Apparatus for smoothing shirts

US7134581B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Damrath · Gaggenau, DE
• Kathrin Redlin · Berlin, DE
• Markus Spielmannleitner · Ellwangen, DE
• Bodo Urich · Berlin, DE
• Gerhard Wetzl · Sontheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F73/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A device for ironing items of clothing having sleeves, especially, shirts and blouses, by an ironing dummy includes an inflatable bag placed inside the item of clothing when ironing and reaching into the cuffs of the clothing item. To be better able to smooth out the sleeves when ironing, the end of the inflatable bag in the region of the cuffs is provided with a reinforcement that fixes the end of the sleeve and exercises a longitudinal pull on the sleeve during inflation of the inflatable bag. An inner clamping mechanism is disposed inside the cuff for the fixing process.