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A SHIRT FOLDING MACHINE COMPRISING: (1) A MAIN RECTANGULAR FRAME; (2) LEGS SUPPORTIONG EACH CORNER OF THE MAIN FRAME; (3) A PLATFORM SECURED BETWEEN THE LEGS AT AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION THEREOF; (4) MACHINE OPERATING MECHANISM SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM; (5) TRACK MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND LONGITUDINALLY IN CRUCIFORM RELATION AT THE TOP OF THE SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME; (6) SAID TRACK MEANS EACH HAVING ELONGATED SLOTS; (7) HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PLATES IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION ABOVE THE TOP OF SAID FRAME IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE ABOVE SAID TRACK MEANS; (8) VERTICAL AND HORIZONTALLY ADJUSTABLE STUDS SECURED TO SAID TRACK MEANS AND TO EACH RESPECTIVE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PLATES; (9) SAID STUDS BEING THREADED AND SECURED IN ANY DESIRED VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL ADJUSTED POSITION BY VERTICALLY SPACED FASTENERS THREADABLE ON THE SAID STUDS ENGAGEABLE WITH UPPER AND LOWER SIDES OF EACH TRACK MEANS; (10) HORIZONTAL SPACED PAIRS OF STANDARDS SUPPORT ON OPPOSITE CORNERS OF EACH OF SAID SPACED HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PLATES; (11) FIRST AND SECOND SIDE AND FIRST AND SECOND END FORAMINOUS SHIRT SUPPORTING AND FOLDING MEANS PIVOTALLY JOUIRNALLED BETWEEN THE UPPER ENDS OF EACH SPACED PAIR OF STANDARD ABOVE EACH OF SAID SUPPORT PLATES; (12) A PIVOTED RECTANGULAR CENTRALLY LOCATED FOLDED SHIRT SUPPORT AND DISCHARGE PLATE BOUNDED ON EACH SIDE BY ONE OF SAID RESPECTIVE HORIZONTAL SPACED FORAMINOUS FOLDING MEANS; (13) A HINGE SHAFT CARRIED BY EACH END OF SAID FOLDING MEANS JOURNALLED IN SAID STANDARDS WITH THE END PROJECTING LATERALLY THEREFROM; (14) A PINION GEAR KEYED TO THE PROJECTED JOURNALLED END OF EACH HINGE SHAFT; (15) SAID CENTRAL SUPPORT PLATE BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SWING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE MAIN RECTANGULAR FRAME; (16) SAID MACHINE OPERATING MECHANISM INCLUDING A DRIVEN CAM SHAFT; (17) A GANG OF PREDETERMINEDLY ARRANGED VALVE OPERATING CAM MEMBERS SECURED THEREON; (18) A DRIVE FOR ROTATING SAID CAM SHAFT; (19) DOUBLE-ACTING VALVE MEANS SELECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY EACH CAM MEMBER OPERATBLE TO FLUID SUPPLY POSITIONS FROM A SUITABLE SOURCE OF FLUID SUPPLY; (20) SAID RESPECTIVE DOUBLE-ACTING VALVES EACH HAVING A VALVE ACTUATOR MEANS ENGAGED BY EACH OF SAID RESPECTIVE VALVE OPERATING CAM MEMBERS; (21) A FLUID OPERATED DOUBLE-ACTING POWER CYLINDER MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH STANDARD ON EACH HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PLATE; (22) A VERTICAL BELL-CRANK LEVER INTERMEDIATELY PIVOTED TO EACH RESPECTIVE STANDARD; (23) EACH BELL-CRANK LEVER INCLUDING A SECTOR GEAR AT ONE END IN MESH WITH ONE OF SAID PINION GEARS; (24) A BIFURCATED PISTON ROD CONNECTED AT THE OTHER END; (25) SAID BIFURCATED END BEING CONNECTED TO A PISTON ROD FROM SAID DOUBLE-ACTING POWER CYLINDER; (26) CONDUIT MEANS FROM ERACH DOUBLE-ACTING VALVE TO EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE DOUBLE-ACTING POWER CYLINDERS; (27) CONDUIT MEANS FROM A DUITABLE SOURCE OF FLUID TO SAID RESPECTIVE DOUBLE-ACTING VALVES; (28) SAID CAM MEMBERS PROGRAMMING THE TIMED OPERATION OF EACH OF SAID DOUBLE-ACTING VALVES BY SAID CAM MEANS TAO PIVOT SAID FIRST SIDE FORMAINOUS SHIRT SUPPORT FOLDING MEANS TO FIRST FOLD ONE SIDE AND SLEEVER OF A SHIRT FROM A FLAT SPREAD OUT UNFOLDED STARTING POSITION ON SAID FORAMINOUS SIDE ONTO SAID CENTRAL DISCHARGE PLATE, SAID SECOND OF SAID CAM MEMBERS FURTHER PROGRAMMING A SECOND DOUBLE-ACTING VALVE TO SAID SECOND SIDE FORAMINOUS FOLDING MEANS TO SECONDLY FOLD THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND SLEEVE OF SAID SHIRT OVER AND ONTO SAID CENTRAL DISCHARGE PLATE, A THIRD OF SAID CAM MEMBERS NEXT PROGRAMMING A THIRD DOUBLE-ACTING VALVE TO SAID FIRST END FORAMINOUS FOLDING MEANS TO FOLD THE NECK AND SHOULDER PORTION OF SAID SHIRT OVER AND ONTO SAID CENTRAL DISCHARGE PLATE, A FOURTH OF SAID CAM MEMBERS NEXT PROGRAMMING A FOURTH DOUBLE-ACTING VALVE TO THE SECOND END FORAMINOUS FOLDING MEANS TO FOLF THE TAIL PORTION OF SAID SHIRT GARMENT OVER AND ONTO SAID CENTRAL DISCHARGE PLATE, AND A FIFTH OF SAID CAM MEMBERS NEXT PROGRAMMING A FIFTH DOUBLE-ACTING VASLVE TO FINALLY DOWNWARDLY PIVOT SAID CENTRAL DISCHARGE PANEL WITH THE FOLDED SHIRT THEREON FOR DISCHARGE OF THE FOLDED SHIRT FROM THE MACHINE TO A LOCATION EXTERIOR OF THE SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME.