Patent ID: 7987966

Claim:
A removable cartridge cleaner assembly for conveyor belts, the removable cartridge cleaner comprising: an elongate support assembly having a longitudinal axis; an upper flat surface of the elongate support assembly having a horizontal configuration to face upwardly; an elongate cartridge assembly for having belt cleaner blade assemblies secured thereto and having a longitudinal axis; an elongate rail member of the cartridge assembly including legs depending therefrom having a space therebetween; lower free end surfaces of the legs of the elongate rail member with the space between the legs sized to permit the lower free end surfaces of the legs to be engaged on and slid along the upper flat surface of the elongate support assembly; securing portions of one of the support assembly and cartridge assembly which extend transversely to the longitudinal axes of the support assembly and the cartridge assembly; openings of the other of the support assembly and cartridge assembly configured for receiving the securing portions therein as an incident of sliding the lower free end surfaces of the legs of the rail member on the upper flat surface of the support assembly along the longitudinal axis thereof to shift the cartridge assembly to an operative supported position on the support assembly; and a biasing surface of at least one of the openings extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis with the biasing surface arranged and configured to cooperate with the securing portion received in the at least one opening to urge the lower free end surfaces of the rail member legs into tight engagement with the support assembly upper flat surface when the cartridge assembly is slid to the operative position thereof to minimize the accumulation of debris in the space between the legs and between the lower free end surfaces of the legs and the support assembly upper flat surface.