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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Ilkka Eivola, Naantali, FI;
Markku Lemetyinen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Metso Paper, Inc., Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
A cleaning device in a paper or board machine, for cleaning a fabric therein, the fabric moving in a direction of movement. The device comprises a nozzle which directs a water shower or jet against the fabric which is to be cleaned, the nozzle including a first turning point, and wherein there is a first plane of the water shower or jet issuing from the nozzle. A plurality of water conduits which transport water to the nozzle. And, the nozzle being mounted so that the position thereof may be changed by turning the nozzle back and forth around the first turning point in the first plane, so as to change the direction of the water shower or jet discharged from the nozzle and so that the water shower is moved in a first linear movement.