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US 5,161,666 AGranted
Conveyor belt cleaner
AssigneeHugh D. Eller
InventorRalph E. Pope
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Abstract
Apparatus for cleaning clinging residual material from a conveyor belt including a ribbed cleaning roll supported rotatably adjacent to a surface of a conveyor belt to be cleaned by mounting assemblies on opposite sides of the conveyor belt. A drive motor for rotating the ribbed cleaning roll is mounted to one of the mounting assemblies by a motor mount which includes an alignment mechanism for selectively locating the drive motor along three perpendicular axes for movement to coaxially align the motor and the cleaning roll.
Claims11
Apparatus for cleaning clinging residual material from a conveyor belt comprising:
- a ribbed cleaning roll having a central axis;
- a pair of mounting assemblies on opposite sides of the conveyor belt rotatably supporting said cleaning roll adjacent that surface of the conveyor belt to be cleaned;
- a drive motor for rotating said cleaning roll;
- and
- motor mounting means for mounting said drive motor on one of said mounting assemblies, said motor mounting means including alignment means for selectively locating said drive motor along three perpendicular axes of movement, wherein said alignment means includes:
- first means selectively fixable yet movable with respect to said drive motor;
- second means selectively fixable yet movable with respect to one of said mounting assemblies;
- and
- third means selectively fixable yet movably interconnecting said first and second means so that said drive motor can be coaxially aligned with the central axis of said cleaning roll.
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