Breast box for a papermaking machine

Abstract

Breast box for a papermaking machine. A breast box for a papermaking machine includes at least one distribution device for a material suspension extending over the width of the papermaking machine, at least one adjacent intermediate chamber located downstream of the distribution device, at least one guiding device for the suspension located adjacently downstream of the intermediate chamber, a nozzle chamber, having a wide aperture, located adjacently downstream of the guiding device, with the guiding device, the intermediate chamber and the distribution device being releasably connected with each other, and the intermediate chamber and the distribution device being pivotally journalled about a common fixed pivot axis, with the common pivot axis extending horizontally and laterally to the longitudinal direction of the papermaking machine, with the common pivot axis also extending through at least one pillow block fixedly connected with the seat or the foundation of the papermaking machine.

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