Patent ID: 7314151

Claim:
A pressing apparatus for clothing comprising at least: a dummy torso modeled after a shape of an upper half of a human body, a pair of grip members for gripping end portions of both sleeves of a shirt or the like overlaid on said dummy torso, a rear ironing member provided on a back side of said dummy torso so as to be pressed against said dummy torso, and a front ironing member provided on a front side of said dummy torso so as to be pressed against said dummy torso; wherein, said front ironing member is comprised of a pair of left front ironing member and right front ironing member divided in a vertical direction, said left and right front ironing members are provided so as to be moved from an outside of said grip member to the front side of said dummy torso, thus allowing an inside edge of said left front ironing member and an inside edge of said right front ironing member come in contact to mate each other, a horizontal drive means for driving said left and right front ironing members in a horizontal direction is provided, and a pressing drive means for driving said respective left and right front ironing members to be pressed against said dummy torso is provided.