Patent ID: 8112915

Claim:
An ironing machine for ironing trousers, comprising: a supporting structure of at least two substantially vertical pressing plates arranged facing each other and moveable from a home configuration wherein said pressing plates are substantially a long way from each other, and a working configuration wherein said pressing plates are substantially close together, at least one ironing plate substantially vertical and interposable between said pressing plates in said working configuration, at least one supporting element for at least one pair of trousers made of fabric and having legs, a crotch and a waistband, and emission means of at least one flow of air and/or steam inside said trousers and through an opening marked by the waistband of said trousers, wherein said trousers are positionable in said ironing machine, for being supported by said supporting element, with the crotch arranged at a lower portion of said ironing plate and the legs laid and extended upwardly respectively on the opposite sides of said ironing plate, and wherein said emission means comprise at least one blowing element of air and/or steam arranged in proximity to the lower portion of said ironing plate and provided for generating a flow of air or steam that causes the trousers to balloon out in an area between the crotch and the waistband, thereby stretching the fabric of the trousers in said area and preventing formation of unwanted creases.