Inventors:
Linda A. Riebeling - Tunkannock PA
Carol J. Ferrell - Dushore PA
Assignee:
Hoffman/New Yorker, Inc. - Bloomfield NJ
International Classification:
D06F 7128
Abstract:
Apparatus for pressing the sleeves of a shirt comprises a pair of laterally spaced upright bucks over which the sleeves may be placed and pneumatically operated clamps mounted on the upper end of each of the bucks for holding the cuffs of the sleeves during a pressing operation. Each clamp includes a head or block having a vertical clamping surface, a pneumatic cylinder mounted within the block having its piston rod extending generally perpendicularly outwardly through the surface, and a T-clamp connected to the rod for movement toward and away from the surface upon actuation of the cylinder. A pneumatic control circuit controls operation of the cylinders. A hold down device located between the bucks applies tension to the sleeves of a shirt during a pressing operation.