Patent ID: 8393459

Claim:
A bulk material conveyor belt scraper assembly adapted and configured to clean a bulk material conveyor belt, the conveyor belt scraper assembly comprising: a support member having a length that extends along an axis; at least two scraper members, the scraper members each having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the first end portion of each of the scraper members being configured and adapted to engage a bulk material conveyor belt, the second end portion of each of the scraper members connecting said scraper member to the support member in a manner such that the scraper member is slidable relative to the support member along the axis of the support member and is otherwise fixed relative to the support member, each of the scraper members comprising a base portion and a tip portion, the tip portion comprising the first end portion of said scraper member, the base portion comprising the second end portion of said scraper member, the tip portion being removable from the base portion; a clamping device, the clamping device being secured to the support member and being configured and adapted to squeeze the scraper members toward each other relative to the axis of the support member, the clamping device comprising a shaft that extends parallel to the axis of the support member and that extends through each of the scraper members, the shaft releasably locking the tip portion of each of the scraper members to the base portion of said scraper member.