Shirt sleeve pressing machine with pleat pressing heads
OwnerThomas V. Bolan, Peerin R. Vaning +2inventors
InventorsThomas V. Bolan, Peerin R. Vaning, Paul A. Karpich, Linda A. Riebeling
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for pressing the sleeves of a shirt and the pleated areas of the sleeves adjacent the cuffs during the same pressing operation.
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Apparatus for pressing the sleeves of a shirt and the pleats on the sleeves adjacent the shirt cuffs comprising a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks over which the sleeves may be placed, cuff clamp means mounted at the upper end of each of the bucks, said bucks being movable between a shirt loading station and a shirt pressing station, main pressing heads located at said pressing station for pressing the sleeves mounted on said bucks, and auxiliary pressing heads located at said pressing station for pressing the pleats, whereby the sleeves and pleats of a shirt are finished in the same pressing operation.
Apparatus for pressing a sleeve of a shirt and the pleats on the sleeve adjacent the shirt cuff comprising an upright buck over which the sleeve may be placed, cuff clamp means mounted at the upper end of the buck, said buck being movable between a shirt loading station and a shirt pressing station, main pressing heads located at said pressing station for pressing the sleeve mounted on said buck, and an auxiliary pressing head located at said pressing station for pressing the pleats, whereby the sleeve and pleats of a shirt are finished in the same pressing operation.
A method of pressing the sleeves of a shirt and the pleated portions of the sleeves adjacent the shift cuffs comprising:
- providing a pressing machine including a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks having cuff clamps mounted at the upper end thereof, the bucks being movable from a loading station to a pressing station where each buck is positioned between a pair of main pressing heads, the machine also including auxiliary pressing heads at said pressing station positioned to operatively oppose the rear faces of said bucks;
- position the bucks at the loading station;
- with the back of the shirt facing outwardly, pass the shoulders of the shirt over the cuff clamps and pull the sleeves downwardly on the bucks;
- place the cuffs of the shirt in the clamps, and close the clamps;
- dress the sleeves and pleats on the bucks;
- move the bucks from the loading station to the pressing station;
- move the auxiliary pressing heads toward the bucks to press the pleats;
- move the main pressing heads toward the bucks to press the sleeves;
- return the bucks to the loading station;
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- remove the finished sleeves from the bucks.
A method of pressing a sleeve of a shirt and the pleated portion of the sleeve adjacent the shirt cuff comprising:
- providing a pressing machine including an upright buck having a cuff clamp mounted at the upper end thereof, the buck being movable from a loading station to a pressing station where it is positioned between a pair of main pressing heads, the machine also including an auxiliary pressing head at said pressing station positioned to operatively oppose the rear faces of said buck;
- position the buck at the loading station;
- with the back of the shirt facing outwardly, pass a shoulder of the shirt over the cuff clamp and pull the sleeve downwardly on the bucks;
- place the cuff of the shirt in the clamp and close the clamp;
- dress the sleeve and pleat on the buck;
- move the buck from the loading station to the pressing station;
- move the auxiliary pressing head toward the buck to press the pleats;
- move the main pressing heads toward the buck to press the sleeve;
- return the buck to the loading station;
- and
- remove the finished sleeve from the buck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.