Patent ID: 8978876
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for stripping material from a lower run of a conveyor belt of a belt conveyor, the arrangement comprising: scrapers divided into groups distributed over a width of the conveyor belt, and lying resiliently elastically against an underside of the lower run, wherein scrapers are arranged obliquely to a direction of travel of the lower run, wherein the scrapers of a first group are oriented angled relative to the scrapers of an adjacent second group, wherein each respective scraper is supported at least indirectly on a supporting frame of the belt conveyor via at least two wound leg springs, wherein each respective leg spring is connected by its upper end to a front or rear, in the direction of travel, end portion of the scraper, wherein each respective leg spring is connected rotatably by its lower end to a transverse strut of the supporting frame mounted on the supporting structure of the belt conveyor, and wherein each respective leg spring has at least one leg portion pointing substantially obliquely to the direction of travel and also obliquely downwards counter to the direction of travel.