Patent ID: 6364959
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65G,D21F

Abstract:
A process for cleaning a transport belt of a machine for the production or processing of a web, the machine having an apparatus that includes at least one nozzle device composed of a rotatable nozzle head having at least one cleaning nozzle structured and arranged to deliver a cleaning jet aimed toward the transport belt, a transport device that includes a crosspiece extending substantially crosswise to a transport belt travel direction, the at least one nozzle device being coupled to the transport device and being structured and arranged for displacement along the crosspiece, the process comprising:delivering the cleaning jet to the transport belt from the at least one nozzle, and displacing the at least one cleaning nozzle along the crosspiece at a traversing speed within a range of between approximately 1 mm/min and 10 mm/min.