Abstract: A method of treating textile materials and an equipment for carrying out this method are provided, notably for dyeing miscellaneous textile materials or articles, whether woven, knitted or unwoven, of synthetic, artificial or natural origin and of various configurations. The method comprises a sequence of steps consisting in disposing the textile material to be treated on a support matching the configuration of the textile material and having at least one inner cavity in its peripheral area as well as a pervious surface contiguous to the textile material; hot-impregnating the textile material to be treated by using a dyeing solution forced through the material from the back side to the right side thereof at a predetermined temperature, and rinsing the textile material by means of a rinsing liquid forced through the material from the back side to the right side thereof during a predetermined time and at a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating textile material for example bleaching or dyeing woven or knitted fabric in rolls or yarn on reels, comprises a horizontal autoclave tank having a removable cover at one end. The tank is divided into a treatment compartment and an expansion compartment and an expansion compartment by a partition of which the height is adjustable to vary the amount of liquid in the treatment compartment. The material to be treated is placed on a horizontal perforated cylindrical holder which is closed at one end and at the other end has a pump impeller on a shaft driven by an external motor to force liquid into the cylindrical holder whereupon it flows out through the material being treated. An injection impeller on the same shaft draws from the expansion compartment liquid which has passed over the partition.