Abstract: A machine for pressing a shirt cuff and the pleated portion of a shirt sleeve adjacent the shirt cuff during the same pressing operation,. The machine includes a main upper head and a main lower buck which are closed to press the cuff. An auxiliary buck is mounted adjacent to and forwardly of the main buck to receive the pleated portion of the shirt. An auxiliary head is movable, after the main head and buck are closed, from a retracted non-pressing position to an extended position, pressing the pleated portion against the auxiliary buck.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2001
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2002
Assignee:
Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas V. Bolan, Jr., John Dehler, Perrin R. Vaning, Paul A. Karpich
Abstract: Apparatus for pressing the sleeves of a shirt comprises a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks over which the sleeves may be placed and pneumatically operated clamps mounted on the upper end of each of the bucks for holding the cuffs of the sleeves during a pressing operation. Each clamp includes a head or block having a vertical clamping surface, a pneumatic cylinder mounted within the block having its piston rod extending generally perpendicularly outwardly through the surface, and a T-clamp connected to the rod for movement toward and away from the surface upon actuation of the cylinder. A pneumatic control circuit controls operation of the cylinders. A hold down device located between the bucks applies tension to the sleeves of a shirt during a pressing operation.
Abstract: Shirt pressing apparatus capable of pressing long or short sleeve shirts. The apparatus includes a buck for receiving a shirt to be pressed and a sleeve expander assembly mounted on each side of the buck, the sleeve expander assembly being adjustable for use with either long or short sleeve shirts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2000
Date of Patent:
February 13, 2001
Assignee:
Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc.
Inventors:
John T. McCormick, Michael J. King, Robert A. Hadsall
Abstract: Pants pressing apparatus including a buck around which an operator turns the top or waist end of a pair of pants and cycles a pressing head with respect to the buck to perform the top end pressing operation. The apparatus includes a rotator mechanism including a clamp assembly which grasps the bottom end or cuffs of the pants and turns the cuffs and legs of the pants incrementally through 360.degree. as the operator is topping the waist end of the pants. The finished pants are thus free of any undesirable wrinkles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 1995
Date of Patent:
August 6, 1996
Assignee:
Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark S. Dreisbach, Russell J. Miller, John Dehler