The invention relates to a device (1) for cleaning a continuously circulating fabric (2) in a
paper machine for producing and / or
processing a paper,
cardboard, tissue or other
fiber web, comprising at least one cleaning
nozzle (3, 3.1), which generates at least one cleaning jet (4) from a fluid, said jet being directed towards the fabric (2), and comprising a
discharge channel (5) for discharging the fluid and the
dirt released from the fabric (2) by the cleaning jet (4) in a
discharge direction (8). The
discharge channel (5) has a first section (5.1) with a receiving opening (6) at the beginning of the discharge channel (5), said first section (5.1) of the discharge channel (5) having a cleaning opening (12) which faces the circulating fabric (2) and forms a cleaning zone (13), and the at least one cleaning
nozzle (3, 3.1) is arranged such that the at least one cleaning jet (4) strikes the fabric (2) in the region of the cleaning zone (13). The device (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the receiving opening (6) is oriented opposite the running direction (9) of the circulating fabric (2) and in that the at least one cleaning
nozzle (3, 3.1) is arranged such that the at least one cleaning jet (4) has a speed component in a transverse direction (9.1), thus transversely to the running direction (9) of the fabric (2), and strikes the fabric (2) in an
angular range of 20 degrees < B < 80 degrees, in particular in an
angular range of 30 degrees<B<70 degrees, with respect to the fabric plane (2.1) when viewed in the running direction (9) of the fabric.