Abstract: A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck including a plurality of sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane, and the plurality of sheet supports and the plurality of sheet guides define therebetween a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction toward the downstream end of the front end conveyor. At least one helical brush is positioned at the sheet transport path and is configured to engage scrap material on the plurality of sheets. The conveyor also includes a drive configured to rotate the helical brush.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cleaning head for cleaning a plurality of hoisting belts and/or at least one sheave of an elevator system is provided. The at least one sheave includes a plurality of grooves for receiving each of the hoisting belts. The cleaning head comprises a base plate and a plurality of wipers fixed to an upper end of the base plate to project outwards from the base plate. The cleaning head may be used to clean the plurality of hoisting belts at once and/or the plurality of grooves of the at least one sheave at once.

Abstract: A sheet processing machine has at least one shaping device and at least one sheet delivery unit, arranged downstream of the at least one shaping device along a transport path provided for a transport of sheets. The at least one shaping device has at least one shaping point which is formed by at least one forme cylinder, on one hand, and at least one impression cylinder, on the other hand. At least one separation device, for removing scrap pieces from sheets, is arranged downstream of the at least one shaping point along the transport path provided for the transport of sheets. The at least one separation device has at least one separation transport device. At least one transport device, configured as a selective transport device, is arranged following the at least one separation transport device along the transport path provided for the transport of sheets. The transport device is configured as at least one upper suction transport device for a hanging transport of sheets.

Abstract: A rail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor includes: a main body; a cleaning body; and a fastening band. The main body has a through hole. The through hole is arranged so that lower ends of link plates are located at an intermediate position of the through hole in a height direction of the main body when the cleaning body is held in abutment against an upper surface of a drive rail. The fastening band has a ring shape passing through an inside of the through hole and over outer sides of the link plates and extending to an upper side of the main body. The fastening band is tightened so as to press the cleaning body onto the drive rail by bringing an upper end of the main body close to the lower ends of the link plates, thereby fastening the main body to the link plates.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting containers or packs of containers includes an endlessly circulating belt driven by a drive. A mark marks a position on the belt and a sensor detects the mark. A controller receives data from the drive's rotation-angle detector and from the sensor. It then uses this data to either determine an extent to which the belt has elongated or to control the drive.

Abstract: A belt conveyor has an upward sloping tube and a hopper extending outward from the lower intake end of the tube. A belt has an upper run passing along a hopper floor of the hopper then over a top S-roller of an S-roller assembly, under a bottom S-roller thereof, and up through the tube. Resilient bottom seal strips each extend along each side of the hopper with lower edges thereof bearing against the belt adjacent to side edges of the belt and resilient top seal strips are fastened on top of the corresponding bottom seal strips such that a lower edge of each top seal strip bears against the belt beside the lower edge of the corresponding bottom seal strip. Roller seals seal edges of the S-rollers and the belt passing therethrough, and a support surface supports the belt between the bottom S-roller and the intake end of the tube.

Abstract: A Layboy machine for the transportation of corrugated boxes including one or more Scrap Separation devices for improved Scrap separation. The Scrap Separation means include a Compliant Scrap Blocker for Loose Scrap, an Opposing Phase Shift Beater for Trapped Scrap and all types of Hanging Chads, a Chad Wall for stripping Lead Edge Trim, Trail Edge Trim and Side Edge Trim Scrap, a Compliant Scrap Blocker-Wedge Roller for harsher scrubbing of the box and motivating Scrap above the Board Line to move to under the Board Line and Side Edge Trim Chad Stripper which is removes Side Edge Trim Chads. The Wheel Assemblies are superior in allowing the proper configuration of the various Scrap Separation Means. The concept of the staggered Wheel Assemblies also leads to reduced Order Setup Time, better board control and reduced Print Damage and Box Size variation out of the Press.

Abstract: The device for cleaning grooved surfaces of a moving transport, such as escalators and moving walkways, includes a frame supporting at least one vacuum pump and a plurality of vacuum heads and a plurality of brush heads. A carriage is attached relative to the frame to which at least one of the plurality of vacuum heads and brush heads are slidably attached. The carriage can be attached to the frame in a multitude of ways, including utilizing a four-bar linkage. The carriage is positionable between a stored position and a deployed position. Additionally, the carriage can be angularly adjustable to align with a horizontal plane of the grooved surface. A handle can be pivotably attached to the frame wherein pivotable movement of the handle is mechanically coupled to movement of the carriage between the stored and deployable positions.

Abstract: A removable unit includes an endless belt-like member; a first contact member that contacts an inner surface of the belt-like member; a second contact member disposed upwardly of the first contact member in a direction of gravitational force when the removable unit is mounted to a body of an image forming apparatus; a first cleaning member disposed between the first contact member and the second contact member; and a second cleaning member disposed between the first cleaning member and the second contact member. The first cleaning member prevents an adherent cleaned off by the second cleaning member from moving downward in the direction of gravitational force along an inner peripheral surface of the belt-like member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for slicing food products which can have a non-homogeneous structure. The device comprises a supply device, a cutting device, namely the slicer, and a removal device, preferably an endless conveyor belt. It is provided to have the device be designed to be self-cleaning. Sterilization of the device is likewise provided.

Abstract: A system for cleaning conveyor human transports including a first plurality of elongate brushes, each extending along a longitudinal axis, at least one drive motor, a second plurality of endless resilient tensionable belts arranged to be driven by the drive motor intermittently in a plurality of planes, generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the first plurality of elongate brushes, a third plurality of brush mounting elements arranged to mount each of the first plurality of elongate brushes onto the second plurality of endless resilient tensionable belts for intermittent motion generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the first plurality of elongate brushes and a tensioning assembly operative to maintain the second plurality of endless resilient tensionable belts under tension at least during the motion.

Abstract: Belt cleaning assemblies for a continuous conveyor belt having a pervious belt assembly and top and bottom belt surfaces generally include contact and non-contact cleaning assembles. Continuous conveyor belt systems having belt cleaning assemblies and methods for cleaning continuous conveyor belts are also provided.

Abstract: A Layboy machine for the transportation of corrugated boxes including one or more Scrap Separation Means for improved Scrap separation. The Scrap Separation means include a Compliant Scrap Blocker for Loose Scrap, an Opposing Phase Shift Beater for Trapped Scrap and all types of Hanging Chads, a Chad Wall for stripping Lead Edge Trim, Trail Edge Trim and Side Edge Trim Scrap, a Compliant Scrap Blocker-Wedge Roller for harsher scrubbing of the box and motivating Scrap above the Board Line to move to under the Board Line and Side Edge Trim Chad Stripper which is removes Side Edge Trim Chads. The Wheel Assemblies are superior in allowing the proper configuration of the various Scrap Separation Means. The concept of the staggered Wheel Assemblies also leads to reduced Order Setup Time, better board control and reduced Print Damage and Box Size variation out of the Press.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a moving conveyor belt of a conveyor belt assembly. The apparatus includes an enclosed housing connectable to the conveyor belt assembly, wherein the housing has an open portion adjacent to the moving conveyor belt. A hub is rotatably connected to and within the enclosed housing, and a plurality of wipers are releasably connected to and extend outward from the hub. A driving means rotates the hub and the wipers such that the plurality of wipers at least partially engage and wipe the conveyor belt clean, as the wipers rotate through the open portion of the housing.

Abstract: A removable unit includes an endless belt-like member; a first contact member that contacts an inner surface of the belt-like member; a second contact member disposed upwardly of the first contact member in a direction of gravitational force when the removable unit is mounted to a body of an image forming apparatus; a first cleaning member disposed between the first contact member and the second contact member; and a second cleaning member disposed between the first cleaning member and the second contact member. The first cleaning member prevents an adherent cleaned off by the second cleaning member from moving downward in the direction of gravitational force along an inner peripheral surface of the belt-like member.

Abstract: A conveyor maintenance system and method determines when a conveyor requires cleaning by determining when the conveyor is soiled beyond a predetermined threshold level. The system comprises a detector that collects optical data indicative of the amount of soil on a conveyor, a memory that stores reference data indicative of a clean conveyor, and a controller that compares the optical data indicative of the amount of soil on the conveyor to the reference data and determines whether the conveyor requires cleaning based on the comparison.

Abstract: A technique for the conveyance of solid combustible material, having at least one conveying means, wherein the conveying means is supported at least partially by bearing means and/or drive means, in particular on a stand, and the apparatus having at least one collecting space located below the conveying means and having a height, at least one deflecting means for the deflection of solid combustible material towards the collecting space being located below at least one bearing means and/or below at least one drive means. Such an apparatus is suitable most especially for the conveyance of solid materials presenting a fire and/or explosion hazard.

Abstract: A lifting apparatus includes at least one carrying means that is mounted on a compensation bearing unit and that is for receiving and/or delivering a polymer melt, and in particular a tacky polymer melt.

Abstract: A system for removing trim from sheet dough including a belt defined by an upper edge, lower edge, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, wherein a plurality of brushes extend from the lower edge of the belt at an orientation substantially perpendicular to the lower edge, an idler sprocket in communication with the interior surface of the belt, and a motor configured to rotate the belt about the idler sprocket.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods relating to a self cleaning belt conveyor for transporting a substrate through a chamber are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus provides a belt conveyor apparatus for transporting a substrate through a chamber comprising at least one endless belt having a conveying surface, wherein the conveying surface comprises one or more raised components for supporting the substrate and maintaining a gap between the conveying surface and the substrate, and two or more cylindrical shafts coupled with the at least one endless belt wherein the at least one endless belt is tensioned around the two or more cylindrical shafts and wherein the two or more cylindrical shafts are rotatable to move the conveying surface.

Abstract: An inverted coil brush assembly is particularly useful for the cleaning of a chain or belt and the like as a hand tool or part of an apparatus through which the chain or belt moves. The inverted coil brush assembly has an open coil structure with a long lead and can easily be threaded on and removed from a belt or chain. The tool is sufficiently flexible that the axial hole (ID) through its center can be enlarged or contracted by axial elongation or compression of the tool. The tool and its method of application and use enable it to be used as a hand tool or as a component in a transmission for example. It may be adjusted manually or automatically. The tool preferably has a lead or space between adjacent coils of from about ¼ to 2 times or more the outside diameter (OD) of the coil. The OD to ID ratio may vary from our 2:1 to about 7:1. A preferred ratio is about 3:1.

Abstract: An inverted coil brush assembly is particularly useful for the cleaning of a chain or belt and the like as a hand tool or part of an apparatus through which the chain or belt moves. The inverted coil brush assembly has an open coil structure with a long lead and can easily be threaded on and removed from a belt or chain. The tool is sufficiently flexible that the axial hole (ID) through its center can be enlarged or contracted by axial elongation or compression of the tool. The tool and its method of application and use enable it to be used as a hand tool or as a component in a transmission for example. It may be adjusted manually or automatically. The tool preferably has a lead or space between adjacent coils of from about ¼ to 2 times or more the outside diameter (OD) of the coil. The OD to ID ratio may vary from our 2:1 to about 7:1. A preferred ratio is about 3:1.

Abstract: An adjustable V-plow apparatus for removing material from a belt may comprise pivotably connected first and second frame arms that may be pivoted at the pivotable connection for adjusting the angle therebetween. A cleaning media is mounted to the first and second frame arms for providing a cleaning edge along the first and second frame arms. A mounting is attached to the first and second frame arms proximate the pivotable connection thereof. The mounting may comprise a base plate and an arm for positioning the adjustable V-plow to engage a belt.

Abstract: A system for removing trim from sheet dough including a belt defined by an upper edge, lower edge, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, wherein a plurality of brushes extend from the lower edge of the belt at an orientation substantially perpendicular to the lower edge, an idler sprocket in communication with the interior surface of the belt, and a motor configured to rotate the belt about the idler sprocket.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a horizontal roll turning about its axis, the device being carried and guided by the roll without following the roll in its rotation, being capable of being displaced by sliding along the roll and cleaning the surface of the roll during its sliding by a cleaning mechanism, for example a cutting tool, fixed to the device. The device allows the cleaning of rolls for conveying glass sheet or glass ribbon, particularly those of a lehr downstream of an installation for forming flat glass such as a float glass installation (formed on a bath of molten metal generally based on tin).

Abstract: A method for washing conveyor belts, according to the invention, is characterized in that the drive of the conveyor belt (2) is transferred via rollers (3) and a cleaning element is driven, preferably having the form of a rotating brush (9), and the shield (4) is sprayed by a spraying system (7), and the cleaning element is wetted by a wetting system (8). A device for washing conveyor belts, comprising a cleaning element and spraying nozzles, is characterized in that the conveyor belt (2) is situated between a pressuring element and a washing-cleaning assembly (1).

Abstract: A feed apparatus for isolating and feeding spirals (3) or the like to a binding apparatus has an isolating roll (12) comprising depressions (19), which are distributed over the circumferential surface (11) thereof and are parallel to the axis, for receiving in each case a spiral (3), which circumferential surface (11) is moved under a scraper (20) which comprises a chain (25) which is moved in the opposite direction over two rollers (21, 22) arranged vertically one on top of the other and which carries outward-projecting scraping fingers (27) which are in the form of bundles of resilient bristles. From the circumferential surface (11), the spirals (3) pass via a baffle plate (40) onto a conveyor (30) having drivers (37) which transport them to a slot (43), where they are delivered to the binding apparatus.

Abstract: A conveyor suitable for use, e.g., in food processing apparatus, includes particular procedures and arrangements for decontaminating the surface of the conveyor. The conveyor surface is subject first to a mechanical cleaning, e.g., by spraying of liquid followed by brushing in a rinse/clean unit. This step displaces gross debris from the conveyor surface. In a second step, the surface is subjected to UV irradiation to sterilize the cleaned surface. This UV irradiation may be provided by banks of UV lamps between which the conveyor passes. Detectors for residual organic material may be used to monitor the cleanliness of the surface.

Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning travel equipment allows the travel equipment to be shifted from an operating mode to a cleaning mode. The cleaning equipment is an escalator or a moving walkway which has tread units connected with an endless conveyor. The cleaning unit can be mounted as a substitute for a tread unit of the travel equipment during a cleaning sequence and includes cleaning elements. The travel equipment can be shifted from an operating mode to a cleaning mode in which the cleaning equipment is substituted for one or more tread units and the travel equipment operated whereby a cleaning sequence is performed. After cleaning is performed, the equipment is stopped, the cleaning equipment removed, and the removed treads reinstalled.

Abstract: An auger assembly suitable for use with a food separator is provided with a removable brush. The auger assembly includes an auger defining a channel around the crest thereof. A brush is received in the channel and defining a flange at each end thereof. First and second retaining clips are removably attached to opposite ends of the auger, with each retaining clip defining an opening therethrough that receives a respective flange to secure the brush within the channel.

Abstract: A conveyor apparatus has a conveyor cleaner assembly proximate the delivery end. The cleaner assembly has first and second parallel rotating brushes having an axis of rotation substantially transverse to the conveyor direction of travel and rotating in the same direction as the conveyor. The first brush is nearer the conveyor and wherein the second brush is higher than the first brush. The cleaning assembly also includes a roller parallel to the first and second brushes and a bottom catch panel below the brushes sloping toward the conveyor. The brushes may be in contact with the conveyor, the bottom panel, the roller and each other.

Abstract: An assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for a conveyor belt system with the type having first and second endless belts which each traverse a separate belt travel path and together define a generally upright article transport path between opposed top faces of the belts. The cleaning assembly includes a belt wiping blade assembly for moving liquids and debris from a belt, an absorbent material downstream from the blade assembly for wiping excess liquid from the belt, and belt edge seals disposed between the opposed top faces of the belts along the article transport path.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cleaning belts used to move fiber optics are disclosed. In general, the system includes wheels that can be arranged to receive a fiber optic belt. The belt can be arranged between a contact plate and a brush. Movement is provided to both the belt and brush and a frictional force is created between the surface of the belt to be cleaned and the brush. This contact and friction cleans the residue from the belt.

Abstract: A conveyor belt cleaning apparatus includes a debris-removal stage, a washing stage, a rinsing stage, and a water removal stage all positioned in a multi-chambered drawer with each of the four stages is provided with an isolated bin within that drawer. The various stages within the conveyor belt cleaning apparatus provide for the continuous or on-demand cleaning of a conveyor belt in order to remove any debris and fluids from the belt thereby providing a clean belt surface for use by the grocery store customer. The device may be installed as a new element in a check stand, or it may be retrofitted to an existing check stand.

Abstract: The cantilever mounted rotary brush conveyor belt cleaner is mounted on one side of a conveyor apparatus, with the rotary brush extending beneath the head pulley and the return strand of the belt to remove foreign material adhering to the belt. The unit includes a shaft and a rotary brush mounted on the shaft, with a bearing support assembly supporting one end of the shaft and with the other end being unsupported. A frame assembly has a mounting plate which is fixed to the support or frame of the conveyor. The frame has a mounting plate with a rectangular opening therein through which the shaft and the rotary brush extends. The bearing support assembly is located on and abuts one of the surfaces of the mounting plate, with the rotary brush being located opposite the other surface of the mounting plate.

Abstract: An assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for a conveyor belt system with the type having first and second endless belts which each traverse a separate belt travel path and together define a generally upright article transport path between opposed top faces of the belts. The cleaning assembly includes a belt wiping blade assembly for moving liquids and debris from a belt, an absorbent material downstream from the blade assembly for wiping excess liquid from the belt, and belt edge seals disposed between the opposed top faces of the belts along the article transport path.

Abstract: A conveyor belt assembly is provided with a cleated type conveyor belt or other belt having raised projections on its carrying surface, and a cleaning mechanism adapted to clean the belt. The cleaning mechanism has a rotatable shaft and a plurality of flexible disks mounted on the shaft that engage the surface of the conveyor belt to clean the belt as the belt moves past the cleaning mechanism. Each disk has a plurality of flexible fingers that extend outwardly from the perimeter of the disk. The fingers engage around the cleats or raised projections on the moving conveyor belt to remove residual material adhering to the belt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor chain comprising inner chain links and outer chain links which are arranged in alternating succession and which are interconnected by respective chain hinges, a chain hinge comprising a sleeve of the inner chain link and a pin forming part of the outer chain link and extending through the sleeve. The functionality of such a conveyor chain is to be extended. For this purpose, at least one brush element is provided, which comprises at least one fastening reception, and the brush element is attached via the fastening reception to the inner and/or outer chain link(s) such that it is essentially in positive engagement therewith. The present invention also relates to a brush element for a conveyor chain of the type in question.

Abstract: A conveyor belt assembly is provided with a cleated type conveyor belt or other belt having raised projections on its carrying surface, and a cleaning mechanism adapted to clean the belt. The cleaning mechanism has a rotatable shaft and a plurality of flexible disks mounted on the shaft that engage the surface of the conveyor belt to clean the belt as the belt moves past the cleaning mechanism. Each disk has a plurality of flexible fingers that extend outwardly from the perimeter of the disk. The fingers engage around the cleats or raised projections on the moving conveyor belt to remove residual material adhering to the belt.

Abstract: A device is provided for cleaning an endless conveyor. The device includes an endless brush belt engageable with the endless conveyor. A tension mechanism is provided for placing a tension on the endless brush belt. A clutch mechanism is operatively connected to the tension mechanism. The clutch mechanism prevents the placement of additional tension on the endless brush belt in response to tension exceeding a predetermined maximum tension.

Abstract: An automatic empty container return machine includes a detection unit operable for identifying whether or not an empty container is of a predetermined category, an input unit located upstream of the detection unit for receiving empty containers to supply the empty containers to the detection unit, an output unit located downstream of the detection unit for receiving empty containers that have been identified by the detection unit as being of the predetermined category, a transport stage having a conveyor for transporting empty containers from the input unit through the detection unit to the output unit, and a self-cleaning arrangement having components integrated with at least one of the input unit, detection unit, output unit and transport stage and being operable at selected times to clean surfaces thereof that are preselected to be cleaned.

Abstract: Signatures are transported straddling on a saddle-shaped support of a conveying device by circulating drivers and are removed by means of a blade of the conveying device and are transferred to a lift-off device. The conveying device is lowered in the region of blade and the drivers push the signatures onto the essentially fixed blade. As a result of the conveying device being lowered in the region of the blade the drivers dip down after the signatures are pushed onto the blade and no longer grip the signatures.

Abstract: A cleaning device for guide elements in the form of slide blocks utilized in escalators and moving walkways allows contaminants in escalators and moving walkways allows contaminants, which accumulate on the escalator and moving walkway base plates, against which the slide blocks run, to be removed during escalator moving walkway operation. Cleaning slide blocks are provided at at least one of the escalator steps or moving walkway plates instead of the slide block guide elements. The cleaning blocks may be formed of a thermoplastic synthetic material with a relatively high proportion of glass fibers. The glass fibers scrape the contaminants from the base plates during escalator moving walkway motion.

Abstract: An elevator cable cleaning apparatus employing wire brushes. The brushes are securely mounted to brush frame members which are in turn adjustably connected to mounting members. The mounting members are adjustably connected to the legs or frame of the hoist machine of the elevator brush frame members. The adjustable connection of the mounting members allows the brushes to be configured to match the angle of the cables. The apparatus can be configured either in a single or dual brush assembly in order respectively clean one side or opposite sides of the cables.

Abstract: A hydraulic power take off device for an endless conveyor belt system having an upper material run and a lower return run, said device being arranged to generate hydraulic fluid at pressure to maintain a self adjusting force to belt cleaning equipment, and other equipment that can utilize fluid pressure. The take off device is driven directly or indirectly from the motion of the conveyor belt or from the motion of other components fitted to the endless system. The power take off comprises a hydraulic pump which is rotated by the motion of the endless conveyor and generates fluid at pressure via an adjustable relief valve and maintains a constant self adjusting force of actuators, automatically compensating for wear that takes place on the equipment being operated and providing an automatic and interlocked source of power, generating pressure only when the conveyor belt system operates.

Abstract: A tool for removing debris from a helical blade of an auger or other screw-conveyor, the tool comprising a central shaft about which is helically arranged a plurality of radially projecting elements. In use, the tool is rotated as the auger is withdrawn from the ground, and the radially projecting elements pass between adjacent flights so as to remove locked-in soil.

Abstract: In situ lehr-roll cleaning apparatus includes a carriage supported within the space between first and second adjacent rolls, the carriage having a first set of elements contacting the surface of the first roll and a second set of elements contacting the surface of the second roll, whereby the carriage is movable back and forth along a path parallel to the rolls. A mechanism such as a rotating wire wheel disposed on the carriage is used to clean at least one of the first and second rolls as the carriage moves along the path and in between the adjacent rolls. The invention further including means for forcing the carriage away from an adjacent roll toward the one being cleaned so that the elements contacting the surface of the roll being cleaned are forced thereagainst to precisely position the cleaning mechanism relative to the surface. Means are preferably further provided for fine-adjusting the distance of the cleaning mechanism relative to the surface of the roll being cleaned.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The apparatus comprises a platform frictionally engaging a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor by the rotation of the rollers, and a first cleaning element secured to the platform, wherein the first cleaning element engages a portion of the surface of the rollers as the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor.

Abstract: A method for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The method comprises engaging a first cleaning element in contact with the rollers and conveying the first cleaning element along the roller conveyor such that the first cleaning element engages a portion of the surface of the rollers.

Abstract: Belt brush (30) which engages the bottom of glass plate (10) to remove lubricant or other impurities is assigned to edge (24) of glass cutting table (20), the edge which is forward relative to the conveyor direction (arrow 11), in which table there are several conveyor belts (25) which transport glass plate (10) to be cut. Upper strand (37) of continuous brush belt (35) of belt brush (30), the strand which engages the bottom of glass plate (10), removes lubricant from the bottom of the glass plate so that the lubricant can be captured and disposed of on one end of belt brush (30) in tank (50) which can be pressurized with negative pressure.