Abstract: The present invention relates to a system iron. The system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which is provided with steam nozzles for spraying steam; a steam iron connected to the ironing plate so as to receive steam; a steam flow channel for allowing the steam, generated by the steam generator, to be supplied to the steam nozzles or the steam iron; and a flow channel valve for controlling the steam flow channel so as to supply the steam to one of the steam nozzles or to the steam iron.

Abstract: This invention relates to the ironing of fabrics, such as clothes in particular, and provides a compact, light-weight apparatus suitable also for use in various ironing applications. The ironing apparatus comprises first and second fabric-pressing surfaces, supporting arms to which the surfaces are mounted opposite each other, to define a fabric-receiving gap between the surfaces. The supporting arms operate to urge the first surface toward the second, so to narrow the gap from a first, fabric receiving width, to a second, fabric-compressing width effective for exerting crease-reducing pressure on said fabric in the gap, while permitting relative traversing movement between said surfaces and the fabric. The supporting arms may be in the form of a flexible U-shaped member having opposed ends to which the respective pressing surfaces are mounted to be inwardly opposed, and a generally central portion defining a body.

Abstract: A mechanical garment press assembly enables users to mechanically press garments during travel and may be stored or carried in combination with standard carry-on luggage. The garment press assembly comprises opposed outer resilient planar members, each of which has a hinge end and a clamp end. A hinge member flexibly interconnects the hinge ends. Clamping structure clamps the clamp ends toward one another after a (wrinkled) garment section is received intermediate the opposed outer planar members for imparting primary wrinkle-removing forces into the target garment section. Tension members interconnect the hinge ends to the clamp ends and retain the resilient members is bowed tension for imparting secondary wrinkle-removing forces into the target garment section. Various portable assemblies are contemplated based on the foregoing basics as well as a home-based version. Certain garment pressing methods are also described based on the foregoing basics.

Abstract: The invention concerns an ironing press including a base bearing an ironing plate, a sleeve board and an articulated arm for manoeuvring a heating plate, movable between two positions. In one position, the heating plate is pressed against the ironing plate or the sleeve board. The ironing plate and the sleeve board are mounted on the base so as to enable their alternating displacement from a working position to a retracted position. The ironing plate and the sleeve board are each articulated to the base and are interconnected by a linking member providing a kinematic linkage between them.

Abstract: Two-sided fusible tape is mounted in an effective manner upon the sleeve seam allowance of a garment comprising the steps of placing a jacket arranged inside out upon a heated stationary buck, the jacket being positioned on the buck so that the sleeve seam allowance is properly aligned. An exposed surface of a two-sided fusible strip is placed along the sleeve seam allowance, the other fusible surface being covered with a protective sheet. A vacuum communicating with the buck is drawn to retain the garment in the proper position. A pair of heated heads having pressing surfaces conforming to the shape of the buck are simultaneously driven toward the buck to press the fusible strip against the sleeve seam allowance of the garment, the heat from the buck and the heads activating the fusible. Steam may be ejected from the heads when the fusible employed requires steam for activation. The heads are withdrawn from the buck and the garment is removed in preparation for mounting a shoulder pad to the garment.

Abstract: A tie press (1) having a base moulding (3), a heating element (4) covered by a foam pad (5) and a center moulding (6) having a tie receiving recess. A cover (7) is also provided having a foam pad insert (9) and is hingedly connected to the center and base mouldings (3,6). The press being designed to press creased front and rear knot forming sections (K.sub.F,K.sub.R) of a tie (2). The creased tie portions or portion is placed between the pads and the cover is lowered and locked on the mouldings by a locking and releasing device (36).

Abstract: An ironing device includes a seat having a front portion and a rear portion, a base disposed on the rear portion of the seat, an arm pivotally coupled to the front portion of the seat, a board disposed on the rear portion of the arm and movable toward the base for pressing clothes. A bracket is pivotally coupled to the front portion of the arm, a spring is biased between the lower end of the bracket and the seat and exerts an upward force to the front portion of the arm when the lower end of the bracket is moved forward such that the board is forced against the base.

Abstract: A sectional-type ironing board in which a longitudinal direction of a first ironing board and a longitudinal direction of a second ironing board having a working surface smaller than that of the first ironing board are oriented in the same direction, the first and second ironing boards are arranged in such a manner that side edges thereof are mutually adjacent, and the first and second ironing boards are independently movable to a collapsed state and an extended state relative to a common base. The first and second ironing boards are placed in the collapsed state or the extended state to form a joint working surface in the same plane, and the joint working surface is formed by a curved surface extending downwardly to edge portions from a central region along the longitudinal direction. An ironing table is used along with the sectional-type ironing board and includes a cart having a plate formed to have a portion on which the base portion of the sectional-type ironing board is placed and secured.

Abstract: An improved head and buck for a fabric pressing machine, each comprising a hollow casting. The head has an upper steam chamber and a lower spray chamber. A cowling surrounds the head steam chamber, having air intake holes at one end and an air valve near its other end directly connecting the cowling to the spray chamber. The head has a resilient peripheral sealing element engaging a peripheral rim on the buck when the head is closed thereagainst. The buck has a vacuum valve connecting the buck to a source of vacuum. With the head sealed about the buck, air in heat exchange with the head steam chamber within the cowling can be drawn through the workpiece during the drying step of the pressing cycle by opening the buck vacuum valve. The buck is provided with a grid plate, pad and cover assembly which is divided longitudinally into front and rear halves.

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: A steam iron press employs first and second members and a lever mechanism connected to the second member and when manually actuated by an operator causing the second member to be moved to any position between a position of maximum separation and a position of engagement with respect to the first member. The second member receives water and converts the water into steam which is expelled through openings therein. A pump connected between the second member and a water reservoir feeds water to the second member. A cam mechanism is connected between the lever mechanism and the pump to only actuate the pump during a predetermined interval t between the instant of time T1 at which the lever mechanism has initiated movement of the second member toward the first member and the instant of time T2 at which an article to be pressed is squeezed between the two surfaces.

Abstract: A steam iron press employs first and second members and a lever mechanism connected to the second member and when manually actuated by an operator causing the second member to be moved to any position between a position of maximum separation and a position of engagement with respect to the first member. The second member receives water and converts the water into steam which is expelled through openings therein. A pump connected between the second member and a water reservoir feeds water to the second member. A cam mechanism is connected between the lever mechanism and the pump to only actuate the pump during a predetermined interval t between the instant of time T1 at which the lever mechanism has initiated movement of the second member toward the first member and the instant of time T2 at which an article to be pressed is squeezed between the two surfaces.

Abstract: A steam iron press employs first and second members and a lever mechanism connected to a second member and when manually actuated by an operator causing the second member to be moved to any position between a position of maximum separation and a position of engagement with respect to the first member. The second member receives water and converts the water into steam which is expelled through openings therein. A pump connected between the second member and a water reservoir feeds water to the second member. A cam mechanism is connected between the lever mechanism and the pump to only actuate the pump during a predetermined interval t between the instant of time T1 at which the lever mechanism has initiated movement of the second member towards the first member and the instant of time T2 at which the article to be pressed is to be squeezed between the two surfaces.

Abstract: In a press wherein an expandable buck and a heated pressing plate are utilized, provision is made for the expansion of the buck without interrupting the overall press finish of garments of varying dimension. The expandable buck includes a thickened longitudinally extending central buck member and two side members. These two side members telescope outwardly from the central buck member. In operation, a garment such as a shirt is passed over the expandable buck. The buck is then expanded at the side members until the garment at its full girth is stretched over the buck. The pressing plate is configured to coact with the buck. It includes an indentation that is configured to coact with the central buck member and thus effect pressing of that portion of the full girth of the garment that overlies the central buck member. It further includes side pressing surfaces designed for cooperative engagement at the expandable sides of the buck protruding beyond the central member.

Abstract: A hand-held steam brush, consisting of a support plate with steam holes which forms an outer wall of the hand-held steam brush. A pressure plate with steam exit holes is releasably secured to the support plate. The pressure plate, guided by hinged spacers, is movable towards the support plate counter to the pressure of a spring and can be fixedly connected to the support plate by means of a pressure plate locking device.

Abstract: An ironing press comprises a heated plate (6) and an arm (5) that can be applied against an ironing board (22). The latter is mounted on a support (28) which can be moved along ramps (30) to reach a lowered position, thus making it possible to lift a sleeve-board (37) which is mounted on arms (38 and 39) in order to bring this sleeve-board substantially to the same level as the level at which the board (22) was previously located. An operating knob (41) allows the sleeve-board (37) or the board (22), as desired, to be locked in the working position or to be both released to allow their positions to be interchanged.

Abstract: A trouser press comprising an upright press plate, a press plate pivotally movable with respect thereto, and a clamping means for attaching one press plate to the other press plate. The press plates are mounted in a support frame, which frame comprises free spaces for the mounting of the clamping means, as well as two mutually spaced hinge arms. The hinge arms of the frames are coupled in pairs to a hinge support.

Abstract: A portable mechanical ironing machine comprising a base supporting a fixed lower ironing plate, and a head hinged to the base and carrying a movable upper ironing plate. Compression spring devices are provided for applying ironing pressure to the movable upper ironing plate when it is in the closed position, and to pull the upper ironing plate towards the open position when the movable upper ironing plate is raised with respect to the fixed ironing plate. The spring devices are supported by a spring support which is movable between two stable positions, those positions being angularly offset with respect to each other. The ironing machine also comprises a handle pivoted to the head, and the handle is connected to the spring support for the compression spring devices by means of a kinematic connecting rod and crank mechanism. The connecting rod is pivoted to a fork which is pivoted at one end to the base and coupled at the other end to the spring support by means of a slot and pin coupling.

Abstract: A pants presser having two flat members with facing surfaces, a heatable sheet covering at least one of the members, and a flexible pad proximate with the heatable sheets. A gripping bar is proximate with the bottom of one of the flat members for gripping the bottom of a pair of pants by pressing the pants against the other flat member, the gripping bar being movably mounted to retract substantially linearly and transversely to the plane of the member with which it is proximately mounted. A latching bar is pivotally mounted proximate with one of the members such that it latches to the other member, the latching bar having at least three detents, a full open detent for freely installing a pair of pants thereon, a half-closed detent in which the bottoms of the pants are securely held while the remainder of the pants are free and a closed detent in which the pants are tightly pressed between the flat members.