Patent ID: 8312986
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A conveyor belt system comprising: a conveyor belt traveling in a belt travel direction; an elongate base member having a longitudinal axis and opposite ends, and extending lengthwise therebetween along the longitudinal axis below and across the conveyor belt; a plurality of belt cleaner blade assemblies; an elongate rail member having a longitudinal axis and configured for having the belt cleaner blade assemblies secured thereto and for being slidably mounted on the elongate base member in an installation direction generally orthogonal to the belt travel direction from one of the base member opposite ends toward the other end; a laterally extending portion of one of the rail member and the base member that extends in a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the one of the rail member and the base member; and a wedge portion of the other one of the rail member and the base member that includes a surface that extends transversely and is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the other one of the rail member and the base member and which is disposed so that the laterally extending portion of the one of the base member and the rail member will engage the wedge portion surface of the other one of the base member and the rail member as the rail member is slidably mounted on the base member in the installation direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongate base member to urge the rail member toward the base member to minimize the accumulation of debris therebetween.