Method for cleaning an air jet spinning device of a spinning station, an air jet spinning device of this type and a thread-forming unit for an air jet spinning device of this type

An air jet spinning device for manufacturing an air-spun thread from a supplied sliver, the air jet spinning device comprising:

• a thread-forming unit, which has a thread-forming element which can be or is arranged in a vortex chamber of a nozzle unit, and
• the nozzle unit, which has at least one air nozzle oriented toward the vortex chamber such that an air flow emerging from the air nozzle applies a rotational flow to the sliver, which can be or is fed into the vortex chamber,
• characterised in that
• the thread-forming unit is mounted so as to be linearly displaceable relative to the nozzle unit between a closed operating position and an open cleaning position of the air jet spinning device, and the air jet spinning device is linearly displaceable and/or pivotable in the cleaning position, and
• the thread-forming unit has an element carrier that releasably holds the thread-forming element in the cleaning position of the air jet spinning device and the element carrier is for lateral removal of the thread-forming element parallel to the drafting plane of the sliver.