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Collar and sleeve shaping method and apparatus

US6301712A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 2000
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F71/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for hot pressing and finishing the collar and sleeves of a washed shirt by lower irons and an upper ion, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for heating the collar and sleeves before hot pressing stage, loosening the adhesive padding cloth being shrunk by washing, pulling the collar and sleeves in this state in the cloth stretching direction by a stretching mechanism provided between the lower irons and upper iron, and hot pressing after removing shrinkage and crease from the collar and sleeves.

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