Laundry flatwork feeder

Claim 1

A LAUNDRY DEVICE FOR FEEDING FABRICS TO A FLATWORK IRONER COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SURFACES FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF DIVERGENT GROUPS OF ENDLESS BELTS FOR CONCURRENTLY DRIVING AND GUIDING SAID FABRICS, SAID DIVERGENT GROUPS OF ENDLESS BELTS EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT OF SAID DEVICE AND DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM A POSITION MEDIAL OF SAID SURFACE TO A POSITION OUTWARDLY OF SAID MEDIAL POSITION, A TAPERED ROLLER MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID DIVERGENT BELTS, SAID TAPERED ROLLER MEANS TAPERING FROM A LARGER DIAMETER AT THE MEDIAL POSITION OF SAID DEVICE TO A SMALLER DIAMETER AT A POSITION OUTWARDLY THEREOF FOR PRESSING SAID FABRICS TO SAID DIVERGENT POSITION TO EFFECT A SPREADING ACTION FOR THE FABRICS, TWO CANTED BELTS POSITIONED FORWARDLY OF AND BELOW SAID GROUPS OF DIVERGENT BELTS FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SAID FABRICS DURING DRIVING ACTION TO MAINTAIN IT TAUT, MEANS DRIVING SAID CANTED BELTS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF SAID DRIVING ACTION, STRAIGHT BELT MEANS MOVING IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DRIVING DIRECTION POSITIONED REARWARDLY OF SAID GROUPS OF DIVERGENT BELTS ENGAGING SAID FABRIC TO INCREASE THE DRIVING SPEED THEREOF, AND SECOND TAPERED ROLLER MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID STRAIGHT BELT MEANS PRESSING SAID FABRIC TO SAID STRAIGHT BELT MEANS.