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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1978
Filed:
May. 27, 1976
Jiri Dokoupil, Guckingen, DT;
Horst Zapfel, Karlsruhe, DT;
Erich Gabelmann, Karlsruhe, DT;
Helmut Breitwieser, Karlsruhe, DT;
Abstract
In a rotary ironing machine for applying treatments such as ironing, embossing and the like to sheet materials such as leather, cardboard and the like, the cylindrical ironing surface is provided on a thin-walled hollow cylinder, the sheet material is fed by a conveyor belt between said cylinder and an external pressure roller, a counter-pressure roller being provided within the cylinder. Radiation heating means are provided for the ironing surface, externally or preferably internally of the hollow cylinder. Said cylinder is supported by external or internal guide rollers which, together with the heating arrangement, are supported by a carrier which is disposed within the cylinder and is supported at only one end thereof. Other details are disclosed, including a retaining arrangement, for retaining and spreading the sheet material and stripping arrangements with oscillating stripper fingers.