Device And Adaptive Method For The Cleaning Of A Nozzle In A Fluid Dispensing System

Abstract

A device for the cleaning of a nozzle for dispensing fluids includes an elastomeric cleaning element. The cleaning element includes a plurality of cavities extending from an upper surface. The plurality of cavities includes a first cavity having a first set of wall surface sections and a second cavity having a second set of wall surface sections. The first set of wall surface sections includes a first section and the second set of wall surface sections includes a second section, wherein an angle between the first section and the second section in a plane parallel to the upper surface is between 10 and 80. This facilitates mechanical interaction between the nozzle to be cleaned and the wall surface sections as well as the edges between the wall surface sections and the upper surface of the cleaning element along different directions without having to rotate the nozzle about its main extension.

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