Patent ID: 7040516

Claim:
A method for finishing a pair of sleeves on a garment comprising: providing a buck for receiving the garment to be pressed; providing a pair of retractable arms positioned on opposing sides of the buck; providing a pair of sleeve gripping members mounted on each of said retractable arms; mounting the garment to be pressed onto the buck; mounting an end of each long sleeve of a long sleeve garment onto a cuff mounting member positioned on each of said sleeve gripping members; contracting a pair of clamping members positioned on each of said sleeve gripping members against the end of each long sleeve; extending said pair of retractable arms away from said buck; flowing heated air and steam through the long sleeve garment during a finishing operation; extending said pair of clamping members away from the end of each long sleeve to unload the long sleeve garment; mounting an end of each short sleeve of a short sleeve garment onto a pair of sleeve engagement bars positioned on each of said sleeve gripping members; expanding each of said pair of sleeve engagement bars within the end of each short sleeve; extending said pair of retractable arms away from said buck; flowing heated air and steam through the short sleeve garment during the finishing operation; and contracting said pair of sleeve engagement bars away from the end of each short sleeve to unload the short sleeve garment.