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Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING TREATING A WEB OF MATERIAL TO FIX A DYESTUFF THEREON: AN ARRAY OF INTERNALLY HEATED ROTATABLE CYLINDERS IN NON-CONTACING ADJACENCE WITH THEIR AXES PARALLEL, AN ENDLESS FLEXIBLE BAND OF FLUID-TIGHT MATERIAL WIDER THAN THE WEB TO BE TREATED AND EXTENDING SINUOUSLY AND PROGRESSIVELY FROM ONE CYLINDER TO THE NEXT AND AROUND A SUBSTANTIAL PERIPNERL AREA OF EACH, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID BAND ALONG A RETURN LAP OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID CYLINDERS, A SECOND ENDLESS FLEXIBLE BAND EXTENDING AROUND SAID CYLINDERS BENEATH SAID FIRST-NAMED BAND, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID SECOND BAND ALONG A SEPERATE RETURN LAP, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING THE WEB TO BE TREATED INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BANDS WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER AND GUIDING THE WEB AWAY WHERE THE BANDS SEPARATE, AND MEANS DISPOSED ALONG SAID RETURN LAPS FOR CLEANINIG SAID BANDS RESPECTIVELY.