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Cleaning method and device for belt buffers

US10435251B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 2016
Grant dateOct 8, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2207/26
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to clean the webs in a belt buffer having a plurality of belts arranged one above the other, a cleaning medium is applied to a running belt by means of a cleaning device and vacuumed off together with the loosened contamination. A device for carrying out this cleaning has a cleaning head for applying and vacuuming off the cleaning medium and a device for adjusting the height of the cleaning head to the level of the web to be cleaned and to move the cleaning head over the web to be cleaned.

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