High pressure, high temperature dye beck

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IN A DYE MACHINE FOR DYEING FABRICS IN ROPE FORM MOVING THROUGH A DYE LIQUOR AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE BOILING POINT OF THE DYE LIQUOR AT ATMOSPHERE AND UNDER AN ELEVATED PRESSURE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED PRESSURE TANK FOR THE DYE LIQUOR AND A SUPERPOSED BODY OF GAS; MEANS FOR HEATING THE DYE LIQUOR, SAID HEATING MEANS INCLUDING STEAM COILS POSITIONED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID TANK AND IMMERSED IN AND BENEATH THE LEVEL OF DYE LIQUOR THEREIN, SAID STEAM COILS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INLET ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TANK AND AT LEAST A SECOND INLET ADJACENT AN OPPOSITELY DISPOSED END OF SAID TANK WHEREBY STEAM MAY BE SUPPLIED TO SAID COILS FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TANK TOWARD THE CENTER THEREOF SO THAT TEMPERATURE OF THE DYE LIQUOR MAY BE EVENLY ELEVATED THROUGHOUT SAID TANK, MEANS FOR MOVING FABRIC THROUGH THE DYE LIQUOR AND SUPERPOSED BODY OF GAS WHEN THE DYE LIQUOR HAS REACHED A PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURE AND THE SUPERPOSED BODY OF GAS IS AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE; AND MEANS FOR CIRCULATING COLD WATER THROUGH SAID STEAM COILS AFTER THE DYEING OPERATION IS COMPLETED WHEREBY THE DYE LIQUOR MAY BE QUICKLY COOLED AT A CONTROLLED RATE OF COOLING.