Patent ID: 7845197

Claim:
A triple pass tunnel fabric finishing apparatus comprising: a conveyor having a serpentine conveyor path; a first, a second, and a third linear tunnel arranged in a continuous, side-by-side manner enclosing a portion of the serpentine conveyor path, the conveyor path including a first U-turn at an entrance to the first tunnel, a second U-turn at an exit of the first tunnel and an entrance of the second tunnel, and a third U-turn at an exit of the second tunnel and an entrance of the third tunnel, wherein said U-turns provide curved pathway; a first steam nozzle disposed in the first linear tunnel positioned adjacent an outer curve of the first U-turn; a second steam nozzle disposed in the first linear tunnel positioned adjacent an outer curve of the second U-turn; and at least one hot air chamber disposed in at least one of the second and third linear tunnels.