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Shirt press

OwnerYoon Sup Choiinventor

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Abstract

A shirt frame including a fixed frame installed on ground, a model installed on the fixed frame, for supporting a shirt, a front iron installed on the fixed frame and movable towards the model so as to iron a front part of the shirt supported on the model, a rear iron installed on the fixed frame and moveable towards the model so as to iron a rear part of the shirt supported on the model, a sleeve supporter installed on the fixed frame, for stretching a sleeve of the shirt supported on the model, and a lateral stretcher installed on the fixed frame and including at least one rods that are folded and unfolded in both directions with respect to the model so as to stretch lateral surfaces of the shirt supported on the model. The quality of an ironing operation is maximized, and an operating speed of a user is increased. Upper and lower surfaces of a sleeve of shirt are uniformly ironed, sleeves are easily supported, and thus creases of the sleeves are prevented.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A shirt press comprising:

a fixed frame installed on ground;
a model installed on the fixed frame, for supporting a shirt;
a front iron installed on the fixed frame and movable towards the model so as to iron a front part of the shirt supported on the model;
a rear iron installed on the fixed frame and moveable towards the model so as to iron a rear part of the shirt supported on the model;
a sleeve supporter installed on the fixed frame, for stretching a sleeve of the shirt supported on the model;
a lateral stretcher installed on the fixed frame and comprising at least one rods that are folded and unfolded in both directions with respect to the model so as to stretch lateral surfaces of the shirt supported on the model;
and
a shirt collar and sleeve ironing device installed on the fixed frame or front and rear irons, for ironing a collar and sleeves of a shirt,
wherein the shirt collar and sleeve ironing device comprises:
a frame;
a sleeve supporting member installed in the frame, for supporting sleeves of a shirt;
a sleeve iron installed in the frame, for ironing the sleeves of the shirt supported on the sleeve supporting member;
a first actuator for moving the sleeve iron towards the sleeve supporting member;
a collar supporting member installed in the frame, for supporting a collar of the shirt;
a collar iron installed in the frame, for ironing the collar of the shirt supported on the collar supporting member;
and
a second actuator for moving the collar iron towards the collar supporting member,
wherein the shirt collar and sleeve ironing device further comprises a moving member installed on a fixed frame or front and rear irons, and moveable towards the sleeve supporting member,
wherein a collar supporting member on which the collar of the shirt is supported is installed on one surface of the moving member, and
wherein a sleeve iron for ironing the sleeve of the shirt supported on the sleeve supporting member is installed on the other surface of the moving member.

17 more elements

A shirt press comprising:

a fixed frame installed on ground;
a model installed on the fixed frame, for supporting a shirt;
a front iron installed on the fixed frame and movable towards the model so as to iron a front part of the shirt supported on the model;
a rear iron installed on the fixed frame and moveable towards the model so as to iron a rear part of the shirt supported on the model;
a sleeve supporter installed on the fixed frame, for stretching a sleeve of the shirt supported on the model;
a lateral stretcher installed on the fixed frame and comprising at least one rods that are folded and unfolded in both directions with respect to the model so as to stretch lateral surfaces of the shirt supported on the model;
and
a shirt collar and sleeve ironing device installed on the fixed frame or front and rear irons, for ironing a collar and sleeves of a shirt,
wherein the shirt collar and sleeve ironing device comprises:
a frame;
a sleeve supporting member installed in the frame, for supporting sleeves of a shirt;
a sleeve iron installed in the frame, for ironing the sleeves of the shirt supported on the sleeve supporting member;
a first actuator for moving the sleeve iron towards the sleeve supporting member;
a collar supporting member installed in the frame, for supporting a collar of the shirt;
a collar iron installed in the frame, for ironing the collar of the shirt supported on the collar supporting member;
and
a second actuator for moving the collar iron towards the collar supporting member,
wherein the first actuator comprises a hydraulic cylinder installed below the frame so as to move the sleeve iron towards the sleeve supporting member, for primarily descending the moving member towards the sleeve supporting member, and
wherein the second actuator comprises a hydraulic cylinder installed above the frame so as to move the collar iron towards the collar supporting member of the moving member, for secondarily descending the collar iron towards the moving member.

16 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/717,963Filed 5 Mar 2010
Priority: KR 10-2009-00194246 Mar 2009
Published: US 2010/0224658 A19 Sep 2010
Granted: 17 Sep 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

D06F 73/00
Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles
D06F 71/16
Apparatus for hot-pressing clothes, linen or other textile articles, i.e. wherein there is substantially no relative movement between pressing…:…
D06F 71/20
Specially adapted for pressing particular garments or parts thereof: for pressing shirts
D06F
Laundering, drying, ironing, pressing or folding textile articles