Abstract: Apparatus for dewatering wet laundry comprising a base with drain openings for discharging water pressed out of the laundry, a loose cylinder disposed on the base, a bell disposable on the cylinder with a flexible membrane therein defining with the bell a chamber for a pressure medium and a plurality of rods supported on a lifting apparatus and extensible through openings through the peripheral margin of the bell, through annular flanges on the cylinder and through aligned openings in the base. The rods are provided with locking elements and are pivotable to latch the base, cylinder and bell securely together as well as serving to selectively lift the cylinder and bell or just the bell to facilitate loading and unloading of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a seal for addition and/or removal of gaseous or liquid media in a tunnel washing machine, with which two sealing gaskets are arranged on a fixed trough for the receiving of units.