Class 38/12 - With clamping or stretching

Subclass of Class 38 - Textiles: ironing or smoothing
Definition: Machines of this class with means for clamping or stretching
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 05/11/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7712236	Apparatus and method for releasably holding fabric in place on an ironing board or the like An apparatus and method to quickly, easily and temporarily secure fabric to an ironing board or the like to facilitate the removal of hair, lint, or other particulate matter which is adhered to the surface of the fabric. The fabric to be cleaned is positioned on an ...	05/11/2010
7216444	Ironing board An ironing board including a support (1); and, an ironing surface (2) having a substantially convex shape, the ironing surface (2) being movably mounted to the support (1) to allow the ironing surface (2) to be moved between first ...	05/15/2007
7181872	Fastening device for fastening the cuff of an item of clothing on a device for pressing the item of clothing and fastening method A fastening device for fastening the cuff of an item of clothing on a device for pressing the item of clothing includes a base plate and a swing-action mechanism. The swing-action mechanism is fastened on the base plate and its pivot pin runs parallel to the ends of...	02/27/2007
7174662	Apparatus for pre-starched ironing pads The invention pertains to an ironing board pad with a top and bottom layer of cloth, which attaches to any standard size ironing board. There are elastic straps at the wide end of the pad, and a sleeve-like nose for attachment at the narrow end of the ironing board....	02/13/2007
7032336	Compact automatic ironing press for trousers A portable automatic ironing press for trousers includes two housings each having a rectangular pressing ironing plate pivotally mounted on a base. A central dividing plate is rigidly connected to the base and has a cut in its top part located between the pressing i...	04/25/2006
7017786	Ironing device for treating front top part of trousers An ironing device for treating creases in a front top part of trousers by pressing the trousers using movable iron plates, which are movable by pneumatic pistons. The trousers are fixed onto a body including a trouser fixing part formed below a front protrusion of a...	03/28/2006
7000341	Sandwich press device for ironing clothes Disclosed is a sandwich press device used together with an ironing device having an ironing board installed on a table in order to retain trousers and a pressing plate rotatably placed above the ironing board in order to iron out wrinkles in the trousers while spray...	02/21/2006
6957754	Shirt sleeve pressing machine with pleat pressing heads Apparatus and method for pressing the sleeves of a shirt and the pleated areas of the sleeves adjacent the cuffs during the same pressing operation. ...	10/25/2005
6792705	Ironing device for uncreased-trousers ironing machines including means for ironing the trousers bottom portion The present invention relates to an iron device to be applied to ironing machine for ironing uncreased-trousers, the device comprising a supporting framework which supports an ironing head including trousers support elements as well as trousers bottom gripping eleme...	09/21/2004
6389716	Shirt sleeve pressing machine Apparatus for pressing the sleeves of a shirt comprises a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks over which the sleeves may be placed and pneumatically operated clamps mounted on the upper end of each of the bucks for holding the cuffs of the sleeves duri...	05/21/2002
6324776	Method of smoothing cloths to be finished and its device The present invention relates to the method of obtaining a fine finishing condition of the cloth, for instance, pressing the cloths like collars and sleeves of the washed shirts and its device, wherein the upper smoothing iron is brought down against the ...	12/04/2001
6052928	Hat ironing machine A hat ironing machine having a multiple cam shaft which is actuated by a driving member to push a position controlling frame so as to cause two molding heads to jut out to facilitate the holding of a hat to be pressed. Two support bodies which are linked ...	04/25/2000
5758437	Sleeve cuff presser of shirt sleeve press A cuff presser which enables even an inexperienced operator to easily remove a shirt from a sleeve stretcher without wrinkling its sleeves and cuffs. The cuff presser has a cuff pressing member including two separate hollow cylindrical members. A cylinder...	06/02/1998
5692326	Shirt pressing apparatus with movable cuff clamps A shirt pressing apparatus includes a buck upon which a shin can be loaded before transferring the buck into a cabinet for pressing and finishing of the shirt. Movable with the buck is a pair of rods which have attached thereto cuff clamps. In accordance ...	12/02/1997
5542199	Garment pressing apparatus with garment end rotator Pants pressing apparatus including a buck around which an operator turns the top or waist end of a pair of pants and cycles a pressing head with respect to the buck to perform the top end pressing operation. The apparatus includes a rotator mechanism incl...	08/06/1996
5452530	Presser with movable sectional platen and fabric support An improved device for ironing cloth articles having different thicknesses, comprises a bottom ironing panel thereon there is movably supported a pivot member for supporting a resilient sheet element, and a driving cylinder for causing the pivot member to...	09/26/1995
5168645	Method and apparatus for automatically grasping, shaking, separating, and conveying two adjacent corners of a flat sheet A method and a machine for automatically handling a flat rectangular sheet, located in a bin, which ultimately grasps two adjacent corners, allowing the rest of the sheet to hang freely, making the sheets ready to be dried, pressed and folded. First, the ...	12/08/1992
5056246	Device for taking trousers off an ironing machine A device for taking trousers off a double-leg ironing machine having an ironing board receiving the trouser legs in spread position, a gripper mounted for motion along the ironing board including two clamping plates arranged in the transverse direction of...	10/15/1991
4979868	Method of gripping corner of strip of cloth A method of gripping corners of a strip of cloth, which may be applied to, for example, systems for spreading strips of cloth, including a first step of suspending a rectangular strip of cloth by gripping one corner thereof, a second step of gripping the ...	12/25/1990
4542601	Trousers ironing machine with automatic trousers pickup A trousers ironing machine is provided with devices for automatically picking up trousers at the end of the ironing process and successively orderly gathering them. The machine comprises essentially a pair of side-by-side flat structures each including tw...	09/24/1985
4447972	Laundry spreader, counter, and folder A spreader, counter, folder and stacker for laundered articles. The articles are discharged as circulated about an elongated bin. Clips on an endless chain pick the articles up from the bin one by one and elevate them. The clips are released by a cam to d...	05/15/1984
4313268	Stretching and folding appliance A stretching and folding clamping assembly for retaining a workpiece in a predetermined position, wherein a lower clamp arm is pivotally and displaceably mounted on a support bracket. An upper clamp arm is pivotally attached to the lower clamp arm and a p...	02/02/1982
4299521	Apparatus for spreading and feeding of articles of flatwork Apparatus for spreading and feeding articles of flatwork such as sheets to an ironing machine and comprising a conveyor over which a beam with two movable clamps is arranged. The clamps are adapted to grip the article at two corners and to move apart to d...	11/10/1981
4268982	Seam press for tubular clothing parts A seam press for tubular clothing articles, comprising a free pressing beam operable to receive an article with a seam portion thereof extending along the top side of the beam, and an elongated expander member located underneath the beam and designed and ...	05/26/1981
4243470	Device for thermally applying stickers or marks to articles A device for thermally applying a sticker or mark to a clothing article which essentially comprises a base to be horizontally supported on a support surface, a standard extending upwardly of the base, a manual operation handle pivoted to said standard, a ...	01/06/1981
4163331	Machine for ironing a shoulder and a sleeve of a garment A "stretcher" machine for ironing the shoulder, arm-hole and sleeve of an upper garment comprises a former and a stretcher. The former has an outer shape corresponding to the contour of at least one shoulder for carrying the garment in the wearing positio...	08/07/1979
4137655	Apparatus for pressing trousers A trouser pressing apparatus comprising two pairs of horizontal pressing plates, arranged at 90° - 110° to each other and two further pairs of pressing plates arranged above the horizontal pressing plates, carriages on which the lower plates are mounted...	02/06/1979

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