Cleaning device

• Main Authors: Nunez, Justin M, Sherwin, Chris, Hilarides, Jim J, Hubmann, Curtis H, Lee, Daniel J, Bullis, Daniel, Ludtke, Jonathan L, Seals, Douglas E, Bakken, Todd J, Bober, Andrew M, Cook, Stephen C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.02.2017
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; CONVEYING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; RAILWAYS; SEALS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A cleaning device for cleaning a conveyor system including a slotted track that defines an elongate path along which product is moved and that has opposed glide surfaces from which product is suspended. The conveyor system also includes a wall that is disposed above the track and that cooperates with the track to define a product passageway along the elongate path. The cleaning device includes a drive unit, a wheel rotatably coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the wall within the product passageway to move the drive unit along the slotted track, a glide coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the glide surfaces to support the drive unit on the slotted track, and a cleaning implement coupled to the drive unit to clean the track.