Abstract: The method for relaxing knitted fabrics according to the invention uses humidity, heat and agitation of the fabric. Said agitation is caused by projecting the fast-advancing fabric against a rigid support on which the then nontensioned fabric piles up.The projection of the knitted fabric is obtained by driving said fabric by friction and without slipping, by means of a movable element of projection into the outlet zone from which the fabric is projected against a receiving zone of the support, which receiving zone is situated close to the outlet zone of the projecting element and substantially transversely to the direction of projection.The movable element of projection is a movable belt turning over two cylinders of which one at least is a driving cylinder, whose driving speed can reach 600 meters/minute.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatments, particularly in a gaseous medium, of textile articles accumulated in folds and moving under the effect of their own weight along an inclined surface. According to the process of the invention, the displacement of the article is accompanied by a mobile surface in contact with the upper part of the folds formed by the article; this mobile surface is driven so that it moves at a speed approximately equal to that of the article when said article slides normally along the inclined surface. The mobile surface consits of an endless belt whose outer surface, in contact with the upper face of the folds formed by the article, is at a constant distance from the inclined wall.