Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous steaming of natural and/or synthetic material including textile material or man-made fiber material, e.g. staple fibers, endless material and also synthetic fibers, webs, bonds, yarns and the like, comprising at least one housing shaped similarly to a bell, i.e. a housing formed into a chamber closed all around and open in the downward direction toward a mounting surface, steam producing means and/or steam feeding means being provided in the zone of the sidewalls within said housing; and at least one conveying means for the fibrous material which extends from below into the housing and extends out of the housing again at the bottom thereof.

Abstract: A process for the formation of loops freely suspended over a plurality of supporting means for the conveyance of textile material, particularly web-shaped material, which is sensitive to longitudinal tension through a treatment chamber, e.g. a steamer, slowly traversed by the supporting means, e.g. supporting rollers, supported by an endless conveying means, e.g. an endless conveyor chain includes the steps of maintaining supporting means coming into contact with the material constantly in rotation during the formation of the loops, and effecting the loop formation by the relative motion of successive supporting means with respect to one another.