and the dip roller 13 so that the liquid is forced by roller 13 from the back into textile material or web 2 the liquid which is guided at the application device into the web especially into the pile thereof is a special mixture of washing active chemicals and foaming agents that foam under thermal energy the adsorptivity of the washing active substances for the contaminants contained in the textile material and the simultaneous lack of affinity for the fibers causes the contaminants to be loosened from the fibers then each particle of dirt is carried by the resultant foam upward to the tips of the fluff fibers in order to be vacuumed easily therefrom for steaming in a saturated steam atmosphere web 2 then travels upward into shaft steamer 1 which is open at the bottom for which purpose the steamer deflecting roller 16 which is located at the top and is preferably driven is provided in the steamer housing web 2 travels over spreading guide rollers 17 back to stand 6 in which ahead of the next deflecting roller 18 vacuum device 5 is positioned relative to the pile or the visible side of the webs of goods the web then goes to the next treatment assembly over a speed controllable roller 19 as shown in fig1 or over a dancer roller control 19 39 as shown in fig2 shaft steamer 1 consists of a simple housing open at the bottom likewise mounted on stand 6 the endwise inlet wall 20 ends further down than wall 21 on the.