Patent ID: 8573384
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A bulk material conveyor belt scraper assembly comprising: a belt scraper having a leading side and a trailing side, the belt scraper comprising a scraper portion, a mounting portion, a skirt portion, and a first hole, the scraper portion having a scraping edge that lies on the leading side of the belt scraper, the scraping edge being configured and adapted to engage a moving conveyor belt in a manner such that the scraper portion removes bulk material from the conveyor belt with the leading side of the belt scraper leading the trailing side, the mounting portion being integrally formed with the scraper portion as a monolithic part, the mounting portion protruding from the scraper portion opposite the scraping edge, the mounting portion tapering in a narrowing manner as it extends away from the scraper portion, the skirt portion being integrally formed with the scraper portion and the mounting portion as a portion of the monolithic part and forming a portion of the leading side of the belt scraper, the skirt portion protruding from the scraper portion and being adjacent to and spaced from the mounting portion in a manner such that the skirt portion lies between the mounting portion and the leading side of the belt scraper and such that a slot extends at least partially through the belt scraper parallel to the scraping edge, the first hole extending through the skirt portion and the mounting portion; a mounting member comprising a tapered pocket and a second hole, the tapered pocket bound by four wall portions, the mounting portion of the belt scraper being positioned in the tapered pocket of the mounting member with a first one of the walls of the mounting member lying between the mounting portion of the belt scraper and the skirt portion of the belt scraper; the second hole extending through the first wall and an opposite second one of the walls; a securing pin, the securing pin extending within the first and second holes in a manner such that the securing pin is positioned within the skirt of the belt scraper, through the first wall of the mounting member, through the mounting portion of the belt scraper, and within the second wall of the mounting member.