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In a press wherein an expandable buck and a heated pressing plate are utilized, provision is made for the expansion of the buck without interrupting the overall press finish of garments of varying dimension. The expandable buck includes a thickened longitudinally extending central buck member and tw

In a press wherein an expandable buck and a heated pressing plate are utilized, provision is made for the expansion of the buck without interrupting the overall press finish of garments of varying dimension. The expandable buck includes a thickened longitudinally extending central buck member and two side members. These two side members telescope outwardly from the central buck member. In operation, a garment such as a shirt is passed over the expandable buck. The buck is then expanded at the side members until the garment at its full girth is stretched over the buck. The pressing plate is configured to coact with the buck. It includes an indentation that is configured to coact with the central buck member and thus effect pressing of that portion of the full girth of the garment that overlies the central buck member. It further includes side pressing surfaces designed for cooperative engagement at the expandable sides of the buck protruding beyond the central member. These side surfaces cooperatively press that portion of the garment which happens to overlie the expanded outwardly telescoped side members. The buck is reversible with respect to the pressing plate and symmetrically configured to coact with the pressing plate on both sides. Consequently, the uninterrupted pressing herein disclosed occurs on both sides of the garment to be pressed. Provision is made for the entire apparatus to be mounted flush to a wall.

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In a garment press having an expandable buck for coaction with a pressing plate with improvements comprising a press; a buck including a substantially longitudinally extending central member and at least one longitudinally extending side member the surface plane of said central member being parallel

In a garment press having an expandable buck for coaction with a pressing plate with improvements comprising a press; a buck including a substantially longitudinally extending central member and at least one longitudinally extending side member the surface plane of said central member being parallel but spaced from the surface plane of said side member; said side member mounted by a means for lateral telescoping movement with respect to said central member whereby the overall width of said side member and buck can be expanded and contracted with telescoping movement of said at least one side member; a pressing plate including means for movement of the pressing plate towards and away from said buck for pressing garments stretched over said buck; said pressing plate defining a first surface with respect to said buck for confronting a garment stretched over said buck in pressing relationship to the surface of said central member; said pressing plate defining a second surface for confronting the side member of said buck, said second surface enabling a garment disposed over the side member of said buck to be pressed by said pressing plate at said second surface whereby garments of varying girth placed on said pressing plate can be continuously pressed across at least one side of their girth disposed over said buck; and the surface planes of said first and second surfaces of said pressing plate being spaced from each other by an amount corresponding to the spacing between the surface plane of said central member and said side member.