Apparatus for cleaning conveyors

A conveyor cleaning assembly comprising the combination of an endless conveyor which moves in a predetermined direction along a portion of its path of movement and a conveyor cleaning assembly, said cleaning assembly including:

• a cleaning head which includes at least one cleaning element for engaging one or more surfaces of said conveyor and removing debris therefrom as said conveyor moves along said portion of its path in frictional engagement with said cleaning element, and
• a head support for holding said cleaning head in a fixed position adjacent to said conveyor along said portion of its path of movement, said head support having an engagement axis,
• means for supporting said head support in a predetermined position adjacent said portion of said path with said engagement axis generally parallel to said predetermined direction,
• said cleaning head and said head support being of complementary configurations for sliding engagement of said cleaning head with said head support upon movement of said cleaning head along said engagement axis generally in said predetermined direction of movement of such conveyor, said head support precluding movement of said cleaning head laterally relative to said engagement axis of said head support when so engaged therewith, and said cleaning head and said head support including abutment portions which limit the sliding engagement movement of said cleaning head onto said head support in said direction of movement of said conveyor, whereby said cleaning head may be so slid onto said head support and into a cleaning position for contact with said conveyor and thereafter will be retained in such cleaning position by friction forces of said conveyor acting on said cleaning head as said conveyor moves in said predetermined direction while in contact with said cleaning head and said cleaning head may be removed by sliding movement thereof opposite to said predetermined direction.