Abstract: A crease ironing apparatus is provided that is adaptable to be either attached to an existing ironing board or as a stand alone apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes two elongated members, while one member's longitudinal transverse cross section resembles a U forming a longitudinal trough and the other member's longitudinal transverse cross section is dimensioned to fit within the trough of the other member along with the fabric to be clamped while the two members are hingedly secured at one end allowing the two members to scissor together or apart to receive fabric to be clamped while further comprising a means for securing the two members in the clamping position and if desired a means for clamping the device to an existing ironing board.

Abstract: A pressing apparatus including an unfolding prearranger device to preliminarily open or unfold sewing margins seamed and folded in a pressing object mounted on a trestle thereof, a pad cloth which covers the sewing margins as preliminarily opened or unfolded, a pressurizing device which forces the sewing margins as preliminarily opened or unfolded against the trestle through the pad cloth, and a conveyor which moves the unfolded prearranger device and the pressurizing device in an integrated form along seams of the sewn workpiece.

Abstract: An ironing apparatus has a plurality of pairs of ironing bars mounted on a rotatable plate. The ironing bars are attached to a plurality of air distribution boxes which are attached to the plate, and each bar has a controlled suction work surface for holding a fabric part thereon. Two guide rails are mounted above the work surface and a slide box is coupled to the guide rails for sliding thereon. A steam iron is adjustably suspended from the slide box for ironing the seam of the fabric part. The guide rails are journaled to a pair of guide rods axially oriented substantially perpendicular thereto. The steam iron is moved along the path of the seam by moving the slide box on the guide rails, and by moving the guide rails on the guide rods.

Abstract: A portable ironing press uses a compression spring to generate pressure between two pivotable plates for smoothing out a garment. The press includes a chain-and-gear arrangement to selectively apply the pressure of the spring to the plates.

Abstract: An ironing apparatus has a controlled suction work surface for holding a fabric part thereon. Two guide rails are mounted above the work surface and a slide box is coupled to the guide rails for sliding thereon. A steam iron is adjustably suspended from the slide box for ironing the seam of the fabric part. The guide rails are journaled to a pair of guide rods axially oriented substantially perpendicular thereto. The steam iron is moved along the path of the seam by moving the slide box on the guide rails, and by moving the guide rails on the guide rods.

Abstract: A sewing machine provided with guide means and ironing means having an ultrasonic heating means. The guide means folds back the free margins of an upper and lower fabric pieces, and the folded margins are pressed or ironed by the ultrasonic heating means. The ultrasonic heating means includes an ultrasonic horn and an anvil relatively movable toward and away from each other. A thickness detector is provided for detecting a combined thickness of the upper and lower fabric pieces, and control means is also provided for controlling one of the heating energy of the ultrasonic heating means and a distance between the horn and the anvil in response to the detected thickness.

Abstract: In a steam pressing station, a fabric piece to be pressed is drawn into a gap between a lower pressing member and an upper pressing member by a conveyor belt movably attached to the lower pressing member. A clamping device is fastened to the conveyor belt for clamping a leading edge of the fabric piece to the belt during an intake stroke thereof. A fabric seam threading device is mounted to the upper pressing member for automatically separating fabric edge strips during the intake stroke of the conveyor belt. The fabric seam threading device includes a separator sword flanked on opposite sides by a pair of seam guides movably mounted for rapid adjustment of the vertical position of the seam guides relative to a frame of the fabric seam threading device and simultaneous rapid adjustment of the separation between the two seams guides.

Abstract: A machine for folding and pressing the internal flaps of seams comprises a heated plate 1 in the body of which are fomed separate chambers 6, 7, 8 respectively connected to a steam generator, a suction system and a cold air blower. These chambers communicate with a pressing surface of the plate itself through a series of holes. Facing the pressing surface of the plate 1 is a floating platen structure 2 having a corresponding series of holes 9 able to put into communication with the exterior two chambers 10, 11 in the floating platen structure fronting, each chamber being separated into two parts by a partition 12 which divides it into two distinct portions.

Abstract: A device for mounting articles of clothing for controlling purposes or for smoothing in an ironing apparatus, comprising a mounting frame and a holding section which holds the latter and sits on a revolving conveyor, is described.To eliminate the making available of a plurality of mounting frames adapted to the various sizes of articles of clothing of a design range, and, consequently, the time-consuming exchanging of mounting frames on the holding sections of the revolving conveyor, it is proposed that the mounting frame be constituted by two component frames arranged alongside each other in the direction of advance, which are adjustable relative to each other by an adjustment device provided on the holding section for alteration of their spacing.

Abstract: An apparatus for the application of crease setting composition comprises at least one movable arm 12 capable of insertion into a leg of a pair of trousers to be creased, the arm carrying at, or near, one end thereof an applicator head 20 comprising a nozzle 22 for the application of crease setting composition and guide means 24 for locating the nozzle within the crease to be treated. Means are provided, for example, a pump or compressed air, for urging crease setting composition through the nozzle into the crease to be set in timed relationship with the relative movement between the applicator head 20 and the trousers 34. A method of operation is also disclosed.

Abstract: A seam presser including an elongate handle housing circuitry for switching electrical power to a heating element. The heating element conducts heat to a small sole plate which is connected to the handle end by a support means. The sole plate is no wider than the seam to be pressed and is mountable to the support means so that the plane of the sole plate undersurface is angled with respect to the handle, and mountable to the support means at a desired rotational angle with respect to the handle.

Abstract: A hosiery processing method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a support frame; a plurality of hosiery carrying forms; an endless drive chain having a mechanism for carrying the forms; a drive for continuously driving the chain; and a flat steam chamber including a stationary first wall member and a movable second wall member. The steam chamber has a flat configuration such that the distance between the interior major surfaces of the chamber is only slightly greater than the thickness of the forms. The movable wall member is support for horizontal motion toward and away from the stationary wall member in order to open and close the flat steam chamber. A latch mechanism selectively holds the second wall member in the closed position. A holding and advancing mechanism holds a section of the drive chain temporarily stationary at the flat steam chamber and advances the section of the drive chain after it has been temporarily held stationary.

Abstract: Upper and lower fabric pieces are separated by a presser foot and sewn along a seam with respective edges left therealong. The upper and lower fabric pieces are fed along in a direction by means of a main feed dog. The edge of the upper fabric piece is folded back on the latter by means of a guide member disposed above a throat plate, with the guide member heated to heat the seam. The edge of the lower fabric piece is folded back on the latter below the throat plate by means of a guide rod mounted on the throat plate. The folded edge of the lower fabric piece is lifted up to the throat plate by means of an auxiliary feed dog, and guided onto a bearing plate by means of a guide body movable with the main feed dog. The upper and lower fabric pieces with their folded edges are pressed with heat between a roller and the bearing plate while being moved in said direction by the roller being rotated. Steam is applied against the seam when it is heated by the guide member.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for folding over and pressing into position the edge strips of two material webs, stitched together along the seam, with two collaborating feeding and pressing devices, in which one of said feeding and pressing devices is in the form of a roller and is assembled from two cylindrical jacket members of identical size, which make contact with their inside facing and surfaces with reference to said roller in a common plane and which are radially displaceable relative to each other.

Abstract: In this apparatus for stretching sewn portions of cloth, comprises a stretching member extends along the feed direction of the cloth in the front and rear of the sewing position of a sewing machine. This stretching member includes an inserting portion which enters into the cloth in the front of the sewing position prior to sewing and a pair of stretching portions for stretching the cloth from both sides with the sewn portion acting as the boundary in the rear of the sewing position. The stretching portions extended backwards in parallel with a predetermined distance between them and the thickness gradually increases towards the rear. A guide member for guiding and shifting the stretched cloth toward the rear extends from the rear end of one stretching portion in the backwards direction with the same thickness as that of the rear end of this stretching portion.

Abstract: Apparatus for opening and spreading the legs of a seam joining two fabric parts, preparatory to the pressing of the legs of the seam, comprising a first rail having an edge against which the legs of the seam are to be guided, a second rail parallel to the plane in which the pressing is to be effected and having an edge against which the sewn together fabric parts are to be tensioned, the edge of the first rail being spaced from the edge of the second rail toward the center of the second rail by a distance at least equal to the length of one of the legs, the edge of the first rail extending at an angle of from 60.degree.-90.degree.

Abstract: The apparatus includes an elongated buck having an upper convex surface which supports the seam with the edges thereof outboard, and a portable iron having a concave bottom surface and a pointed nose which cooperates with the convex buck to simultaneously open and press the seam sandwiched therebetween as the iron moves in a forward direction thereover. The bottom edge of the iron is recessed on either side of the nose to permit the opened edges of the seam forward of the nose to flow smoothly beneath the iron as the iron advances thereover, preventing bunching of the seam forward of the iron as it advances. A jet of steam directed downwardly and forwardly is emitted from the nose of the iron to moisten the opened seamed edges and thereby enhance the permanency of the overbusting operation.

Abstract: A seam is set by pressing while the seam allowances are folded to lie flat against the fabric reverse sides while the fabric face sides are facing each other by running the fabric through a seam allowance separator and folder with the seam constrained against lateral displacement. The constraint may comprise the needle, presser foot and feeder of a sewing machine producing the seam.

Abstract: The apparatus includes an elongated buck having an upper convex surface which supports the seam with the edges thereof outboard, and a portable iron having a concave bottom surface and a point nose which cooperates with the convex buck to simultaneously open and press the seam sandwiched therebetween as the iron moves in a forward direction thereover. The bottom edge of the iron is recessed on either side of the nose to permit the opened edges of the seam forward of the nose to flow smoothly beneath the iron as the iron advances thereover, preventing bunching of the seam forward of the iron as it advances. A jet of steam directed downwardly and forwardly is emitted from the nose of the iron to moisten the opened seamed edges and thereby enhance the permanency of the overbusting operation.