Abstract: An apparatus for the dry treatment of a fabric having two enclosures for stocks of fabric, and means for the gradual in-feed and drawing out of the fabric from the enclosures. There are pneumatic means blowing air into a passage which comprises a first portion communicating one enclosure with a space and a second portion communicating another enclosure with the same space. A cylindrical drum is located in this space and adapted to rotate alternately in both directions, such that the fabric entering the space through one of the portions leaves it through the other portion, after partially wrapping the drum.

Abstract: A machine for the wet treatment of fabrics, having one module with two containers, each container having two vessels. Each module contains two pairs of alternately operating hydraulic drive means, comprising a fixed structure attached by a hinge to a cover movable between a closed position and an open position. There is, further, a fixed restraining member, situated above the cover and an air bag, comprised between the cover and the fixed member. The air bag may alternately be in an inflated position, in which it urges the cover to remain in the closed position, and a deflated position, in which it releases the cover towards the open position.