Patent ID: 8732995

Claim:
A method for feeding a laundry article ( 20 ) to a mangle, comprising the steps of: transferring the laundry article ( 20 ) from at least one transfer device ( 23 ) to a draw-on device ( 24 ); drawing the laundry article ( 20 ) over the draw-on device ( 24 ); depositing the laundry article onto a feed conveyor ( 27 ) which inputs the spread-out laundry article ( 20 ) into the mangle; and transferring, by the at least one transfer device ( 23 ), the laundry article ( 20 ) hanging at least partially in one plane in the same plane into a transfer position to the draw-on device ( 24 ), which plane is perpendicular to a draw-on direction in which the laundry article ( 20 ) is drawn onto the draw-on device ( 24 ).