Abstract: An apparatus is described for continuously dyeing textile fabrics. The apparatus may be best described in terms of its operation as follows: The fabric is preheated in a chamber and then impregnated with a bath consisting of dyestuff dissolved in a solvent in another chamber. Then the fabric is treated in a developing chamber where the dyestuff is fixed thereon by evaporation of the solvent. The excess solvent is then eliminated from the fabric in a water vapor atmosphere. The treatment in the developing chamber is effected by passing the fabric continuously and alternately a plurality of times to and from a zone of saturated solvent vapor and a zone of superheated solvent vapor. The solvent in these two zones is substantially the same as the solvent in the bath.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for washing and subsequent drying of bolts of fabrics which comprises means for continuously delivering the fabric into a fixed basket provided with substantially semicylindrical and coaxial outer and inner walls. The outer wall is partially perforated. An agitator is positioned in juxtaposition with the perforations and has a plurality of mobile paddles thereon. A chamber containing the outer wall of the basket and the agitator serves the purpose of containing therein a liquid solvent. A rotatable drum is mounted coaxially with respect of the inner and outer walls of the basket and has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the inner wall. Hot air is forced through the perforations of the drum through a close-loop circuit. A series of guide rolls guide the fabric from the basket tangentially on a portion of the perforated drum.