Abstract: A conveyor cleaning and residue control system for use with a conveyor includes an air knife and a deflector. The air knife impinges an air stream against the conveyor to blast residue from the conveyor, and the deflector redirects the air stream and the residue loosened by the air stream toward a chute. The flow of the air stream toward the chute causes at least a portion of the air-borne residue in the vicinity of the conveyor to flow toward the chute with the air stream such that the residue becomes supersaturated and forms macro-particles that precipitate out of air suspension. The air knife and deflector thus recycle the residue carried by the conveyor instead of requiring it to be evacuated. In the first embodiment, the deflector includes a pair of non-coplanar blades that are attached to one another. The deflector is both rotationally and translationally adjustable with respect to the conveyor. A second embodiment is disclosed wherein the deflector is curved.