US 12,221,748 B2
System and method for cleaning of belts and/or fabrics used on through air drying papermaking machines
James E. Sealey, II, Belton, SC (US); Marc Paul Begin, Simpsonville, SC (US); and Theodore D. Kennedy, San Mateo, FL (US)
Assigned to First Quality Tissue, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US)
Filed by First Quality Tissue, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,170.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,881, filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0389654 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. D21F 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC D21F 1/32 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cleaning a through air drying fabric of a through air drying papermaking machine, comprising:
a high pressure shower configured to traverse across a width of the through air drying fabric at a through air drying section of the papermaking machine while ejecting water onto the through air drying fabric, the high pressure shower having a full width that is less than a full width of the through air drying fabric; and
a vacuum box operatively connected to the high pressure shower,
the through air drying section comprising a through air drying drum on which the through air drying fabric is mounted, and the high pressure shower and the vacuum box are configured to operate to clean the through air drying fabric while the through air drying drum is in operation.