DEVICE FOR PRESSING ITEMS OF CLOTHING, COMPRISING A TENSIONING DEVICE FOR FIXING THE ITEM OF CLOTHING

摘要

Known devices for pressing items of clothing (13) are designed in such a way that they fix the item of clothing (13) to be pressed at defined points and can stretch the same to remove creases. Said devices comprise at least one tensioning device (3) provided with two tensioning bodies (8, 10) that can be fixed together. The aim of the invention is to improve the fixing capacity. To this end, one tensioning body (10) comprises a foam gripping body (12) that has a plastic friction layer (14) on the tensioning surface thereof facing the other tensioning body (8), the gripping body (12) and the friction surface (14) having different material properties. This combination of materials can be used to obtain a fixed connection between the gripping body (12) and the friction layer (14), and the retention force, the resistance and the protection of the item of clothing (13) to be fixed can be improved by the use of two different materials. The retention force can be further improved by providing a tensioning body (8) with a grooved rigid surface on the side thereof facing the other tensioning body (10), said surface extending especially perpendicularly to the tensioning direction in which the item of clothing (13) is pulled during the operation of the device.