Patent ID: 6996881

Claim:
A method for processing substantially flat textile items comprising: providing a processing plant having processing sections for at least washing and/or ironing said substantially flat textile items, said processing plant containing both fixed and movable parts in the form of transverse elements ( 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ), at least one of said movable elements being movable in a substantially upwards and downwards movement and being located in a washing and/or ironing processing section, engaging the substantially flat textile items at a feed into the processing plant of the substantially flat textile items using a holding arrangement for securing and stretching-out the items ( 4 ), said holding arrangement ( 6 ) having a geometric lock arrangement ( 7 ) for securing an item ( 4 ), so that the holding arrangement ( 6 ) forms a temporary fixed front edge extending wholly or partly along a front side ( 5 ) of the item ( 4 ) relative to a transport direction, the holding arrangement ( 6 ) having a number of channels ( 20 , 21 , 22 ) which extend transversely to the transport direction, one or more channels ( 20 , 21 ) supplying an active washing liquid and/or a drying medium to the fixed front edge ( 5 ) of the item ( 4 ), engaging the holding arrangement ( 6 ) using a transport arrangement ( 9 ) having carriers ( 10 ), for moving the held substantially flat textile items through the processing plant, individually and automatically feeding the held substantially flat textile items to the processing plant, transporting successively and continuously said held substantially flat textile items through said processing plant in a forwardly progressing transport direction, and, contacting the held substantially flat textile items with said fixed and movable parts located in the washing and/or ironing processing section as the held substantially flat textile items are transported therethrough.