Method of continuously impregnating a textile fiber arrangement with liquids

A method of continuously introducing an impregnating liquid into an untwisted textile fiber arrangement comprising the steps of:

• a. passing the fiber arrangement through a converging space formed by circumferential surfaces of a pair of discs and by lateral limiting walls for consolidating the fiber arrangement into a fiber sliver;
• b. supplying impregnating liquid under pressure into the clearance between the face sides of the discs and the lateral limiting walls via openings of the lateral limiting walls;
• c. aligning and supporting the discs between the lateral limiting walls by forming a liquid film of a thickness corresponding to the width of said clearance between the face sides of the discs and the lateral limiting walls;
• d. transporting the liquid along the face sides of said discs to said circumferential surfaces into said converging space by rotating the discs;
• e. forming a coat of liquid surrounding the fiber arrangement passing through said converging space;
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• f. subsequently condensing the fiber sliver into a compact fiber sliver in an adjacent hydrodynamic pressure zone acting at all sides and pressing liquid into the fiber sliver in said pressure zone by passing the fiber sliver between the circumferential surfaces of said discs.