Roll cleaning device

A cleaning device for wiping the cylindrical face of a roll supported for rotation has an elongated frame comprising a plurality of elongated support webs oriented at an angle to one another in a star-like configuration; a cleaning felt secured about the frame and supported by the free longitudinal edges of the support webs; pressing levers movably supported adjacent the roll and including a frame supporting arrangement for rotatably holding and positioning the frame at opposite ends thereof, parallel to the axis of the roll; and a spring connected to the pressing levers for urging the pressing levers towards the roll for pressing the frame against the roll into a working position. The cleaning felt is divided into a plurality of cleaning felt portions by any two neighboring free longitudinal edges. In the working position, one of the cleaning felt portions is urged into a shape-conforming engagement with the cylindrical face of the roll along the length thereof.