Patent ID: 8061508

Claim:
A secondary system for cleaning a conveyor belt running between conveyor pulleys, the secondary system comprising: a frame bar; two bracket assemblies spaced apart and adjustably mountable to the frame bar therebetween, wherein each bracket assembly of the two bracket assemblies comprises: an inner tube member, a first outer tube member and a second outer tube member, wherein the second outer tube member comprises an attachment mechanism to retain the frame bar; wherein the first outer tube member and the second outer tube member each comprise a longitudinal through-bore and an external side, wherein the longitudinal through-bore is sized to receive the inner tube member for slideably positioning the frame bar along the inner tube member to a first position for close proximity of the frame bar to the conveyor belt, wherein the second outer tube member is free to slide relative to the first outer tube member when both outer tube members are slideably engaged with the inner tube member; wherein the first outer tube member and the second outer tube member further comprise a fine frame bar adjustment system mounted on the external sides of the first outer tube member and the second outer tube member to adjust and retain a distance between the first outer tube member relative to the second outer tube member for positioning the frame bar to a second position for closer proximity of the conveyor belt than the first position, a cleaning blade assembly including (i) two or more mounting crossbar connectors and one or more rubberized bases, wherein each mounting crossbar connector of the two or more mounting crossbar connectors is partially disposed within the one or more rubberized bases, (ii) one or more metal cleaning blades, wherein each metal cleaning blade of the one or more metal cleaning blades is partially disposed within the one or more rubberized bases; (iii) wherein the two or more mounting crossbar connectors, the one or more rubberized bases, and the one or more metal cleaning blades each include one or more apertures, and (iv) wherein the two or more mounting crossbar connectors are mountable to the frame bar; and cleaning blade assembly attachment hardware including bolts and nuts to cooperate with the one or more apertures (i) to mount together the cleaning blade assembly and (ii) to mount the two or more mounting crossbar connectors to the frame bar.