Device for the wet treatment and drying of textile material

An apparatus for drying a material containing a burnable organic liquid by igniting and burning the liquid from the material without harming or damaging the material, comprising a burning chamber having two opposing walls, two material walls and two end walls, one of said end walls having therein an inlet for the material to be dried and a combustion air inlet, means disposed outside of the burning chamber and approximate to the material inlet for providing on the material a burnable organic liquid, cooling means disposed outside of the burning chamber and approximate to the material inlet and operably connected to said burning chamber to maintain the burnable organic liquid and the material, prior to entering the burning chamber, at a temperature below the ignition temperature of the burnable organic liquid, ignition means being mounted within said chamber and adjacent to said material inlet, the other of said end walls having therein an outlet for the dried material and an outlet for hot combustion gases and transparent means for transporting the material through said chamber, said transport means being mounted on said burning chamber and adjacent to said material outlet and being operably connected to said end wall and burning chamber.