ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,587, issued on May 13, was assigned to MACPI S.P.A. PRESSING DIVISION (Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Italy).
"Finishing tunnel for ironing dry garments and similar products" was invented by Paolo Cartabbia (Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A finishing tunnel for ironing dry garments and similar products comprises a steam chamber and a drying chamber located downstream of the steam chamber. The expansion chambers border the steam chamber and are separated from the steam chamber by a panel having a plurality of through-holes. The vaporizing nozzles are placed in the expansion chambers to feed thereto saturated steam b...