a substantially identical method to that described with respect to fig1 by controlling the speed of traverse the temperature and height of the liquid heating medium and the concentration and amount of dyestuff in the impregnation zone consistent and even dyeing is achieved owing to the construction described above it is possible to dye the article in a continuous controlled fashion the apparatus is designed and operated such that an even pressure is applied to all parts of the fabric consequently an even distribution of dyestuff is deposited over the entire fabric article the pressures and temperatures in the apparatus are predetermined so as to efficiently fix the dyestuff to the article it must be emphasized that the present dyeing machine requires no squeeze rollers and relies on the hydrostatic pressure and thermal energy of the high density liquid heating medium to control the amount of the dyeing liquid for impregnating in the fabric article advantageously excess dyestuff floats to the top of the high density liquid so that little or no wash off is required the hot liquid also facilitates dye fixation and drying of the article after the dyestuff has penetrated the article in a preferred method of dyeing polyester tape to dark shades in the above described apparatus disperse dyes such as terasil u00ae ciba u00ae switzerland are mixed in water containing up to 5 by weight of a dispersing agent such as ifcosol da liquid u00ae molchemie u00ae india up to 5 by weight leveling agent such as esqual t 56 conc u00ae winimex u00ae thailand and up to 5 by weight organic acid the resulting dye liquor is introduced into the liquor impregnation zone the liquid heating medium is heated to 130 u00b0 c and the greige tape is traversed through the apparatus.