Conveyor belt cleaning apparatus
AssigneeAustralian Conveyor Components Pty Ltd
InventorLawrence Harvey Robinson
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Abstract
A blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaning assembly comprises a blade mount member for mounting a scraper blade; a connection portion; a resilient member disposed between the blade mount member and the connection portion; and a single adjustment member to couple the blade mounting assembly to a base member of the cleaning assembly and enable rotational movement of the blade mounting assembly about the single adjustment member relative to the base member. The resilient member provides yielding support to the scraper blade, to conform the scraper blade to irregularities and movement in a conveyor belt.
Claims14
A blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaning assembly, the blade mounting assembly comprising:
- a blade mount member for mounting a scraper blade;
- a connection portion;
- a resilient member disposed between the blade mount member and the connection portion,
- wherein the resilient member provides yielding support to the scraper blade, to conform the scraper blade to irregularities and movement in a conveyor belt;
- and
- a single adjustment member to couple the blade mounting assembly to a base member of the cleaning assembly and enable rotational movement of the blade mounting assembly about the single adjustment member relative to the base member,
- wherein the base member comprises an upper base member, the upper base member comprising:
- an actuation device;
- a housing portion configured to at least partially retain the actuation device;
- and
- a mounting portion attached to an upper surface of the housing portion and configured to enable rotational movement of the connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.