Flatwork smoothing device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SPREADING AND SMOOTHING FLATWORK AS IT IS DRAWN INTO AS FLATWORK IRONER OF THE TYPE HAVING A FLATWORK PASS LINE WITH AN INPUT END COMPRISING A PAIR OF VERTICAL PEDESTALS DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID INPUT END TRANSVERSELY OF THE FLATWORK PASS LINE, A HOUSING SPANNING SAID PEDESTALS, A PAIR OF ENDLESS BELTS CARRIED ON SAID HOUSING SYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER OF SAID PASS LINE, SAID BELTS BEING DISPOSED WITH ONE REACH OF EACH BELT IN APPROXIMATE COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP TO ONE SURFACE OF SAID HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF FINGERS EXTENDING FROM SAID BELTS, SAID FINGERS BEING SPACED APART BY AN AMOUNT SUFBETWEEN ADJACENT FINGERS, SAID FINGERS BEING SLOPED TRANSFICIENT TO ALLOW A FLATWORK PIECE TRAVELING THEREOVER TO SAG VERSELY INWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FLATWORK PASS LINE, MEANS FOR DRIVING EACH SAID BELT TO MOVE SAID ONE REACH OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FLATWORK PASS LINE, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID HOUSING ON SAID PEDESTALS, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING TO INTERRUPT SAID BELT DRIVING MEANS.