Patent ID: 6389716
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
Apparatus for pressing the sleeves of a shirt comprising a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks over which the sleeves may be placed, clamp means mounted on the upper end of each of said bucks, each clamp means including a block having a vertical clamping surface, a pneumatic cylinder mounted within said block and having a rod extending outwardly beyond said surface, a clamp element connected to said rod for movement toward and away from said surface upon actuation of said cylinder, said clamp means comprising means for guiding said clamp element for reciprocating movement toward and away from said surface, said guiding means comprises a pin connected to said clamp element and slidable in said block along an axis which is generally parallel to the axis of said rod, and pneumatic control means for actuating said cylinders between clamping and unclamping positions.