Patent ID: 6422394
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B07B

Abstract:
A cleaning system to prevent obstructions and blockages of one or more screens of screening machines used to sort aggregates, each such screen having a length, a width, a top side and a bottom side, and an entry end and exit end, by continuously cleaning the top side of each screen, comprising:a length of cleaning device positioned along the length of and on top of said screen being cleaned; a motorized system connected to said cleaning device to rotate and move such device across said screen, said motorized system comprising: a motor having a rotating shaft to which said cleaning device is attached; a travel system on which said motor travels back and forth across the width of the screen being cleaned at the feed end of the screening machine; and controls and switches to regulate the power and direction of said motor, so that the rotation of the shaft of the motor rotates the cleaning device, said rotation having the effect of moving the assembly of the motor and cleaning device back and forth so that as said cleaning device rotates and taps the surface of the screen, said surface is thereby continuously cleaned.