Patent ID: 7293572

Claim:
Cleaning equipment for cleaning a moving surface particularly in a paper machine, which cleaning equipment includes at least one washing head having a body, said at least one washing head arranged to be moved backwards and forwards transversely relative to the surface, the frame of which washing head, open at both ends, forms a chamber opening onto the surface to be cleaned, nozzle elements arranged inside the chamber for cleaning the moving surface, vacuum means for creating a suction effect at the first end of the surface side of the said chamber, and removal means connected to the second end of the chamber of the washing head, for removing from the washing head the material detached from the surface and collected using the suction effect, characterized in that the vacuum means comprises at least one ejector and is arranged in the washing head, wherein a vacuum is generated inside the washing head by leading compressed air to the at least one ejector, and the washing head is arranged to be movable relative to the removal means that is fitted in a fixed manner, and which removal means comprises essentially a collection trough or similar that extends over the entire transverse length of the surface, and in the collection trough, there is also a gap, which permits the movement of the washing head, and part of the washing head extends inside the collection trough through said gap.