Roller conveyor cleaning apparatus
AssigneeMicron Electronics, Inc.
InventorJames Willard Metivier
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The apparatus comprises a platform frictionally engaging a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor by the rotation of the rollers, and a first cleaning element secured to the platform, wherein the first cleaning element engages a portion of the surface of the rollers as the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor.
Claims19
An apparatus for cleaning rollers of a roller conveyor comprising:
- (a) a platform for frictionally engaging at its lower surface a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor by the rotation of the rollers;
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- (b) a first and second cleaning element secured to the platform, wherein the first and second cleaning elements are for engaging at least a portion of the surface of the rollers as the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor;
- wherein the second cleaning element is for engaging a portion of the surface of the rollers not engaged by the first cleaning element.
An apparatus for cleaning rollers of a roller conveyor, wherein the rollers convey items along the roller conveyor in a first direction, comprising:
- (a) a platform;
- (b) a rotatable endless belt operatively secured to the platform, wherein the outer surface of said endless belt is for frictionally engaging a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor in the first direction;
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- (c) a cleaning element secured to the platform, wherein the cleaning element is for engaging a portion of the surface of the rollers as the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.