Abstract: An endless pressing-on and guiding belt including a belt piece having its end faces joined together, for textile treating devices, especially transfer printing machines and steaming calenders, with a rotary drum having a longitudinal section of the endless belt partially looped therearound while textile material to be treated is interposed between the drum and the belt, the latter being heated on the drum. The endless belt includes a fabric with a bronze-solid wire warp and a weft of a metallic nickel-alloy solid wire with the bronze solid wire warp extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt.

Abstract: Apparatus for printing upon webs of textile material by sublimation of the dye of a web of printing foil covering the web of textile material. The apparatus includes a rotatable cylinder having looped therearound the web of textile material, the web of printing foil, and a pressing-on or transporting belt. The apparatus furthermore includes a vacuum chamber adapted to be connected to a source of vacuum, and also includes a heating device. The vacuum chamber is defined by a vacuum cap which sealingly engages sections of the cylinder and the pressing-on or transporting belt.