known manner not illustrated to revolve in the direction of arrows 20 23 25 27 a driven belt infeed 29 is also mounted between the stands in front of the cylinder 18 as are five pressure rollers 30 spaced around the upper periphery of the cylinder and a pair of curved pressure plates 31 32 the infeed 29 consists of two drive and diverting rollers 33 34 and a plurality of belts 35 which fit around them the two pressure plates 31 32 consist of drive and diverting rollers 36 39 and transport bands 40 41 which enclose heated guide manifolds 46 47 the four runs 42 45 of the transport bands are driven such that the laundry articles are conveyed between the runs 42 45 and the heated manifolds 46 47 the infeed 29 and the pressure plates 31 32 are driven in the direction of arrows 19 20 and 21 the transfer of the laundry articles from the first transport section of plate 31 to the second transport section formed in common with plate 32 is accomplished by a diverter guide 53 the transfer of the articles from between the two pressure plates 31 32 to the first drum trough unit 12 15 and then through the following units 13 16 and 14 17 is implemented by curved diverter bridges 54 55 56 which are heated with high pressure steam as are the.