Conveyor belt cleaning apparatus

A conveyor belt cleaning apparatus that is configured to provide cleaning of a conveyor belt during operation thereof wherein the conveyor belt cleaning apparatus comprises:

• a housing, said housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion of said housing having four walls being rectangular in shape, said upper portion having a first end and a second end, said upper portion having an upper end and a lower end, said upper portion having a hollow interior volume, said upper portion having a first opening proximate said upper end and a second opening proximate said lower end, said upper portion having a flange member circumferentially present said first opening, said lower portion being operably coupled to said upper portion proximate the lower end of said upper portion, said lower portion having a first segment and a second segment, said first segment and said second segment being laterally adjacent, said first segment having a hollow interior volume, said second segment having a hollow interior volume, said first segment being comprised of a plurality of walls, said plurality of walls being angular in form and structured to create a width that is greater proximate an upper end of the first segment than a width proximate a lower end of the first segment, said second segment being comprised of a plurality of walls, said plurality of walls being angular in form and structured to create a width that is greater proximate an upper end of the second segment than a width proximate a lower end of the second segment, wherein the angular orientation of the plurality of walls of said first segment and said second segment inhibits material from accumulating within the interior volume of said first segment and said second segment;
• a cleaning member support element, said cleaning member support element being disposed within the interior volume of said upper portion, said cleaning member support element configured to move in an upwards-downwards direction within said interior volume of said upper portion, said cleaning member support element having a first longitudinal support member and a second longitudinal support member, said cleaning member support element further having a first lateral support member and a second lateral support member being operably coupled between said first longitudinal support member and said second longitudinal support member at opposing ends thereof forming a rectangular shape for the cleaning member support element, the cleaning member support element further comprising two vertical support elements, said two vertical support elements being coupled to a bottom of the cleaning member support element and extending downward therefrom, said two vertical support elements movably mounted within a channel formed in one of said four walls of said upper portion of said housing;
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• a plurality of cleaning members, said plurality of cleaning members being coupled to said cleaning member support element, said plurality of cleaning members being perpendicular to said cleaning member support element and extending upward therefrom, said plurality of cleaning members being adjacent each other and independently movable.