APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE PRESSURIZING SHEET AND RELATED METHOD FOR PROCESSING CLOTH, ESPECIALLY KNITTED CLOTH

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APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE PRESSURIZING SHEETAND RELATED METHOD FOR PROCESSING CLOTH,ESPECIALLY KNITTED CLOTHHerman J. JoyABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA cloth web preshrinking apparatus is disclosed includingan inlet roller, a heated drum and a blanket (usually a felt type end-less blanket) running on the inlet roller and thence onto an outerface of the drum. A first initially outer surface of the blanket isstretched and then compacted. A cloth web is introduced into fric-tional contact onto the first surface of the blanket as it is stretchedand the cloth web is then preshrunk as the first surface is compacted.A smooth strong flexible sheet (in the form of an apron or endlessribbon at least as wide as the cloth web) presses the cloth web ontothe inlet roller and thereafter the sheet extends in contact with thecloth web on an upper face thereof onto the outer face of the drum.