Patent ID: 9022206
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B08B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A cleaning device for removing debris from rotating conveyor rollers, comprising: a housing constructed and arranged for insertion between two adjacent rotating rollers; said housing having a first plurality of cleaning wheels at a first housing end associated with a first of the conveyor rollers, and a second plurality of cleaning wheels located on an opposite end of the housing and associated with a second of the conveyor rollers; at least one of said cleaning wheels being reciprocable relative to said housing between a retracted position permitting insertion of said housing between the rollers, and an extended position extending said reciprocating wheel towards the adjacent roller for limiting lateral movement of said housing between the rollers, and for biasing the at least one cleaning wheel against the corresponding conveyor roller; a fluid power cylinder in said housing for biasing said at least one reciprocable cleaning wheel towards said adjacent roller; wherein, upon movement of said housing between the rollers in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rollers, said cleaning wheels operationally engage and remove residue collected on the rollers; and said at least one reciprocable cleaning wheel being reciprocal relative to said housing in a direction transverse to the axis of the rollers.