Abstract: Smoothing washed garments (10) in the treatment chamber (11) of a finisher produces a considerable amount of fluff. To remove the fluff from the device in a trouble-free and effective manner the flowing medium carrying the fluff along is passed through a sieve belt (20) which conveys the fluff out of the device. Outside the treatment chamber (11) the fluff is removed in a suitable manner.

Abstract: Washed articles of clothing 10 on hangers 27 are conveyed into a tunnel 11 having a hot air supply 20 followed by a steaming zone 12 followed by a drying and smoothing zone 13 through a narrow entrance opening 16 of a non-treating chamber 14 in an attitude parallel to their direction of conveyance (arrow 24). They are thereafter transferred to a conveyor 22 and proceed through the tunnel in an attitude transverse to their direction of conveyance (arrow 25), and finally exit through a narrow opening 19 in a parallel attitude. The narrow entrance and exit openings contain the steam, hot air and noise within the tunnel and conserve energy.