Patent ID: 9656303
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B08B,B65G

Claim:
1. An apparatus to clean at least one conveyance face of at least one conveyance element of a conveyor device that conveys articles or materials, the apparatus comprising: a cleaning implement including a rigid plate and a flexible cleaning member extending underneath the rigid plate, the flexible cleaning member having a cleaning face to be brought into contact with the at least one conveyance face of the at least one conveyance element; a traction device including a winch and a cable, the traction device coupled to the cleaning implement to apply, to the cleaning implement, a tractive force in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of the at least one conveyance element of the conveyor device; a trolley beam located above the cleaning implement and the at least one conveyance element, the trolley beam extending in parallel with the conveyance direction of the at least one conveyance element to guide the cleaning implement in a guiding direction and in the conveyance direction of the at least one conveyance element; a trolley including a pulley for turning the cable, the trolley movably supported by the trolley beam; a suspension mechanism including at least one linkage member to suspend the cleaning implement from the trolley, the at least one linkage member directed or oriented from the trolley downward and forward in the conveyance direction; and a brake which blocks movement of the trolley in a direction of the tractive force to cause an upward swinging direction of the at least one linkage member with the cleaning implement by the tractive force, wherein: