Process for the continuous wet treatment of textiles in rope form

A process for the continuous wet treatment of a fibrous textile web in which the textile material is to be impregnated in a pressure container under high temperature conditions with a liquor containing a treating agent and thereafter the treating agent is fixed onto the fibers of the material during a dwelling operation, said process comprising the steps of impregnating said textile web in said pressure container in its open width form while in a dry state with said treating agent liquor, thereafter forming said web into a rope and further soaking the rope in the pressure container in said treating liquor;

• thence withdrawing said rope from said pressure chamber through at least two successive chambers through at least two successive locks, each containing a successively lower pressure than said pressure container, into a dwelling chamber under atmospheric pressure, returning said textile web from its rope form to its open width form in said dwelling chamber while fixing the treating agent on the open form web.