Patent ID: 8201682
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A belt cleaner apparatus comprising: a frame for a conveyor belt; an elongate member for extending below and across the conveyor belt; a belt scraper operatively mounted to the elongate member and biased into engagement with the overlying conveyor belt; a pair of tensioner units, one at each end of the elongate member for biasing the elongate member and the belt scraper upwardly toward the conveyor belt; a mounting frame member of each of the tensioner units for mounting the tensioner units to the conveyor belt frame; and a detachable portion of the mounting frame member that is removed from the mounting frame member to allow the tensioner units to be reconfigured to bias the elongate member upwardly in either a push-up configuration or a pull-up configuration, wherein the tensioner units each include a spring member, and the detachable portion of the mounting frame member is a spring mount against which one end of the spring member abuts.