METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A CONVEYOR BELT

A method of and apparatus for cleaning a conveyor belt. A roller (10) is frictionally engaged with a downwardly facing load carrying surface of the belt (34) so that it is caused to rotate by the moving belt. The rotary movement of the roller is transferred via a gear train (14, 20) to a brush (16)...

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Main Author VAN DER MERWE DIRK JACOB CAREL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.02.1981
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method of and apparatus for cleaning a conveyor belt. A roller (10) is frictionally engaged with a downwardly facing load carrying surface of the belt (34) so that it is caused to rotate by the moving belt. The rotary movement of the roller is transferred via a gear train (14, 20) to a brush (16) which is upstream of the roller and in contact with the belt. The belt is brushed by the brush in a direction which is opposite to its direction of movement and thus material brushed from the belt is directed downwardly and away from the roller. A substantially constant force is continuously exerted on the brush, which is movable more or less perpendicularly to the belt surface, so that a constant brushing force is maintained as the brush wears in use.
Bibliography:Application Number: ZW29080