Patent ID: 7217341

Claim:
Treatment equipment, including a beam, for a paper machine, the beam having a shaft disposed along an axial direction at both of its end components, equipped with a bearing assembly, which is attached to the paper machine frame and adapted to allow the beam to pivot in relation to the bearing assembly and move in the axial direction, and the said treatment equipment further comprising a support device at least in one of the end components of the beam for turning the beam, and an oscillator for moving the beam back and forth in the axial direction, and the said support device comprising a radially disposed swing arm rigidly connected to the shaft and an actuator connected thereto, characterized by a connection with the bearing assembly including an auxiliary arm, movable in the radial direction and fixed in the axial direction relative to the bearing assembly, and an articulated connector disposed between the swing arm and the auxiliary arm allowing the axial movement of the swing arm in relation to the auxiliary arm without a radial distortion of the swing arm and transmitting a support force from the actuator, which is arranged between the bearing assembly and the auxiliary arm.