SHAPING IRONING MACHINE

摘要

The invention relates to a shaping ironing machine for ironing shirt cuffs and collars or the like comprising an lower shaper (1) consisting of a convex ironing surface (7) which follows a cylindrical surface and a top shaper (5) consisting of a concave ironing surface (13) which forms a matched flat with the ironing surface (7) of the lower shaper (1) during ironing. The top shaper (5) is embodied in the form of a flexible band (15), in particular a steel band whose opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of the band are supported in a traction resistant manner on a displacement compensating clamp. Said flexible band is provided with a flexible sheet-type heating element (19) which is embodied, in particular in the form of a resistance heating system. The top shaper (1) is provided with several partial shapers (39) which are displaceable with respect to each other crosswisely with respect to those forming a cylindrical surface of the ironing surface (7) and are fixable. The walls of these parts of the shaper which define the ironing surface have the different curved outer surface contour transversally with respect to the walls which form the cylindrical surface of the ironing surface.