Abstract: A method of forming an active agent infused linear material includes passing a substantially linear polymeric substrate through a linear substrate infusion chamber in a first direction, flowing a liquid infusion solution through the linear substrate infusion chamber in a second direction, and contacting the linear substrate with the liquid infusion solution at an infusion temperature and for an infusion time effective to infuse the one or more active molecules into or onto a surface of the linear substrate, thereby forming an active agent infused linear material. The liquid infusion solution includes one or more active molecules. The second direction is substantially opposite or substantially parallel to the first direction. A linear substrate infusion system and a polymeric linear substrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of forming an active agent infused linear material includes passing a substantially linear polymeric substrate through a linear substrate infusion chamber in a first direction, flowing a liquid infusion solution through the linear substrate infusion chamber in a second direction, and contacting the linear substrate with the liquid infusion solution at an infusion temperature and for an infusion time effective to infuse the one or more active molecules into or onto a surface of the linear substrate, thereby forming an active agent infused linear material. The liquid infusion solution includes one or more active molecules. The second direction is substantially opposite or substantially parallel to the first direction. A linear substrate infusion system and a polymeric linear substrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: A conveyor-driven fabric dyeing machine includes a recovery container and a dye chemical saving structure. One or multiple containers are provided for recovering and storing hot water for use in a next dyeing operation in order to achieve an effect of saving energy and shortening dyeing time. If desired, liquids for dyeing may be directly collected and recovered, such as water with low contamination or alkali liquid for specific treatment, for use in a next dyeing operation in order to achieve an effect of saving water and reducing the amount of chemicals consumed, and also to reduce the amount of dye and chemicals that is consumed due to oxidation and reduction caused by air. The recovery container may be provided therein with a heat exchanger for recovery of heat. A gas filling opening is formed in the machine body for introducing a gas to expel out air.

Abstract: A machine for treating a fabric (T) with air, comprises a tunnel (10) for pneumatically transporting the fabric and means for injecting the air into the tunnel above and/or below the fabric and comprising at least one diverting valve (16;18) located substantially half way along the tunnel and having two channels (16a,16b;18a,18b) which are oriented to direct the air flow entering the tunnel in one direction or the other. The valve comprises an adjustable baffle (17;19) adapted to shut off access to the channels (16a,16b;18a,18b) either wholly or partly. In the treatment method of the invention, the air flow (F;F?) entering the tunnel is divided into two unequal components (F1, F2; F1?, F2?) directed towards opposite ends of the tunnel.

Abstract: A condensation dryer is provided that includes a drying chamber for items to be dried, a process air circuit via which fan driven process air can be conducted across the items to be dried, and a heat pump circuit for alternately heating and cooling the process air. A secondary fluid circuit is provided between the process air circuit and the heat pump circuit.

Abstract: The Furniture Pad Folding Machine is a dry cleaning machine that is multi-faceted; it can clean and disinfect furniture pads and the machine has the ability to fold furniture pads. The machine is portable and can function on the moving truck and at the warehouse.

Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of strand-shaped textile products in the form of a continuous material strand which is circulated at least during part of the treatment, includes an elongated, essentially tubular treatment container and a transport nozzle array that can be charged with a gaseous transport medium stream. In the treatment container is arranged, adjoining a material strand inlet, a storage section for receiving a piled-up material strand package corresponding a sliding floor that is inclined, at least in sections, in a manner descending from pile-up means toward a head part of the treatment container. In the region of the transport nozzle array means are provided in order to charge the material strand at least in the region of the transport nozzle array with a liquid treatment agent.

Abstract: In a method for treating ropelike textile goods in a closed container that contains at least two axially adjacent J-boxes for receiving textile goods during at least part of the treatment time, a driving motion in a feeding direction is imparted to the textile goods, by means of a gaseous flow of feeding medium made to act on the rope via feed nozzle means. The textile goods, before entering each J-box, pass through separate feed nozzle means assigned to that J-box. Upon exiting from these feed nozzle means, the textile goods are introduced selectively into the respective associated first J-box or a second J-box adjacent to this J-box, or in the case of at least one J-box are conducted along a predetermined path, which carries the textile goods away from this J-box.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning flat fabrics, especially sails for sailboats, in which at least one cleaning solution is applied to the flat fabric in a washing apparatus. According to the invention, it is provided that the flat fabric is moved forward continuously in its spread-out state through several cleaning stations arranged along a horizontal, planar conveyance track, without tumbling or serpentine back-and-forth bending.

Abstract: The machine comprises in combination: means (7) for supplying the fabric (T); means (9) for extracting the fabric; at least one first tank (1) and one second tank (3) which are positioned in series and between which a pneumatic transfer member (5) for transferring the fabric alternately from the first tank to the second tank and vice versa is arranged. The pneumatic transfer member is pivotable so as to assume at least two positions depending on the direction of feeding of the fabric through said pivoting transfer member.

Abstract: A continuous treatment system of yarns with process fluids, particularly for mercerization, wherein a bundle of threads to be treated is put into the reaction with a Venturi nozzle activated with process fluid, which entrains the bundle of yarn with it, and with a swirl distributor in the J-shaped treatment reactor, having an inner saddle-shaped guide surface for the downward and upward movement of the yarn in the process fluid bath.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for the wet-processing of textile material, essentially comprising a vessel (1) comprising a fabric inlet (2), at least one nozzle (3) for applying a treatment liquor, an intensive zone (4) and a fabric outlet (5), wherein the vessel does not include a scray and has a minimized dead space through accurate fitment of the nozzle (3) and the intensive zone (4) into the vessel (1), and to a process for the wet-processing of textile material in the apparatus.

Abstract: Process for continuous dyeing of cellulosic circular knits composed of natural or modified hydroxy-containing or natural, modified or synthetic carboxamido-containing fiber materials with water-soluble dyes comprises initially impregnating the material with an aqueous dye solution, optionally comprising auxiliaries, in the course of the dyeing step, reducing the liquor content to 400% by weight, based on weight of fiber, by squeezing means customary for tubular material, and subsequently subjecting the liquor-comprising material to a leveling and fixing step for the dye applied to the material by transporting the rope of material continuously through the machine unit by means of the flowing dyeing liquor at a liquor ratio of up to 10:1.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for the continuous fulling of a material web (6) of textile woven fabrics and knitted fabrics with a guiding passage (15) through which the material web (6) can be guided through and accelerated by means of a fluid. At the end of the guiding passage (15), there is provided an impact surface (16, 17), against which the material web (6) can be flung by the fluid. Between the impact surface (16, 17) and the guiding passage (15) there are additionally provided guiding means (26, 26') by means of which the material web (6), which is broadly guided in the guiding passage, can be brought together to a material strand (25) before impinging on the impact surface (16, 17).

Abstract: A treating apparatus and method of the present invention carry out dyeing, scouring, bleaching and other treatment for feeling of a textile fabric by transferring and circulating the textile fabric with jetting force of air and liquor using an air jet flow type apparatus which is equipped with a fabric treating passageway in circular form comprised of a transferring passageway and a residence chamber both ends of which are jointed to one another, and perform a series of treating operations such as charging fabric, raising and holding of temperature at a constant degree, cooling and drying more efficiently in a short time. The exit section of the residence chamber is located at a position lower than the entrance section of the chamber, close to the ground on which the apparatus is installed, whereby charge and take-out of a textile fabric is facilitated.

Abstract: A method and a device for fibrillating cellulose fibers contained in a fabric web (3) comprise the fabric web (3) being withdrawn from a fabric storage chamber (6), accelerated through a guide slot by means of liquid flowing at high speed and then flung against a rebound surface (13). The fabric web can be transported alternatingly in both directions through the guide slot (7) and flung onto the first rebound surface (13) and a second rebound surface (16).

Abstract: This invention is directed to a wet processing system wherein a wet roped knitted fabric is treated to achieve a finished product that is flat and open and accomplished by moving the fabric so that it is transported through the various processing steps in a manner that minimizes distortion and elongation of the fabric. Advantage is also provided by utilizing a J-scray that is moveably disposed in the system to fine tune the accumulation of wetness and control the speed of delivery.

Abstract: In a textile wet processing machine and process wherein an indeterminate length of a textile fabric or other material is washed or otherwise subjected to a wet treatment operation by transportation sequentially through a plurality of processing chambers, the yardage distribution of the fabric among the chambers is controlled by sensing the entrance of the leading end of the fabric into each successive chamber, then measuring separately the actual yardage of fabric entering each chamber in sequence, comparing at least periodically the yardage of fabric instantaneously residing within each respective chamber and, in the event an imbalance in fabric distribution is detected, briefly stopping and then restarting lifter reel assemblies and jet nozzle assemblies by which the fabric is transported so as to correct the imbalance in fabric distribution.

Abstract: A machine is disclosed for the continuous washing of fabric (T), comprising eans (3) for introducing the fabric to be treated into said machine, means (5) for extracting the treated fabric from said machine and, between said means of introduction and said means of extraction, a treatment tank. It comprises at least two fabric treatment tanks (7, 9) arranged in series with respect to the overall direction of advance of the fabric (T) through the machine and, between said at least two tanks (7, 9), means of reversible transfer (11) that transfer said fabric from the first tank (7) to the second tank (9) and back again.

Abstract: A jet-type textile wet processing machine is equipped with a pivotable inner wall assembly within the entrance end of the fabric chamber in the processing vessel for selective pivotal disposition to control definition of the plug form of the fabric advancing through the chamber and has an internally segmented jet nozzle structure for creating annularly differentiated impinging streams of processing liquid on the traveling fabric rope. Unique processing applications enabled by the machine include simultaneously treating within a single chamber two independent disconnected endless fabric ropes or a single fabric rope or a single fabric rope in doubled form.

Abstract: An improved jet dyeing apparatus is provided which enables the user to dye either lightweight or relatively heavy weight fabrics in the same apparatus with improved efficiency and product quality. The apparatus includes a fabric plaiting mechanism mounted to the exit end of a transport tube and a downwardly directed outlet nozzle. The outlet nozzle further includes dye liquor bypass means for withdrawing a portion of the dye liquor outside the primary path of travel of the fabric as the fabric is deposited into the liquid treatment chamber of the apparatus and provision is also made for removing a portion of the contaminated liquor from the jet dyeing apparatus. By virtue of this arrangement an improved high efficiency rinse cycle is enabled in accordance with the related method which is also disclosed.

Abstract: Length of an elongated belt-like cloth receivable in a treatment tank is increased by a compact and simple mechanism, and, moreover, impact force applied to the cloth is enhanced, whereby efficiency in cloth treatment such as washing in water, scouring, dyeing and treatment quality are improved. A treatment tank 10 used in carrying out the invention is divided into a front chamber 12 and a rear chamber 14, and a cylindrical rotary member 28 comprising a plurality of rods 30 arranged to form a cylinder is disposed on the midway of a passage 26 communicating the two chambers. A predetermined length of the cloth 20 is fed into the treatment tank, and the cylindrical rotary member is rotated alternately in forward and reverse directions, whereby conveyance of the cloth is repeated between the front and rear chambers, and during such repetition of conveyance, a required treatment is applied to the cloth.

Abstract: The invention relates to the discontinuous wet treatment of a hank of fabric in at least one cycle of the fabric through a treatment compartment. In order to achieve a rapid and reliable wet treatment with a relatively simple construction, the treatment compartment is divided into two treatment chambers which lie parallel adjacent to one another, so that with each circulation of the fabric two sections of fabric running parallel to one another are treated simultaneously in two similar treatment chambers of the same treatment compartment which serve for the same type of treatment.

Abstract: An improved jet dyeing apparatus is provided which enables the user to dye either lightweight or relatively heavy weight fabrics (1) in the same apparatus with improved efficiency and product quality. The apparatus includes a unique fabric plaiting mechanism (7) which is mounted to the exit end of a transport tube (11) for relative rotation about the transport tube (11) whereby a downwardly directed outlet nozzle (15) defined by the plaiting mechanism (7) reciprocates along a generally linear path of travel transverse to the transport tube (11) and such that the fabric (1) passing through the transport tube (11) will be deposited in a liquid treatment chamber (10) in overlying relatively straight folds in order to maximize capacity in the dyeing apparatus and to improve the stability of the fabric being treated therein.

Abstract: A method and apparatus operable on a jet dyeing or finishing machine having a treatment chamber, a lifter reel, and a jet nozzle for movement of a fabric rope through the chamber for wet treatment thereof. Such an apparatus includes a direct current motor for driving the lifter reel, a mechanism for periodically deactivating the lifter reel drive, a sensing component for sensing the electromotive force (EMF) generated by the direct current lifter reel motor during periods of deactivation, and appropriate circuitry for comparing the sensed EMF value with a predetermined threshold value and signaling an operator in the event that the sensed EMF value is below the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Apparatus for wet processing fabric with fluid, which includes a primary container for containing and processing fabric, mechanism for partially flooding the primary container, and a counterflow recycling mechanism. The primary container includes a kier for wet processing fabric, a chamber disposed within the kier, for receiving fabric and fluid therein, the chamber having a plurality of perforation, wherein the mechanism for partially flooding the primary container includes a receptacle, disposed within the kier beneath the chamber, being positioned to collect fluid which passes through the perforations of the chamber. The receptacle is sized to surround the chamber so that the amount of fluid in the chamber is sufficient to permit the flow of fabric through the chamber and the amount of fluid in the kier outside the receptacle is sufficient to meet net pressure suction heat requirements of the pumping system employed by the apparatus.

Abstract: The procedure consists essentially of causing the corded fabric (4) to circulate in a continuous manner through a bath (3) of treatment liquid, and is characterized by the fact that the fabric (4) is subjected simultaneously to injection and spraying of the treatment bath liquid (3), by means of mixing air with the liquid, which separates into microparticles, the intake of the bath being effected from different points and at low pressure. The device comprises a substantially circular chamber (1), means (5) for the pulling of the fabric, with the fabric (4) circulating through a passageway defined between an outer plate (6) located next to the wall of the chamber (2) and an inner plate (7), and is characterized by the fact that it comprises a plurality of points (9, 10, 11, 12) of injection and spraying of the bath liquid along the entire run of the fabric (4) in the chamber (1). The plates (6, 7) form a spout (8) which facilitates the movement of the fabric ( 4).

Abstract: A batch dyeing machine 10 has separate imperforate compartments A and B for facilitating washing of a length of fabric as it is transported from one compartment to the other. A squeeze roll 50 prevents used wash water from passing from one compartment into the other with the fabric. By separating the compartments, wash liquid is conserved in that only one of the compartments need be filled at a time and a counterflow wash system is provided. Thus, the washing capabilities of a batch dyeing machine have been enhanced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the discontinuous wet processing of knitted or worked textile material (knitted fabric) (1) which circulates continuously in a tank (2), being passed through a resting zone (7) in the lower region of the tank and through a dipping vat containing a treatment liquor (14). In order in particular to be able to wet process even small production quantities economically, reliably and in open width, the textile material is spread by rollers (12 and 13) in the region of the dipping vat (before it and/or after it) and in the region above this dipping vat it has fluid removed from it by squeezer rolls (15) to a predetermined residual moisture content before it again enters the resting zone (7) in its continuous circulation.

Abstract: A process for the wet treatment of textile materials having capillary-active properties. The textile material, for example, in the form of yarn bobbins, is placed into a treatment vessel with a heated liquid containing chemicals. A negative pressure is generated in the treatment vessel until the liquid boils viborously. The negative pressure is created by means of a vacuum pump connected to the treatment vessel through an intermediate vessel, a liquid separator, pipelines and valves. Simultaneously, a gas, for example, nitrogen, air or oxygen is conducted through a valve into the liquid, so that the entire liquid volume is transformed into a froth having fine pores. The vacuum treatment step is followed by an intermediate treatment step during which the gas valve is closed and the liquid is circulated by means of a circulating pump. The liquid is thus reheated and the vacuum reestablished.

Abstract: In the textile industry there is a constant need for processes where the textile material to be treated can be treated in a simple form, for example in rope form instead of in the open-width state, and continuously. According to the invention, this need is met when the textile material is introduced via pressure seal elements into a specially constructed jet dyeing machine, is impregnated there with treating liquor during entry or immediately thereafter and is conveyed further in the machine by means of at least one jet operated by means of a gas stream, the treating agent applied, preferably dye, having advantageously been subjected to fixation in the course of the presence in the gas atmosphere. The necessary physical conditions (pressure, temperature) for this are created by the driving gas. Moreover, in the course of the passage of the textile material it is possible to carry out a further, including a completely different, impregnation.

Abstract: Process and apparatus are provided for the batchwise wet treatment of textile material with an aqueous liquor that contains dyestuff or other textile processing products according to an exhaust technique. Textile material in continuous loop form is recirculated in a jet dyeing machine, and a recirculating gas stream propels the material. A blower recirculates the gas stream while aqueous liquor is metered into the stream by aspirating the liquor at the upstream side of the blower. The action of the blower finely disperses the liquor within the gas stream.

Abstract: After a dyeing operation has been concluded, the hot dyeing liquor present in the piece dyeing jet is returned via a cooling heat exchanger in the dyeing circulation system back into the makeup storage vessel for the dyeing liquor. Thereafter, the liquor-free dyeing system, which is still under an elevated static pressure, is relieved to atmospheric whereby the dyeing system is cooled down adiabatically together with the dyed textile material present therein to such an extent that a sample can be taken therefrom rapidly and safely.

Abstract: In industry there is, for economic reasons, an urgent need to be able to carry out the drying of moist textile material immediately after a completed wet-treatment in the same apparatus in which the preceding treatment operation was carried out.According to the invention the problems arising in the case of textile materials treated in rope form on jet units are solved by evaporatively dewatering the textile material in rope form by means of the gaseous agent which in the case of fabric-advancing jet systems operated by flowing liquor, steam or hot air takes over the transport of the goods immediately after the wet-treatment and which acts on the textile material under a predetermined variable superatmospheric pressure, then cooling the circulating drive gas to condense out the absorbed moisture, and recirculating the air thus dried.

Abstract: A continuous method of rapidly and uniformly treating textile fabrics in an endless loop configuration. The endless loop is continuously advanced longitudinally so that runs advance successively through a residence bath, for wet treatment in a treating liquor, contained in a partially filled elongated, tubular vessel and increasing gradually in depth in the direction in which the textile fabric is advanced in zigzag form. Suction is taken on the residence bath for piling control of the textile fabric therein and to develop a jet flow of treating liquor therefrom flowed in an enclosed path outside of the residence bath through which the textile fabric is rapidly transferred substantially zigzag free from one end of the residence bath and back to the other immersed in the jet flow liquor as the treating liquor is recirculated by return to the residence bath.

Abstract: For the treatment, especially the dyeing of fabrics, a container is illustrated, which is subdivided into at least two compartments, and is provided, above the compartments, with a motor-driven winch, the direction of which is reversible. The fabric, which can be in rope form, or in open-width form, runs on the winch, and is moved thereby in combination with a system of or nozzles, which spray the dyeing bath onto the fabric. The fabric is anchored on each end at spaced locations in the container which are substantially opposite to each other, in the container area above the compartments, and is made alternately moveable, gathering from either of the compartments into the other one.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and device for the wet treatment of textile material in hank form. The material travels in a circulating passage through an intensive treatment drawframe with subsequent folding-down, further conveying, and finally renewed feeding to the intensive treatment drawframe by a hank winding device. Circulating conveying of the treatment bath through the intensive treatment drawframe occurs while the textile material is passed through the horizontally arranged intensive treatment drawframe essentially at the same speed as the treatment bath. Such material is also under the action of the tensile force of a second hank winding device, which works at essentially the same conveying speed as the hank winding device upstream from the intensive treatment drawframe.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing textile are disclosed. The method and apparatus particularly relate to raising or shearing textile by bringing it into contact with an abrasive surface by a flowing liquid. By such a technique, raising or shearing can be more uniform; dyeing or finishing can be combined simultaneously with raising or shearing and higher productivity can be achieved.

Abstract: An apparatus for the liquid flow treatment of fabrics in which a fabric is set in the form of an endless rope and the fabric and a treating liquid are circulated to effect the liquid flow treatment, the apparatus comprising a lateral cylindrical fabric reservoir tank for storing and delivering the fabric, which tank has an inclined rear portion so that the depth of the treating liquid is gradually increased in the direction of advance of the fabric, a header portion arranged above an inlet part of the tank and provided in the interior thereof with a fabric driving reel or roll for pulling up the fabric from the tank, a treating liquid jet nozzle connected to an outlet part of the header portion to generate a stream of the treating liquid, a fabric delivery tube extended from the jet nozzle to a fabric inlet part of the rear portion of the tank to deliver the fabric substantially linearly together with the treating liquid stream generated by the jet nozzle, a fabric-expanding plate which is arranged so that th

Abstract: Method for dyeing cellulose fibers in a bath containing a reactive dyeing agent and an alkaline material for fixation thereof, by progressively adding the alkaline material to the bath in a continuous and automatic manner over a predetermined time interval, the amount of alkaline material added being limited initially and increased in a final phase of addition until a sufficient amount is added to fix the dyeing agent.

Abstract: There is effected an accelerated direct neutralization in-situ of the substrates which are impregnated with alkaline hydroxide which is free or fixed on the cellulose, by contact with a neutralizing fluid containing carbon dioxide in a gaseous, aqueous or combined phase, this fluid being introduced in accordance with requirements related to the quantity of alkali to be neutralized. The process may be used in the textile industry in continuous and discontinuous treatments and is adaptable to all types of textile machines employing an aqueous method.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for continuous wet treatment of textile material in a container holding treatment liquid through which the material is being transported and is being penetrated by treatment liquid in a manner which is essentially vertical to its surface, and to devices for carrying out the process.In a particularly appropriate device, textile material 16 is introduced from the top into treatment liquid 28, then is guided around a minimum of one part (52, 80, 81, 120) which is arranged in the lower region of inner container (30, 85, 87, 119) liquid permeable to a limited degree, along a wall, and is thereby deflected and transported in the direction of the upper edge of inner container (30, 85, 87, 119).

Abstract: A system for continuously dyeing textile materials, such as tufted pile carpets. A carpet having a face pile on one side and a back surface on the other side is wetted with water. A foamed, steam-fixable dye liquor is deposited on the face pile of the carpet. The carpet is then introduced into a substantially closed space defined between a web substantially non-permeable to steam and a heated surface of a drum such that the back surface of the carpet is in heat transfer contact with the heated surface. The carpet remains in the space for a period of time sufficient for at least a portion of the water to be converted to steam and for the steam to fix the dye liquor on the face pile. The system can also be used to simultaneously dye the pile of a carpet and adhere a secondary backing to the carpet.

Abstract: A continuous method for bleaching goods containing cotton with peroxide in which a web of material is left standing in a bleaching bath in folded condition at a temperature of 60.+-.10.degree. and is subsequently steamed, with the material under tension, at a temperature in the vicinity of 100.degree. C.

Abstract: For use in textile processing, equipment such as jet dyeing machines, a fixed cloth tube for transporting cloth from the jet to the cloth storage compartment, such cloth tube having an exit end portion which is substantially greater in cross-sectional area than the portion extending from the jet, whereby the cloth leaving the cloth tube is permitted to assume a more open condition and whereby the velocity of the liquid flowing with the cloth is reduced as it leaves the cloth tube. A pair of cloth directing liquid jets are disposed oppositely in the exit end of the cloth tube, and a control system is provided for alternately admitting fluid to such cloth directing jets at predetermined time intervals to impose a sinuous path of movement on the cloth as it leaves the cloth tube and thereby provide an orderly and even distribution of the cloth within the cloth storage compartment.

Abstract: A method including transporting a cloth composed of twisted yarns continuously through a plurality of wet-heat treating chambers, which have a stepwise temperature gradient from 70.degree. C. to 100.degree. C. and are provided with an appropriate impact device to apply beating and rubbing forces to the cloth, in the direction from the low temperature side to the high temperature side of the chambers to de-twist the yarn of the cloth so as to crape the cloth successively. A cloth composed of highly twisted yarns can be advantageously and effectively de-twisted and craped due to the effect of the swelling of the cloth as well as the beating and rubbing forces applied to the cloth in each of the wet-heat treating chambers.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for wet processing an endless rope of material wherein a modified J-box arrangement is provided for storing an accumulation of rope in a treating bath and a combined overflow chamber and liquid jet assembly is provided for circulating the rope to and from the bath in an entraining liquid stream. The storage arrangement includes a partially perforate outer wall and an imperforate partial inner wall spaced inwardly therefrom forming a confinement area therebetween for rope and liquid returning from the circulatory system. The confinement is sufficient to maintain therein a column of the returning liquid extending above the level of the bath whereby gravitational forces acting thereon hydraulically move the rope accumulation through the bath, the rope in the confinement being released to expand as it moves past the terminating end of the inner wall whereby movement of the rope through the bath is enhanced.

Abstract: A method of dyeing a fabric connected in an endless form while repeatedly circulating said fabric through a dyeing tank is improved by providing a residence vessel made of a perforated plate within said dyeing tank and either rocking or vertically reciprocating said residence vessel as immersed in a dyeing liquor while said fabric is being stagnated within said residence vessel. Owing to the rocking or vertical reciprocating motion of the residence vessel, the dyeing liquor is made to flow into and out of said residence vessel, penetrating therethrough, and thereby the necessary amount of the dyeing liquor can be reduced and the dyeing time can be shortened. A desirable apparatus for practicing said improved method is also provided.

Abstract: In a method of heat fulling and water washing of cloth, hot fluid is injected onto both surfaces of the cloth from hot fluid injection nozzles in upper and lower rows to sandwich the cloth in such manner that the positions of nozzles in the upper row alternate with those nozzles in the lower row, with the cloth passing through an opening between upper and lower net conveyors so that the cloth is immersed in cleaning liquid, with both a cleansing effect and fulling effect being given to the cloth.

Abstract: A process for the continuous washing of printed dye-fixed, web-shaped textile material, e.g. woven or knit fabrics formed of natural and/or synthetic fibers, on a full-width washing machine which involves first moistening the textile material, allowing the textile material to dwell in a folded condition, the dewatering of the textile material and immediately thereafter subjecting the textile material to an intensive throughflow from the outside toward the inside of a washing material on a rotating sieve drum. In this process in order to promote the swelling of the printing paste or the like, the textile material dwells in a cold liquor and then a film detachable from the textile material which covers the textile material is removed mechanically and thereafter the textile material is subjected to the intensive throughflow with a hot liquid on the sieve drum.