Machines for washing continuous textile lengths

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MACHINE FOR WASHING CONTINUOUS LENGTHS OF TEXTILE AND OTHER MATERIAL INCLUDING A FRAMEWORK, A ROLL ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ROTATABLE SQUEEZING ROLLS MOUNTED IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT AND TWO COLUMNS OF HORIZONTAL JOCKEY ROLLS ALSO IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID SQUEEZING ROLLS, ONE COLUMN ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, ALL SAID ROLLS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FRAMEWORK, A LIQUID SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTORY SYSTEM FOR PRE-SOAKING THE MATERIAL PRIOR TO PASSING INTO THE SQUEEZING ROLL ASSEMBLY AND RESOAKING THE MATERIAL AS IT LOOPS BETWEEN SAID SQUEEZING AND JOCKEY ROLLS, SAID LIQUID SUPPLY DISTRIBUTORY SYSTEM COMPRISING A RECEPTION TANK FOR PRE-SOAKING THE INCOMING SOILED MATERIAL, A CONTROL TANK FOR RECEIVING OVERFLOW FROM THE RECEPTION TANK, A SUPPLY PIPE FOR FILLING THE CONTROL TANK WITH CLEANSING LIQUID, MEANS TO CONTROL THE LEVEL IN THE CONTROL TANK, A VALVECONTROLLED SPRAYING DEVICE ADJACENT THE SQUEEZING ROLLS ARRANGED TO DIRECT JETS OF RE-SOAKING CLEANSING LIQUID ON TO THE MATERIAL IN THE REGION OF THE SQUEEZING ROLLS, A PUMP FOR DRAWING LIQUID FROM THE CONTROL TANK AND FORCING IT INTO THE SPRAYING DEVICE AND ALSO INTO A PIPE FEEDING THE RECEPTION TANK UNDER VALVE CONTROL AND ALSO ACTING AS A DISCHARGE PIPE.