Abstract: The process of protecting heat sensitive regions of textile material webs from damage during thermo-treatment by preliminarily subjecting such regions to a suitable cooling or chilling agent selectively applied to such regions in order to lower the temperature thereof sufficiently so that the ultimate elevation caused by the normal subsequent thermo-treatment will not be adequate to bring about damage to the heat sensitive regions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressing dummy for finish pressing sweaters, jackets and similar garments, primarily made of knit fabric, consisting of a hollow body for the body portion and two pivot arms for the sleeves of the sweater, the jacket or a similar garment, with the pivot arms being able to be pivoted independently of the hollow body on the base support of the dummy used for pressing about a vertical axis by means of a manual lever via linkages out of the operative position, in which they are located in a plane in a manner in which they are aligned with the hollow body, forwardly towards the operating personnel into a receiving position, in which the operating personnel can without difficulty pull the sleeves of the garment onto the pivot arms after the body portion of the garment have been drawn over the hollow body, whereupon the pivot arms can again be pivoted back into their operative position, in which the finish-pressing operation takes place, in which a hot air-steam-mixture is blown into the h