Apparatus for the liquid treatment of a cloth

An apparatus for the liquid treatment of a cloth comprising an upwardly arranged, open top, U-shaped liquid tank, said tank consisting of an upper portion and a lower portion and at least the lower portion thereof arranged to contain a treating liquid, endless net conveyer means located within said upper and lower portions of said tank for conveying a cloth therethrough, said endless net conveyer means including a plurality of upwardly extending net conveyer sections, a first and a second said net conveyer sections disposed in relatively closely spaced relation within the upper portion of said tank and forming therebetween an inlet passage for feeding cloth downwardly into said tank, third and fourth said net conveyer sections disposed in relatively closely spaced relation in the upper part of said tank and forming therebetween an outlet passage for removing cloth upwardly from said tank, a plurality of liquid jet nozzles spaced apart along each of the opposite sides of said inlet and outlet passages and said jet nozzles on the opposite sides of said passages being offset in the upward direction relative to one another and positioned relative to said net conveyer sections forming said passages so that said jet nozzles direct a treating liquid through said net conveyer sections in the generally horizontal direction for colliding alternatively with opposite sides of the cloth passing through said passages so that the cloth alternately collides with said conveyer sections forming the opposite sides of said passages, said conveyer means forming at least a side of a lower cloth passage located within said lower part of said tank and extending between the lower end of said inlet passage and the lower end of said outlet passage, said tank having a liquid level therein located at least at the upper end of said lower cloth passage, the opposed sides of said lower cloth passage being spaced a greater distance apart than said conveyer sections forming said inlet and outlet passages so that the cloth entering said lower cloth passage from said inlet passage assumes a folded over state and remains in the folded over state between the end thereof where the cloth enters said lower cloth passage from said inlet passage and the end thereof where the cloth exists from said lower cloth passage and enters said outlet passage.