Dye exhaustion and dryer apparatus

An apparatus, comprising:

• a platform defining a substantially flat top surface upon which a textile manufacture may be received;
• a first housing in movable disposition relative to the platform such that:
• the first housing, in a first position, defines a substantially enclosed cavity in which the flat top surface of the platform defines a bottom surface of the substantially enclosed cavity;
• and
• the first housing, in a second position, allows access to the top surface of the platform for placement and removal of the textile manufacture;
• a blower device that, when the first housing is in the first position, is fluidly coupled to the substantially enclosed cavity and blows air into the substantially enclosed cavity when energized;
• wherein:
• the platform further includes a supply plenum and a return plenum that, when the first housing is in the first position, are fluidly coupled to the substantially enclosed cavity, and wherein the blower device is fluidly coupled to the first plenum so that air is communicated into the substantially enclosed cavity through the supply plenum and communicated from the substantially enclosed cavity through the return plenum;
• and
• at least one of the supply plenum and return plenum includes a steam release conduit that, when coupled to steam supply, release steam into the plenum in which the steam release conduit is included, wherein the steam enters the substantially enclosed cavity by the fluid coupling to the substantially enclosed cavity;
• wherein:
• the platform defines a longitudinal axis, and the supply plenum is located on a first side of the longitudinal axis and the return plenum is located on a second side of the longitudinal axis that is opposite the first side;
• and
• the substantially flat top surface comprises:
• a first sheet having a plurality of first perforations;
• and
• a plurality of second sheets, each in slidable disposition relative to the first sheet, and each having a respective plurality of second perforations;
• further wherein:
• when each second sheet is slidably disposed in a respective first position, the first and second perforations are aligned to form a respective egress for a respective portion of the supply plenum and a respective ingress for a respective portion of the return plenum;
• and
• when each second sheet is slidably disposed in a respective second position, the first and second perforations are not aligned such that the respective portion of the supply plenum does not have an egress for the second sheet and the respective portion of the return plenum does not have an ingress for the second sheet.