Abstract: Apparatus for heat treating thermoplastic fabric at the loom is illustrated including an elongated housing extending across the full width of the loom having a passageway therethrough dividing the housing into opposed chambers, one of which carries a heating element and the other, a reflector so that the fabric is heated from both sides, and a gripping means is disclosed for tensioning the fabric in open width as it passes the heater means with a suction device for removing gases and fumes generated by heating of the thermoplastic fabric to elevated temperatures.

Abstract: An apparatus for splicing lengths of textile fabric and the like in end to end relation by the application heat to a heat fusible bonding material is illustrated wherein one of a pair of movable jaws has a face presenting a herringbone configuration with alternate ridges and depressions extending diagonally across the jaw to produce a splice presenting substantially uniform resistance to longitudinal force exerted on the fabric but which permits lateral stretching of the splice.