Continuous padding type dyeing machine

A continuous dyeing machine for fabric including a padder for padding fabric with a dye solution, a dryer for drying the padded fabric and a heat setter for setting the fabric at a high temperature, said dyeing machine comprising:

• a padding bath holding a dye solution therein;
• at least one main padding roller having a lower portion immersed in said dye solution in said padding bath and rotatable at a circumferential speed substantially the same as the feeding speed of the fabric, said main padding roller being adapted to pad the fabric with said dye solution while stretching said fabric widthwise;
• at least one auxiliary padding roller rotatable in pressed engagement with said main padding roller and forming a nip at a level higher than the surface level of said dye solution in said padding bath for compressing the fabric therebetween to have a predetermined pick-up rate;
• a pair of spaced endless conveying means movable along a path of travel of said fabric in said dryer and having a number of pin members projecting into the plane of travel of said fabric at predetermined intervals along the length thereof, said path of travel including a vertical section immediately above said padder;
• a pair of roller brushes located at the lower end of said vertical section and held in contact with longitudinal edge portions of said fabric for urging the same to be pierced by said pin members of said endless conveying means;
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• a pair of heat sources located on opposite sides of said path of travel for applying heat to said fabric from opposite sides thereof;
• said heat setter having a heating chamber establishing a heated atmosphere around said fabric for setting the same at a high temperature.