Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151495 | Supplemental clothes treating apparatus A supplemental clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. A supplemental clothes treating apparatus includes a housing which defines an exterior appearance thereof, the housing having an accommodation space where clothes are accommodated; a tensile force supply unit w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8061066 | Garment refreshing apparatus A garment refreshing apparatus is provided. The garment refreshing apparatus includes a case, a steam generator, and a discharging device. The case stores garments. The steam generator supplies steam to the inside of the case. The discharging device is extendably co... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037626 | Cloth treating apparatus A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed. A cloth treating apparatus includes a cabinet comprising an accommodating space which accommodates laundry, a air supplying device which supplies hot air to the accommodating space, an opening unit which selectively opens and... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7140121 | Garment drying cabinet and system A garment drying cabinet and a garment dryer utilizing the garment drying cabinet. The garment drying cabinet includes a housing through which at least one heater mounting opening and at least one exhaust hole are disposed. At least one heater mount is attached to t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7103996 | Agitator for removing wrinkles from clothing An agitator mechanism for a clothes finishing cabinet provides a pendulum mounted hanger bar that may reciprocate under the application of a periodic force by an actuator without rigid connection between the cabinet housing and the hanger bar. Quiet operation is obt... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7051462 | Combined steam cleaner and steam iron apparatus and circuit A combination steam cleaner and steam iron includes a steam generator, a steam cleaner and a steam iron. The steam generator includes a voltage control device serially connected to a boiler element for boiling water to produce steam. The steam cleaner is attachable ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6925737 | Method and apparatus for smoothing items of clothing To improve a smoothing effect on items of clothing by subjecting the items to moisture and heat and, thereby, relaxing the fabric of the clothing items to reduce creases, an apparatus and a method of smoothing includes subjecting the items of clothing, preferably, i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910292 | Clothes drying cabinet with improved air distribution A clothes drying cabinet is provided with an internal compartment for receiving clothes and having a plurality of air inlet nozzles. An air plenum provides air to the cabinet through the nozzles. The plenum has a decreasing cross section from one corner to an opposi... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910291 | Garment pressing station for pressing a finished garment A garment pressing station is adapted for pressing a finished garment. The pressing station includes a supporting frame and a vertical press board carried by the frame. A hand-held iron is suspended from the frame, and adapted for engaging and pressing the garment o... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6363634 | Apparatus and method for permanently setting pre-formed creases in pants An apparatus for setting pre-formed creases of a pair of pants comprises a base, a pair of substantially horizontal parallel support members extending from the base. An upper crease blade is mounted to each of the support members and includes an upper app... | 04/02/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5970637 | Automatic shirt pressing apparatus including a vacuum system and associated method An automatic shirt pressing apparatus includes at least a loading station, a pressing station and a movable support upon which a plurality of shirt receiving bucks are mounted for movement between the loading and pressing stations. A buck vacuum supply ar... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5815961 | Clothes treating cabinet with inflatable hanger A clothes treating apparatus and method for subjecting clothes items to moisture, pressure and heat for refreshing and dewrinkling the clothes items. A cabinet defines an interior region for receiving clothes, the interior region having opposed inner side... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5636773 | Method and apparatus for finishing the sleeves and pressing the body of a shirt in combination with an integrated collar/cuff presser A method and apparatus for pressing a shirt comprising a shirt buck having a front and a back and opposite lateral sides therebetween and adapted to hold at least the front and back of the shirt in an orientation for being pressed, drive means to laterall... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5148955 | Shielded inflatable side bags for shirt presser bag assembly A shield for the inflatable side bags of both shirt and sleeve presser bag assemblies to substantially prevent the folding or pinching of the inflatable side bags during pressing. The shields are preferably fabricated from the same material as the body ba... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5123266 | Wall mounted clothes steamer with hose and nozzle A clothes steamer which can be secured to a wall such as the wall of a hotel room, the steamer including a housing with a heating element in it. The element boils water which is in the housing and causes a flow of steam along a flexible hose to a nozzle. ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5075989 | Apparatus for automatically and simultaneously ironing shirt front, rear and top portions An apparatus for automatically and simultaneously ironing front, rear and top portions of a shirt comprises two vertical movable ironing plates therebetween there is provided a dummy bearing a shirt to be ironed, the dummy including an upwardly movable to... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5046335 | Tunnel finisher with air rollers It shall be achieved to design tunnel finishers with air rollers such that the replacement of the jackets of the air rollers is easily possible, even if the air rollers are arranged in the interior of a housing. In order to achieve this object the air roller i... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5014453 | Steam press drawing ambient air in heat exchange with steam through a workpiece and having two pressing positions and having movable split head and back portions 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 ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4998359 | Automatic wax lubricator for flatwork ironer A flatwork ironer for the ironing of sheets, including a housing, having a series of troughs, and a roll associated with each, spray device in proximity with each roll, for the timed spraying of lubricating wax thereon, the spray includes a spray conduit,... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4891894 | Cover sheet attachment for a tunnel finisher pneumatic roll A tunnel finisher for processing clothing articles that has an envelope formed of a sheet wound to a cylindrical shape in such a manner that its free longitudinal edges overlap one another. Pneumatic rollers are provided for defining an entrance or an exi... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4875301 | Cylinderical apparatus for holding table skirting for wrinkle removal A method and apparatus for removing wrinkles from a table skirt includes a cylinder capable of holding the table skirt and having a porous portion. The apparatus further includes devices for rotating the cylinder and for delivering steam from an outside s... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4823488 | Tunnel finisher having removable roller envelopes A tunnel finisher includes pneumatic rollers for defining an entrance and an exit for a pneumatic treatment chamber. The tunnel finisher is designed to facilitate the replacement of the envelope of pneumatic rollers. The shaft of the pneumatic roller consists ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4817308 | Steam pressing station for pressing fabric seams 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... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4802662 | Process and device for removing the top ply from a stack of plies such as layers of fabric Processes for removing the top ply from a stack of plies, such as layers of fabric, in which an element engages the stack and moves relative to the ply to be removed along the face of said ply while pressure is inserted by the element on the stack in such... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4763600 | Apparatus for permanently setting creases in pants An apparatus for permanently setting pre-formed creases of a pair of pants comprises a stanchion member and a pair of spaced-apart substantially parallel support members extending substantially horizontally from the stanchion member. A substantially horiz... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4607589 | Fluid dispensing apparatus 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 nozz... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4599814 | Method and equipment for mangling wet laundry In the case of common trough mangles (1) used for the smoothing and drying of wet laundry pieces (11) wherein the hollow rollers (2) provided with roller wrappings (3) are only partially surrounded by heated pressing troughs (4, 5), a considerable amount ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4498254 | Spraying apparatus for laundry mangles An apparatus for decreasing the friction of pieces of wet or damp laundry pressing surfaces of one or more steam trough mangles applies a liquid lubricating agent such as silicone oil or silicone oil emulsions. The lubricating agent is applied in atomized... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4493160 | Automatic steam box for textile articles An apparatus for automatically ironing textile articles and the like comprises a box-like structure provided with bellows doors, which are mechanically driven to open and closed positions. In the central portion of the bellows doors, an upright is pivoted... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4485571 | Hot air recovery system for a laundry mangle A heated trough mangle comprises a frame, at least one mangle unit situated inside the frame and including a mangle cylinder with a perforated mangle surface and at least one heated mangle trough partially surrounding the mangle cylinder, an exhaust devic... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4479315 | Steaming apparatus for a vertical side chest in a trouser presser Vertical side chests (23) for a presser (10) which include both heating means (81) and steaming means (88) positioned within each side chest (23). Vertically aligned, elongate slots (77) are formed in the pressing surface (75) of the side chests (23) ther... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4442616 | Ironing table with a movable blower unit An ironing table has a hollow table top (1) and a blower (11) arranged thereunder. The blower is connected to the table by a pivotable buffle (25), a helical housing (14), and a fixed orifice (12) located in a bottom section of said table. The top of the ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4371102 | Trouser pressing apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for pressing pants or like garments in a single operation. There is disclosed novel pressing means and a pressing method.... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4346826 | Apparatus and method for use in finish pressing The invention relates to a pressing dummy for finish pressing sweaters, jackets and similar garments, primarily made of knit fabric, consisting of a hollow body for the body portion and two pivot arms for the sleeves of the sweater, the jacket or a simila... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4274214 | Ironing table An apparatus for pressing cloth with a heated iron has a surface for supporting a cloth or other material to be pressed, one or more fans for moving air over the ironing surface by suction or by blowing and a switch for controlling electricity that drives... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4236330 | Ironing installation and method of operating the same An ironing installation possessing an ironing machine having two hollow rolls and four heating elements which can be heated by water vapor. During operation water vapor and hot air are sucked into the rolls through holes at the roll shells or jackets. Thi... | 12/02/1980 |
| 3964185 | Seambusting apparatus and method 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... | 06/22/1976 |
