bubble free liquor film on the surface of the applicator roller 44 a lowerable driven counter roller 50 is mounted above the applicator roller 44 its function will be described later the textile web leaves the applicator roller and passes over the deflector roller 56 through a second basis weight measuring unit 58 58 39 and over a further deflector roller 60 to leave the apparatus of the invention the ma operation mode i e the metering roller application is shown in fig1 in plain lines the detailed process operation is fully described in the u s patent specification no 4 672 705 mentioned above should the apparatus be operated in the pad mangle mode the following changes are made which can be performed in a few seconds it is not necessary to stop the advance of the textile web completely a computer program control can be used for these changes 1 the tangential roller 42 is raised into its position 42 39 the trough 46 is emptied 2 liquor is charged into the trough 38 simultaneously trough 46 is pivoted into position 46 39 and the upper squeezing roller 50 is pressed against the applicator roller 44 which now serves as the lower squeezing roller 3 the upper rollers of the arcuated roller system 34 are raised and the doctor blades 52 54 are retracted rollers 50 39 44 now form the squeeze roller unit of a pad mangle unit together with the padding system 36 38 the liquor squeezed out by.