System for cleaning modular belts

A system for cleaning modular belts, consisting of a support structure configured to be mounted and dismounted in a return area from a modular-belt conveyor, consisting of a modular belt having an upper and a lower surface, wherein a plurality of independently-operating cleaning stations are mounted on said support structure and further wherein said plurality of cleaning stations, consisting of:

• a) a first surface cleaning station consisting of at least one roller with affixed cleaning flaps disposed crosswise on the modular belt;
• b) a cleaning preparation station consisting of at least one transverse duct elevated on support brackets, wherein a plurality of ejection nozzles are distributed along length of said at least one traverse duct and along entire width of the modular belt in order to spray water directly on the modular belt;
• c) a pre-cleaning station comprising a system of one or more self-adjustable plastic scrapers positioned at an angle above the modular belt, wherein said one or more self-adjustable plastic scrapers are situated to contact the entire width of the modular belt so as to scrape off dirt and debris adhered to the upper surface of the modular belt located below the at least one or more self-adjustable plastic scrapers;
• d) a second surface cleaning station consisting of one or more pairs of rollers having one or more cleaning flaps, a first roller of a pair of rollers having one or more cleaning flaps affixed to en the upper surface of the modular belt and a second roller of a pair of rollers having one or more cleaning flaps affixed to en4 the lower surface of the modular belt, wherein the cleaning flaps on the pair of rollers remove dirt and debris adhered to the modular-belt conveyor;
• wherein said one or more pairs of rollers of the first and second surface cleaning stations are actuated by a motor and transmission system;
• e) a deep-cleaning and sanitization station consisting of a plurality of rotary steam-spraying heads connected to a dry steam generator;
• wherein said rotary spraying heads are mounted on an elevated transverse shaft held by lateral brackets and are actuated by at least one motor;
• and
• f) a station for drying with heated air comprising two or more air turbines connected to one or more air heaters that supply the heated air to an elevated transverse diffuser mounted on brackets wherein the heated air dries an entirety of the modular-belt conveyor.