Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for smoothing and drying damp laundry

US4454668A · kind A · utility

2Cited by

9References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

VEB Kombinat Textima · FR

Inventors

Theo Krauss · Aue, DE
Ludwig Herrmann · Lauter, DE
Siegfried Minde · Aue, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 1982
Grant date	Jun 19, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F65/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for ironing laundry which comprises a heated, rotatable cylinder for pre-drying laundry to be ironed which is situated in an enclosed area to conserve heat. Laundry is directed around this pre-drying cylinder by a complementary pair of guiding conveyor belts and is then transferred to at least one cylinder and corresponding mangle trough for ironing. Laundry is directed through the mangle troughs and cylinders by means of an additional guiding belt.

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