Patent ID: 7198697

Claim:
A supporting and wiping device for a machine wire in a paper-making system, comprising: a carrier; a plurality of supporting and wiping strips firmly supported by said carrier and aligned transversely with respect to a direction of movement of the machine wire; said carrier having two carrying beams aligned substantially parallel to said supporting and wiping strips and a plurality of transverse webs between said beams, said transverse webs having at least two parts and being configured to be fixed to said beams; said transverse webs and said supporting and wiping strips being formed with mutually associated voids and projections, for facilitating a connection between said transverse webs and said supporting and wiping strips, and wherein said at least two parts of said transverse webs are displaceably disposed relative to one another, and a relative displacement of said at least two parts causes said supporting and wiping strips to be clamped and secured to said carrier.