Patent ID: 6258164
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B05B,B05C,G02B

Abstract:
A cleaning system for cleaning with a steeping agent a coating agent feed system and nozzles used for coating a fiber, the coating agent feed system comprising a feed channel for feeding coating agent from a coating agent tank into a coating agent chamber which is arranged between a first and second nozzle of a nozzle unit, and a fiber inlet channel for guiding the fiber to be coated through the first nozzle into the coating agent chamber and an outlet channel for guiding the fiber through the second nozzle out of the coating agent chamber, wherein the cleaning system comprises a second feed channel for the steeping agent, positioned in the nozzle unit, the second feed channel being arranged to open into the coating agent chamber, and a change valve arranged between an outlet end of the coating agent feed channel at the coating agent chamber and an outlet end of the second feed channel at the coating agent chamber, the change valve being arranged to close the second feed channel in one position and the coating agent feed channel in the other position, whereby steeping agent can be fed through the second channel into the coating agent chamber when the coating agent feed channel is closed.