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Abstract

A trouser presser includes a trouser carrier for holding a pair of washed trousers in a desired attitude. The trouser carrier includes a waist pad for receiving the waist portion of the trousers to shape it and a bottom stretcher for receiving the bottoms of the trousers to stretch them. Heat plates are provided for pressing from both sides the pair of washed trousers to dry them. A first drive is provided for moving the trouser carrier up and down, and a second drive for horizontally reciprocating the trouser carrier between a trouser loading position and a trouser press position. The second drive includes a horizontal guide rod, an arm base slidably mounted on the guide rod, a pair of arms having one end thereof pivotally mounted on the arm base and the other end thereof pivotally mounted on the trouser carrier, a guide rail extending substantially in parallel with the guide rod and having one end portion thereof bent at a predetermined angle, a restriction plate fixedly mounted on one of the arms at its end portion near the arm base at a predetermined angle with respect to the arms, and a pair of rollers mounted on both ends of the restriction plate and rollingly received in the guide rail, for causing the trouser carrier to be swung by an angle corresponding to the bent angle of the guide rail when the rollers move along the elbow portion of the guide rail and to move substantially in a straight line when the rollers move along the straight portion of the guide rail.

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First Claim