Patent ID: 7565962

Claim:
A conveyor belt cleaner blade to engage a conveyor belt to clean the conveyor belt, the blade having a transverse width to extend transverse of the belt and being adapted to be mounted on a support to extend longitudinally transverse of the belt, the blade including: a blade to engage the belt to clean the belt; a mounting portion to engage the support to position the blade adjacent the belt, wherein the mounting portion is integrally formed with the blade and is adapted to engage the support so that the blade is mounted for sliding movement longitudinally of the support during blade installation and removal; and wherein said blade includes end faces between which the width extends, a passage extending across said width between said end faces, and an abutment surface located between the end faces and positioned to be accessed via said passage for the purposes of applying a force thereto to move the blade longitudinally of the support to remove the blade from the support.