Patent ID: 8393555

Claim:
A moistening nozzle of a paper web comprising a frame to which air and water are fed, a water nozzle arranged inside the frame to conduct water out of the moistening nozzle and an air nozzle to conduct air out of the moistening nozzle, and in connection with the air nozzle there are means by which the air is brought into swirling motion and the air nozzle and the water nozzle are arranged one within the other to allow the air and the water to produce water mist that is sprayed out from the moistening nozzle, and in the air nozzle there is a sleeve part having an opening through which the air is conducted out from the moistening nozzle, and in a centralized manner with said opening there is arranged a part of the moistening nozzle frame forming a tip of the water nozzle whereby the part of the moistening nozzle frame forming the tip of the water nozzle and the sleeve part form an air gap, and the part of the moistening nozzle frame forming the tip of the water nozzle forms an inner edge of said air gap.