shows the ironing press in the closed position that is to say when the heating plate 4 is applied against the ironing board 6 by the arm 3 in this position the oblique planes 10a 11a defining the breaks in continuity of the surfaces 10 and 11 respectively of the deformable parallelepiped which project laterally outwards from the vertical edges 8c of the support 8 rest on the horizontal stops 8e which are bent back outwards and formed on the vertical lateral sides 8c these stops 8e numbering four ensure a stable position of the ironing board 6 fig2 shows the ironing press open during the change of ironing surface it can in fact be seen that the sleeve board 7 is displaced angularly about its pivot pin 13 in the direction of the arrow f this movement of the sleeve board 7 is transmitted to the deformable parallelepiped 8 9 10 11 by the transmission arm 15 so that the ironing board 6 solidly fixed to the surface 9 of this deformable parallelepiped moves in translation in the direction of the arrow f1 fig3 and 4 illustrate the end of this movement in one case with the ironing press open and in the other case with this press closed at the end of the travel the hooking elements 12a of the seating 12 of the sleeve board 7 encounter the rims 8d of the support 8 on which rims this seating 12 is hooked as explained above ensuring a stable fixed position of the.