Method for cleaning a conveyor belt in a conveyor belt system

A method of cleaning a conveyor belt in a conveyor belt system, said conveyor belt system comprising:

• a main frame element,
• a first conveyor belt attached to said main frame element and adapted to transport a food product in a first direction,
• a second conveyor belt attached to said main frame element and adapted to transport said food product in a second direction, said second conveyor belt being arranged below said first conveyor belt,
• a chute element arranged on a shaft that is substantially horizontal and perpendicular in relation to said first direction and said second direction, said chute element being arranged below said first conveyor belt and above said second conveyor belt, at an outer end position of said first conveyor belt in said first direction, and
• at least one sealing element,
• wherein said method comprises:
• rotating said chute element around said shaft from a first position, in which said first conveyor belt is in communication with said second conveyor belt via said chute element, to a second position, in which communication between said first conveyor belt and said second conveyor belt is prevented,
• sealing said second conveyor belt from said first conveyor belt by the at least one sealing element,
• cleaning said first conveyor belt using a liquid cleaning product while the at least one sealing element seals the second conveyor belt from the first conveyor belt, and
• directing the liquid cleaning product and remaining food product on the first conveyor belt vertically downward to a drain using the rotated chute element that is sealing the second conveyor belt from the first conveyor belt so that the liquid cleaning product and the remaining food product are prevented from reaching the second conveyor belt, the drain being spaced apart from the first conveyor belt in the first direction.