Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper blade, of synthetic plastics or hard rubber material and of elongate form bonded to an elongate metallic reinforcing and/or supporting strip extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade, the latter having at least one longitudinally extending scraper edge, adapted, in use, to make contact with a conveyor belt surface to be scraped, and the blade having a lateral dimension such that said at least one scraper edge extends beyond an adjacent lateral periphery of the strip, the latter being apertured at at least two places along its length to provide a connection means for attaching the blade, in use, to a blade supporting arrangement.