US 12,559,323 B2Granted

Conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade mount

AssigneeFlexible Steel Lacing Company

InventorsBrett E. DeVries, Mark Tomandl

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Abstract

In one aspect, a scraper blade mount for a conveyor belt cleaner is provided that includes a resilient, unitary blade mount member. The unitary blade mount member has an upwardly extending blade support portion configured to have a scraper blade mounted thereto and an upwardly extending base portion configured to be fixed to an elongate support of a conveyor belt cleaner. The blade mount member has a lower arcuate portion connecting the base portion and blade support portion that permits movement of the cleaner blade support portion toward the base portion during operation of the conveyor belt cleaner. The blade mount member further includes a pocket having an upwardly facing opening and a blocker connected to the blade mount member configured to limit debris from entering the upwardly facing opening and accumulating in the pocket. The debris may be scraped material, dust, and/or dirt as some examples.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A scraper blade mount for a conveyor belt cleaner, the scraper blade mount comprising:

a resilient, unitary blade mount member;
an upwardly extending blade support portion of the blade mount member configured to have a scraper blade mounted thereto;
an upwardly extending base portion of the blade mount member configured to be fixed to an elongate support of a conveyor belt cleaner;
a lower arcuate portion of the blade mount member connecting the base portion and the blade support portion, the arcuate portion permitting movement of the blade support portion of the blade mount member relative to the base portion of the blade mount member during operation of the conveyor belt cleaner;
a pocket of the blade mount member formed by the blade support portion, the arcuate portion, and the base portion to provide a spacing between the blade support portion and the base portion that permits movement of the blade support portion, the pocket having an upwardly facing opening, the lower arcuate portion of the blade mount member forming a bottom of the pocket opposite the upwardly facing opening of the pocket;
and
a blocker connected to the blade mount member configured to limit debris from entering the upwardly facing opening and accumulating in the pocket,
wherein the arcuate portion of the blade mount member includes lower loop portions having a spacing therebetween.

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A scraper blade mount for a conveyor belt cleaner, the scraper blade mount comprising:

a resilient, unitary blade mount member;
a blade support plate portion of the blade mount member configured for operatively mounting a scraper blade connected thereto, the blade support plate portion having a blade support plate portion inner surface and a blade support plate portion outer surface opposite the blade support plate portion inner surface;
a base plate portion of the blade mount member configured for being secured to an elongate support of the conveyor belt cleaner, the base plate portion having a base plate portion inner surface and a base plate portion outer surface opposite the base plate inner surface;
the blade support plate portion and the base plate portion extending substantially parallel to one another in an undeflected orientation of the blade support plate portion;
and
a pair of laterally spaced loop portions of the blade mount member interconnecting the blade support plate portion and the base plate portion so that the blade support plate portion inner surface faces the base plate portion inner surface, the blade mount member having a through opening between the laterally spaced loop portions with the loop portions being laterally spaced apart across the through opening from another, the laterally spaced loop portions of the blade mount member permitting resilient deflection of the blade support plate portion relative to the base plate portion in a downstream longitudinal direction during conveyor belt cleaner operation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.