes held between said fixed board and said movable board toward an end of said clothes press opposite said hinge mechanism, said biasing means comprising a press device provided at either said fixed board or said movable board and rotatably held and urged onto an inner side of said clothes press by means of a spring, and further comprising slide plates provided opposite to said press device for holding clothes between said slide plates and said press device, and said slide plates being capable of sliding in a direction of pulling clothes in cooperation with the rotatable movement of said press device.

A clothes press comprising:

• a mount base;
• a fixed board vertically mounted on said base and having heater on one side of said fixed board;
• a movable board provided in opposition to said fixed board and comprising a hollow structure for hot-pressing clothes held between said movable board and said fixed board;
• a hinge means for rotatably connecting a lower end of said fixed board a a lower end of said movable board to each other, and for mounting said movable board openably and closably on said fixed board;
• a lock mechanism attached to said fixed board and said movable board for holding said movable board in a state in which said movable board is pressed against said fixed board;
• a press sheet having one end attached to said hinge means so as to pivot between said movable board and said fixed board;
• and
• reinforcements provided along side end faces of said press sheet in a vertical direction.

A clothes press comprising:

• a mount base;
• a fixed board vertically mounted on said base and having. heater on one side of said fixed board,
• a movable board provided in opposition to said fixed board, and comprising a hollow structure for hot-pressing clothes held between itself and said fixed board;
• a hinge means for rotatably connecting a lower end of said fixed board and a lower end of said movable board to each other, and for mounting said movable board openably and closably on said fixed board;
• a lock mechanism mounted on said movable board and said fixed board for holding said movable board in a state in which said movable board is held against said fixed board;
• a press sheet having one end attached to said hinge means so as to pivot between said movable board and said fixed board;
• reinforcements provided along side end faces of said press sheet in a vertical direction;
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• bias means provided on said hinge mechanism for pulling clothes held between said fixed board and said movable board in toward an end of said clothes press opposite said hinge mechanism.