between the guide rollers 29 this incline is indicated in fig3 by the angle 31 which in the embodiment illustrated is equal to 7 u00b0 and may equal about 5 u00b0 to 10 u00b0 small beads 32 of treatment liquor form in front of the guide rollers 29 as defined by the direction in which the fabric web sections 10 34 run these beads are pressed into the fabric web 10 when it revolves around the guide roller 29 as a result the treatment liquor 17 applied externally in the application device 5 penetrates through the entire fabric web as a result of the quite predominantly essentially horizontal guidance of the fabric web in the heating zone 26 the relatively large quantity of liquor is prevented from running down on to the sections of the fabric web below accordingly evidence of dripping liquor which could lead to an unevenness in the final appearance after treatment is avoided after leaving the heating zone 26 the fabric web 10 enters into the actual ager 33 the fabric web 10 is guided as desired over a dwelling section not shown having vertical loops by way of a compensator 34 which has a dancing roller and serves to control the preferential speed next or right after leaving the heating zone 26 the web 10 is transported essentially horizontally in folds to a conveyance device 50 across a dwelling section this step is accomplished by a cuttling machine 35 which lays down the fabric web 10 in uniform folds 36 on the top side of a revolving drum 37 the revolving drum 37 collects the folded stack turns it over in an orderly fashion and puts it down on.