Patent ID: 8327484

Claim:
A method for smoothing articles of clothing ( 14 ) in a tunnel finisher, comprising the steps of: hanging the articles of clothing ( 14 ) on transport hangers ( 15 ); transporting the articles of clothing ( 14 ) in a transport direction ( 13 ) longitudinally through a treatment chamber ( 10 ) of the tunnel finisher; spraying the articles of clothing with steam; at least partially enlarging at times the spacing between adjacent articles of clothing ( 14 ); and rotating the transport hangers ( 15 ), with the articles of clothing ( 14 ) hanging thereon, in opposite directions in pairs in such a way that ends of two adjacent transport hangers ( 15 ) have a smaller spacing on one side of a vertical longitudinal central plane ( 25 ) of the treatment chamber ( 10 ) than on an opposite side of the longitudinal central plane ( 25 ).