Abstract: A washer-extractor-dryer (50), in which a plate heat exchanger (60) is arranged in the outer drum (53). During washing, the plate heat exchanger (60) is located in the washing liquid and, as a result, warms the latter up. During drying of the washed laundry, air is conducted along the outside (63) of the plate heat exchanger (60) and is thereby pre-heated before the air enters the inner drum (52) with the laundry to be dried. A pivotable flap (68) is provided in order to allow liquid to flow along the plate heat exchanger (60) during the washing mode and air to flow along it during the drying mode.

Abstract: According to the invention, the items of laundry (11) are grasped successively by a gripper (23), are lifted up and taken over by a transfer means (24) which transports the respective item of laundry (11) through a gap (29). The gap (29) of the transfer means (24) ensures that only individual items of laundry (11) can be transported on further by the transfer means (24) and a force which is required for completely pulling out the respective item of laundry (11) from the pile of laundry (10) can be exerted on the item of laundry (11). As a result, reliable separating of items of laundry (11) from a pile of laundry (10) is ensured.

Abstract: Items of laundry (11) released from a washing machine as a pile of laundry (10) have to be separated before they can be processed further. The aim is to automate this separating procedure. Known methods for automating the separating of items of laundry (11) are still inadequate. According to the invention, the items of laundry (11) are grasped successively by a gripper (23), are lifted up and taken over by a transfer means (24) which transports the respective item of laundry (11) through a gap (29). The gap (29) of the transfer means (24) ensures that only individual items of laundry (11) can be transported on further by the transfer means (24) and a force which is required for completely pulling out the respective item of laundry (11) from the pile of laundry (10) can be exerted on the item of laundry (11). As a result, reliable separating of items of laundry (11) from a pile of laundry (10) is ensured.

Abstract: Apparatuses for bonding textile sheet-like structures comprise a supporting disc (23) for receiving the textile pieces which are to be bonded or the ready bonded textile sheet-like structures (20), and covering means which cover these textile pieces. The covering means have to be folded up at least in a feed and discharge station (27) in order to give access to the textile sheet-like structures (20). This process requires a lot of work and unnecessarily extends the working cycle of the apparatus. In the apparatus according to the invention, the covering means is in the form of a flexible covering disc (26) which covers the supporting disc and which can be curved up in a positively guided manner at least in the region of the feed and discharge station (27). As a result, a circle segment (33) of the covering disc (26) is automatically lifted off the supporting disc (23) in the region of the feed and discharge station (27).

Abstract: Apparatus for connecting sheet-like textile articles or webs of material.The processing of different materials in apparatuses with heating plates of constant curvature has hitherto, whenever the material to be processed has been changed, required a corresponding exchange of the heating plates in order to ensure the best possible processing of the material as a result of a more or less pronounced curvature of these. The new apparatus of the invention makes this exchange of the heating plates unnecessary by providing a heating plate which is composed of individual hollow-section heating bodies and which is connected to a supporting trestle on which lifting members act in order to adjust the curvature. As a result of this arrangement, the curvature of the heating plate can be adjusted in a reproducible way and thus adapted to the particular requirements, even during operation.

Abstract: In the cleaning of (fluff) screens (17) of an apparatus for smoothing articles of clothing by means of flowing media, the fluff (fluff carpet 19) is sucked off from the fluff screen (17) by means of a suction nozzle (21). To improve the suction effect, blowing air (compressed air) is additionally conveyed through the fluff screen (17) from below in the region of suction via blowing pipes (25, 26). The suction nozzle (21) and the blowing pipes (25, 26) are connected to one another to form the jointly movable cleaning unit (20). This is moved over the fluff screen (17) at intervals of time.

Abstract: Bonding apparatuses for textile sheet-like structures especially outer fabric and interlining, are conventionally equipped with a heating station consisting of heating plates for the sheet-like structures conveyed between conveyor belts and also with a linear-pressure device consisting of two pressure rollers. Now, in addition, the linear-pressure device is followed by surface-pressure device to stabilize the adhesive anchoring of the bonding agents.

Abstract: In an apparatus for bonding strip-shaped textile articles, especially pieces of outer fabric (10) and interlining strips (11), the textile strips (14) formed by bonding the latter are divided into individual textile units (15) after leaving a heating and pressure device (13). For this purpose, the textile strip (14) is severed in the region between successive pieces of outer fabric (10) by means of a cutting knife (31). This is controlled by a measuring light barrier with a transmitter (36) and a receiver (40). The measuring light barrier is designed so that it can be adjusted automatically to different light-transmitting capacities of the materials (interlining strip 11).

Abstract: The apparatus for bonding sheet-like textile articles has, in the region of a feed station, an interlining dispenser for supporting rolled-up strip-shaped interlining material (21) and for cutting it to a fixed dimension. At the output of the interlining dispenser there is a pivotable flap (32) which, when the front end of the interlining material is pulled, is thereby pivoted and actuates a switch (34). An electronic control (45) thereupon excites an electromagnet (36) which actuates a knife (cutting edge 50) for cutting off the band (21). The electronics then activate a stepping motor (26) which, via drive devices (43, 44, 27, 24, 25), draws the band (21) off from a supply roll (18) by a dimension predetermined by a digital preselector switch (37) and thereby, as seen from the knife, pushes an interlining blank (19) of predetermined length over the flap (32).

Abstract: During the drainage of washed laundry articles in a drainage press, there is, in addition to the discharge of water in the lower region via a lower counterpressure plate (12), the discharge of water through a plunger plate (15) of a pressure plunger (14) via a perforated stamp plate using air pressure for more effective drainage with careful treatment of the laundry articles.

Abstract: The heating device for an appliance for gluing sheet-like textile articles has several heating regions (23, 24), the electrical heaters (25) of which can be switched on or off individually. To achieve the best possible setting of the temperature of the heating regions, the individual heaters (25) can, in addition, be changed over to different power inputs, preferably between a series connection and a parallel connection. Also, the individual heaters (25) can each have two or more heating wires which can be changed over between a series connection and a parallel connection in each heater.

Abstract: For the (partial) bonding of textile pieces, that is to say (large) outer material parts 10 to (small) interlinings 11, outer material parts 10 in bundles 14 are fixed in front of press plates 12, 13 by means of a holding device 15, and only regions 22 of the outer material parts 10 intended for bonding are introduced between the press plates 12, 13, specifically after previous preparation, that is to say positioning, of the interlining 11 on a layout surface 23 on the top side of the upper press plate 12.

Abstract: An appliance for dewatering wet laundry articles includes a vessel (12) for receiving the laundry articles to be dewatered and a pressure plunger (26) which is located above the vessel and which can be pressed onto the top edge of the latter or can be moved into it. A device for monitoring the top vessel edge (13) to check for laundry articles (10-1) possibly left lying on the edge when the laundry articles are introduced is designed in such a way that complete monitoring of the vessel edge (13) is provided.

Abstract: The device for gluing sheet-like textile articles contains a spreading station (15), a heating station (16), a pressing station (17) and a take-off station (18). The plate-shaped heating zones consist of several hollow-profile heaters (25) which are arranged next to one another and on the rear contact side (28) of which panel heaters are attached, each panel heater having at least one electrically heatable heating device (heating wire). The heating wires can be controlled each individually or in groups.

Abstract: Wet laundry 10 in a vessel 12 supported on a drainage plate 14 is dewatered by a combination of mechanical pressure applied by a platen 33 and air flow through the platen and laundry. The platen is initially brought down upon the laundry by a cylinder 42 to compress it and squeeze out about half of the water, and drying air is simultaneously forced through the vessel from top to bottom via the platen and plate to remove additional moisture. The platen pressure may be reduced to enhance the air flow.

Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding laundry articles to a mangle, with a spreading-out and conveying device for spreading out the laundry articles when hanging down freely and for feeding the laundry articles centrally to a belt-shaped feed conveyor conveying towards the mangle, wherein two corners of each laundry article are gripped in clamps which are arranged in pairs at a short distance from one another on the spreading-out and conveying device and which can be moved away from one another, the clamping jaws of each clamp are arranged at an angle to the vertical, and the clamping jaws of a pair of clamps are directed opposite to one another in such a manner as to form a roof shape. The clamping jaws of each clamp are also made self-clamping.

Abstract: Wet laundry 10 in a vessel (12) supported on a drainage plate 14 is dewatered by a combination of mechanical pressure applied by a platen 33 and air flow through the platen and laundry. The platen is initially brought down upon the laundry by a cylinder 42 to compress it and squeeze out about half of the water, and drying air is simultaneously forced through the vessel from top to bottom via the platen and plate to remove additional moisture. The platen pressure may be reduced to enhance the air flow.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding laundry articles to an ironing machine, wherein the laundry articles, suspended on two grippers are conveyed, starting from an operating station, to a position centrally in front of the loading position of a feed conveyor leading to the ironing machine. The grippers are disposed on a rope drive, which is driven by means of a geared pole-changing motor with the interposition of a chain drive. The rear gripper is towed by the leading gripper via the laundry article, while at the same time pulling the latter taut.

Abstract: Used hot air exhausted from perforated mangle drums 12-14 and/or steam condensate from curved guide troughs 15-17 cooperating with the drums is passed through the interior of a hollow, unperforated predryer cylinder 18. A pair of curved transport belts 40, 41 surround the bottom half of the cylinder and are driven at the same peripheral speed thereof to press laundry articles against the heated cylinder and to reverse their direction. Heating manifolds 46, 47 are mounted inside the transport belt runs.

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.