Patent ID: 7743909

Claim:
A conveying installation for transporting goods, comprising: a conveyor belt extending between a loading station and an unloading station in a forward strand and a return strand and being guided about deflecting drums in the loading and unloading stations; a plurality of supporting bars oriented transversely to a travel direction of said conveyor belt, spaced apart from one another in the travel direction of said conveyor belt, and having said conveyor belt mounted to an underside thereof; two pairs of supporting cables or supporting rails extending along the installation respectively assigned to said forward strand and said return strand of said conveyor belt; said supporting bars having lateral ends and supporting rollers mounted to said lateral ends and disposed for rolling on said supporting cables or supporting rails; a configuration for cleaning said conveyor belt including a pivotally mounted arm, a scraper strip mounted on said arm, a servomotor for pivoting said arm and moving said scraper strip towards said conveyor belt, and a control assembly connected to said servomotor for causing said servomotor to move said scraper strip towards said conveyor belt; said control assembly being controlled by a position of said supporting bars, wherein said scraper strip is brought substantially into abutment against said conveyor belt between said supporting bars, whereas said scraper strip is lifted off from said conveyor belt in a region of a respective said supporting bar in order to allow said supporting bar to pass by said scraper strip.