Dye exhaustion and dryer apparatus

An apparatus, comprising:

• a cylindrical receiving member that defines a central axis and an outer radius surface upon which a textile manufacture may be rotationally received relative to the central axis;
• a plurality of clamps disposed within the surface of the cylindrical receiving member and that are operative to clamp at least a first end of the textile manufacture to the cylindrical receiving member and at least a second end of the textile manufacture to the cylindrical receiving member, wherein the clamps each define a transvers axis along which the textile member is received and clamped, and the plurality of claims are spaced apart such that textile manufactures of varying lengths may be clamped to the cylindrical receiving member;
• a housing in which the cylindrical receiving member is disposed and operative to be in one of an open position in which the cylindrical receiving member is exposed to receive the textile manufacture, and a closed position in which the housing defines a substantially enclosed cavity in which the cylindrical receiving member is enclosed;
• a steam outlet fluidly coupled to the housing and that, when further coupled to a steam supply and when the housing is in the closed position, releases steam into the housing, wherein the steam enters the substantially enclosed cavity by the fluid coupling;
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• a drive motor coupled to the cylinder receiving member that, when actuated, causes the cylindrical receiving member to rotate about its central axis such so that when a textile manufacture is received on the outer radius surface of the cylinder receiving member, the textile manufacture rotates over the steam outlet.