Conveyor belt cleaning arrangement
AssigneeBelle Banne (Aust.) Pty Limited
InventorEdwin A. Barnes
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Abstract
A cleaning arrangement for a conveyor comprises an elongated beam forming a liquid reservoir and being connectable to a source of liquid. The beam is mountable transversely below a conveyor belt. The beam mounts a scraper device and is provided with a plurality of liquid nozzles along the length thereof. The nozzles are in communication with the liquid reservoir. A deflector extends downwardly from the scraper device and is so formed and provided that liquid from the nozzles passes therethrough and on to an adjacent surface of the conveyor belt at a position adjacent to and immediately before or substantially simultaneously with contact between the conveyor belt and the scraper device.
Claims6
An arrangement for cleaning a conveyor belt comprising:
- an elongated beam mountable transversely below an underside of a return run of said conveyor belt;
- a liquid reservoir formed in said beam, the liquid reservoir being connectable to a supply of liquid;
- A plurality of spray nozzles laterally spaced apart along the length of the beam, the spray nozzles being in communication with the liquid reservoir;
- scraper means operatively attached to said beam for contacting the underside of the belt;
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- deflector means extending downwardly from said scraper means, said deflector means being formed sot that spray issuing from the spray nozzles can pass therethrough and onto the underside of said belt adjacent to and immediately before, or substantially simultaneously with, contact between said belt and said scraper means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.