Fabric ironing apparatus

摘要

This invention relates to the ironing of fabrics, such as clothes in particular, and provides a compact, light-weight apparatus suitable also for use in various ironing applications. The ironing apparatus comprises first and second fabric-pressing surfaces, supporting arms to which the surfaces are mounted opposite each other, to define a fabric-receiving gap between the surfaces. The supporting arms operate to urge the first surface toward the second, so to narrow the gap from a first, fabric receiving width, to a second, fabric-compressing width effective for exerting crease-reducing pressure on said fabric in the gap, while permitting relative traversing movement between said surfaces and the fabric. The supporting arms may be in the form of a flexible U-shaped member having opposed ends to which the respective pressing surfaces are mounted to be inwardly opposed, and a generally central portion defining a body.

主权项

1. Ironing apparatus comprising:
opposable first and second fabric-pressing surfaces; support means comprising a body and first and second arm members extending therefrom; mounting means for mounting the pressing surfaces to said respective arm membersI; and orienting means for causing tracking of said pressing surfaces to seek to assume a substantially parallel and opposed relative mutual orientation in use, said orienting means comprising features selected from:
tilt-enabling means for allowing the pressing surfaced to tilt axially and transversely in relation to said arm to which it is mounted and causing adjustment of the gap to accommodate variation in thickness of an article being ironed;ball-mounting means disposed between said pressing surface and said arm;biasing means located between one or both of said pressing surfaces and said arm to which it is mounted; andcombinations thereof; wherein said body comprises urging means operable to urge said first surface toward said second surface so that said pressing surfaces are in opposed relationship, whereby:
in use, a fabric-receiving gap is defined between said surfaces for receiving fabric to be ironed;and the gap is narrowed from a first, fabric-receiving width, to a second, fabric-compressing width effective for exerting crease-reducing pressure on fabric located in the gap, while permitting relative traversing movement between said surfaces and the fabric.