Abstract: For the treatment, especially the dyeing of fabrics, a container is illustrated, which is subdivided into at least two compartments, and is provided, above the compartments, with a motor-driven winch, the direction of which is reversible. The fabric, which can be in rope form, or in open-width form, runs on the winch, and is moved thereby in combination with a system of or nozzles, which spray the dyeing bath onto the fabric. The fabric is anchored on each end at spaced locations in the container which are substantially opposite to each other, in the container area above the compartments, and is made alternately moveable, gathering from either of the compartments into the other one.