Conveyor belt cleaning system
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsLance E. Behymer, Smarajit Mitra, Jerald W. Hall, Jr., Alexander C. Tsuei
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Abstract
An assembly and method for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for removing liquids and solids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly includes a plurality of laterally extending liquid absorbent material sheets disposed adjacent the belt, with the sheets collectively defining a contact face that is engageable with the belt for wiping liquids from the belt.
Claims21
A cleaning assembly for removing liquids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly comprising:
- a plurality of laterally extending liquid absorbent material sheets disposed adjacent the belt, with the sheets collectively defining a contact face that is engageable with the belt for wiping liquids and solids from the belt.
A cleaning assembly for removing liquids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly comprising:
- a liquid absorbent material unit disposed adjacent the belt, wherein the absorbent material unit comprises a stack of laterally extending sheets of absorbent material affixed together at first edges of each of the sheets, wherein at opposite second edges the sheets collectively define a contact face on the absorbent material unit that is engageable with the belt for wiping liquids and solids from the belt, and wherein at least one of the sheets deflects when engaged with the belt.
A method for removing liquids from an endless conveyor belt, the method comprising:
- advancing the belt;
- and
- engaging the belt with a contact face of a liquid absorbent material unit disposed adjacent the belt, wherein the absorbent material unit comprises a stack of laterally extending sheets of absorbent material affixed together at first edges of each of the sheets, wherein at opposite second edges the sheets collectively define the contact face of the absorbent material unit, and wherein at least one of the sheets deflects when engaged with the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.