With Scraper Biasing Means Patents (Class 198/499)
  • Patent number: 11807985
    Abstract: A web transportation apparatus includes a mesh belt configured to be rotated to transport a web formed of a dry deposited material containing fibers and a striking member configured to strike a return section of the mesh belt to remove the material attached to the mesh belt. The striking member includes a striking bar and a striking lever. The striking bar is reciprocated to strike the mesh belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11760581
    Abstract: A cleaning assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt comprising: a base member adapted to be mounted relative to the conveyor belt; and a blade mounting assembly associated with the base member and adapted for mounting a scraper blade thereto, wherein the blade mounting assembly is configured for rotational movement relative to the base member, wherein the cleaning assembly is configured to maintain the scraper blade in abutment with the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AUSTRALIAN CONVEYOR COMPONENTS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Lawrence Harvey Robinson
  • Patent number: 11459184
    Abstract: A mass shaped detaching razor device for detaching mass shapes from a laminating roller without damaging the same is provided, said device comprises a main support coupled on its upper section with a lower end of a pressure arm by means of a 5 pivot coupling, the main support is coupled on its lower section with a razor support having on a frontal end a detachment razor, a shock absorber coupled on its lower end to a back end of the main support and coupled by its upper end to an upper end of the pressure arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Heat and Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Anthony Caridis, Miguel Angel Gomez Angulo, Sergio Gonzalez Granados
  • Patent number: 11420827
    Abstract: A belt scraper having a scraper element to be brought into abutment with a belt. The scraper element is pivotably arranged with reference to a pivoting axis. A spring element generates a torque acting on the scraper element. A sensor for determining a pivoting angle of the scraper element is a contactless sensor with an index part and a detecting part for detecting the position of the index part. The index part is arranged, at a distance from the pivoting axis, on a movable element that is coupled to the scraper element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HOSCH Fördertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Weimann, Martin Kiel
  • Patent number: 11358804
    Abstract: In a food conveyor system configured to drive a conveyor belt in one direction to direct food material for further processing and drive the conveyor belt in a reverse direction upon the sensing of metal in the food material, the conveyor belt is cleaned by one or more belt cleaners including scrapers which are automatically angularly repositioned upon the changing of the drive direction of the conveyor belt, with the angular movement being limited to acute angles relative to the vertical. The belt cleaners are mounted through linkage assemblies for ease of cleaning and replacement. The food conveyor system also employs one or more chute members for directing the food material, with the one or more chute members being mounted through a quick release connection employing keyhole slots upon flexing of the chute member(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine M Dosch, Lucas C Judlowe, Ralph A Stenvik, Zoran Talijan, Grace Tarchichi, Karl M Thorson
  • Patent number: 11332318
    Abstract: A conveyor employs an infeed assembly and outfeed assembly, each comprising a nosebar assembly that may be mounted to a conveyor frame to transition a conveyor belt between a returnway and a carryway, a belt guiding roller, such as a sprocket or brake, a position limiter for ensuring proper engagement between the belt guiding roller and the conveyor belt and a connecting plate that ensures proper placement of the position limiter relative to the guide roller. The infeed assembly and outfeed assembly components may be easily moved into engagement and out of engagement to facilitate replacement, cleaning or maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Gerko Hulshof, Drew Downer, James R. Honeycutt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11224167
    Abstract: Example draper heads may include an endless belt conveyor and a catch pan disposed adjacent to the endless belt conveyor to collect crop material and defining a uniform gap formed between at least a portion of the catch pan and a portion of an endless belt of the endless belt conveyor located adjacent to the catch pan. A cleat formed on the endless belt cooperates with the catch pan to transport the collected crop material onto the endless belt. The catch pan may include a contoured end that conforms to a shape formed by the endless belt at an end of the endless belt conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matthew R. White, Daniel S. Hoffman, Corwin M. Puryk, Justin C. Freehill, Shreyas Modak, Bryan R. Yanke
  • Patent number: 11214446
    Abstract: A conveyor employs an assembly at a drive end having a position limiter assembly configured to accommodate flights in a conveyor belt while ensuring proper engagement between the conveyor belt and a drive. The end assembly includes opposing end plates, a drive extending between the end plates and a position limiter assembly extending between the end plates below the drive for ensuring proper engagement of a conveyor belt with the drive. The position limiter comprises a series of spaced apart rollers mounted to and spaced from a mounting bar extending between the end plates. Roller mounting arms connect the rollers to the mounting bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael Hendrik Degroot, Drew Downer, Gerko Hulshof, Jake A. Mohan
  • Patent number: 11078025
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a lightweight roller, including: a cylindrical tube manufactured using a lightweight material; the cylindrical tube comprising a first end, a second end substantially opposite the first end, and an outer surface; and at least one end cap attached to at least one of the first end and the second end. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Chemcut Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Rodger Lee Keller, Gerald Myron Reitz, Charles Robert Seager, Stanley Bryan Smith
  • Patent number: 10829311
    Abstract: A tensioning arrangement for a scraper for a conveyor belt, the tensioning arrangement comprising a hydraulic assembly that acts on the scraper to maintain a portion of the scraper in operative contact with the conveyor belt, the hydraulic assembly configured such that weight applied to a portion of the hydraulic assembly effects application of pressure on fluid contained within the hydraulic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Autonomous Tensioning System Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Alex Delmoni
  • Patent number: 10829312
    Abstract: An autonomous tensioner system that is coupled to a conveyor belt scraper includes a motor that generates a first drive torque and a gearing assembly coupled to the motor such that the gearing assembly is actuated in response to the motor generating the first drive torque. The gearing assembly generates a second drive torque in response to receiving the initial drive torque generated by the motor and the second drive torque is greater than the first drive torque. The autonomous tensioner system includes an output member coupled to the gearing assembly and the conveyor belt scraper. The output member receives the second drive torque from the gearing assembly and rotates in response, thereby generating a rotational torque. The conveyor belt scraper receives the rotational torque from the output member and simultaneously moves at a torque greater than the first drive torque generated by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MARTIN ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul B. Harrison, Andrew Timmerman
  • Patent number: 10815071
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper (100) comprising a mounting base (110) adapted to be mounted on a support structure. A pivot body 300 is pivotally connected to the mounting base (110). First and second scraper blades (500), are secured to the pivot body (300), wherein a scraping tip (520) of the first scraper blade (500) and a scraping tip (530) of the second scraper blade (500) are separated by a space and the scraping tips (520, 530) each extend generally parallel to a pivot axis of the pivot body (300). The pivot assembly (300) is pivotal about the pivot axis so that a position of each scraper tip (520, 530) is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10588264
    Abstract: A stripper device, for reducing adhesions on a movable part of a baler including a pressing apparatus interacting with a bale, has a scraper bar carrier with a scraping bar, wherein the scraping bar carrier can be movably connected to the baler and has a first position, in which the scraping bar is operatively abutted against the pressing apparatus, and a second position, in which the scraping bar is withdrawn from the pressing apparatus, wherein the scraping bar assumes the second position cyclically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc Stivala, Michel Menetrier
  • Patent number: 10427880
    Abstract: A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter. Mounting plates at the end of the conveyor support a mounting shaft for mounting the position limiter or other conveyor components in place relative to the drive sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Batchelder, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Laurentius G. J Wolters, Edward T. Mol, Ruizhe Ma
  • Patent number: 10252865
    Abstract: A device for stripping material from a conveyor belt conveyor. The device includes a stripping body which can be pulled against the conveyor belt by means of a carrying element, a fastening device, and a tensioning device for the carrying element. In an installed state the carrying element is connected to the fastening device at one of its end and is connected to the tensioning device at its other end. The tensioning device has a spring, a stop for supporting the spring and a traction rod. The traction rod is connected to the carrying element. The spring is arranged in a receptacle associated with one or more adjusting means defining a through opening as a passage for the traction rod. The receptacle or the respective adjusting means defines a reference point for setting a variable tensioning force which corresponds to a desired tensile force dependent upon said angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ScrapeTec GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Dünnwald
  • Patent number: 10131504
    Abstract: A belt cleaner is provided which does not damage the belt surface during the scraping operation where tips on an arcuate scraper held in a holder are inclined and pushed against the belt surface with rotary shafts of the holder rotated by a resilient force. A scraper (20) is provided with a flat slope (29) extending in parallel with the belt surface from top edges of the tips (21) in the belt running direction (F), said flat slope (29) is made to contact with the belt surface in a manner of surface-contact connection when the tips are shifted up the posture from a vertical posture to an inclined posture, and a width (W) of said flat slope (29) in the belt running direction with respect to the thickness (t) of said tip (21) is formed under the condition of t<W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON TSUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Uchida, Nobuyoshi Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 9840374
    Abstract: A self-biasing conveyor belt scraper for a conveyor belt trained around a sprocket includes a base mounted on a shaft below the sprocket and a tapering scraper tip extending from the base. The top of the base contacts the conveyor belt at a first location. The conveyor belt pushes against the top of the base to bias the tapering scraper tip into contact with the conveyor belt at a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ruizhe Ma
  • Patent number: 9739020
    Abstract: A conveyor system adapted for use on an asphalt paver comprising a conveyor system frame, a first pulley that is rotatably mounted to the frame, a second pulley that is rotatably mounted to the frame and spaced apart from the first pulley, and a belt having a pulley-contacting surface and an asphalt-contacting surface and being disposed around the first pulley and the second pulley. The preferred conveyor system also comprises a wiper that is adapted to remove asphaltic material from the asphalt-contacting surface of the belt and a means for rotating the first pulley that is adapted to rotate the first pulley. The preferred conveyor system is adapted to convey asphaltic material between a first area adjacent to the second pulley and a second area adjacent to the first pulley. A method for conveying asphaltic material in a paver comprising providing a conveyor system and conveying asphaltic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Carlson Paving Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Comer, Robert Bauer
  • Patent number: 9738456
    Abstract: Conveyor belt cleaners are disclosed having a scraper blade for removing aggregate material from a belt surface. Embodiments are disclosed in which a cleaner includes a tensioner assembly; in some embodiments a tensioner assembly comprises a tension adjustment subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Superior Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lafe Grimm, Paul D. Schmidgall
  • Patent number: 9731906
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraping device comprises a support shaft and at least one scraping segment arranged on the support shaft. The scraping segment has a holding end and a scraping end which is located opposite the holding end. The conveyor belt scraping device also comprises at least one holding support which is arranged on a stationary mounting and in which the support shaft is rotatably mounted, at least one drive element of a stationary drive motor, the drive element being coupled to the support shaft so as to transfer a torque, and a controller for the drive motor. The scraping end of the scraping segment can be made to contact the conveyor belt or can be released from the conveyor belt by way of a corresponding actuation of the drive motor and a movement of the drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: F. E. Schulte Strathaus GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michael Schulte Strathaus
  • Patent number: 9718621
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing the side regions of a conveyor belt having a sequence of sealing elements being arranged on either side of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt. The sealing elements are spaced apart and rest on the surface of the conveyor belt in a resilient manner, the individual sealing elements being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt and pointing in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt by their inner end. The sealing elements consist of strip-like guide ledges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ScrapeTec GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Dunnwald
  • Patent number: 9617081
    Abstract: An apparatus for stripping off material from a conveying belt of a belt conveyor in the region of the curve of a discharge drum, beneath the discharge point of the belt conveyor includes a plurality of stripping members arranged in a row and are carried by at least two elongate flexible carrying elements spaced apart from one another. At least one of the stripping members includes a first stripping element and a second stripping element and is additionally provided with a lifting mechanism which causes the first stripping element to be lifted from the conveying belt when the first stripping element is moved in a direction of travel of the conveying belt. The first stripping element is mounted on the stripping member so as to be movable relative to the lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism may be in the form of an articulated lever mechanism or spring lever mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ScrapeTec GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Dunnwald
  • Patent number: 9517493
    Abstract: A belt stripper module for a stripping device for the return region of conveyor belts, which module is mounted as one of a plurality on a height-adjustable system carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Hans-Otto Schwarze
  • Patent number: 9376264
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a conveyor belt cleaning apparatus comprising a frame having a front side, a rear side, two lateral sides and one or more openings located between the front side, the rear side and the lateral sides; a first scraping blade and a second scraping blade, wherein each of the scraping blades is positioned between the lateral sides of the frame, and wherein the second scraping blade is rearward of the first scraping blade; and means for securing the frame to the underside of a conveyor belt assembly such that the first scraping blade and the second scraping blade make contact with the conveyor belt of the conveyor belt assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Foley, Alexander Roy Schaerer, Dennis Joseph Satz
  • Patent number: 9278815
    Abstract: An improved belt scraper assembly for belt conveyors includes a blade assembly and a hinge assembly mounted on either side of a supporting flexible member for facilitating twin blade cleaning. The blade assembly is operatively connected to the hinge assembly which is adapted to ensure limited rotational motion of the blade assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TEGA Industries Limited
    Inventors: Kaushal Kishor, Saroj Kumar Roy, Imam Syed Yaver, Arunlal Panigrahi
  • Patent number: 9162827
    Abstract: A device including a supporting structure, at least one scraping member upwardly and downwardly delimited by upstream and downstream sides, and an elastic material that is overmolded on the scraping member and connecting the scraping member to the supporting structure, the upstream side of the scraping member being covered with the overmolded elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventor: René Brunone
  • Patent number: 9145266
    Abstract: A belt scraper mounting for belt conveyors with a conveyor frame/stringer includes a scraper blade module assembly and a scraper fixing mount. The scraper fixing mount holds the blade module assembly with the conveyor frame/stringer on both sides of the scraper blade module assembly and functions in an auto adjusting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: TEGA Industries Limited
    Inventor: Saroj K. Roy
  • Patent number: 9016462
    Abstract: A V-plow belt cleaner has a cleaning element providing first and second opposing cleaning edges which can be flipped over so that the second cleaning edge is adjacent the conveyor belt; and reconnecting the V-plow belt cleaner to its mount. The flip-able V-plow belt cleaner may comprise: left and right arms defining an apex and providing a mounting interface for cleaning media; a front arm holder attached proximate the apex; a rear support bar attached proximate rearward ends of the arms for maintaining a spacing; one or more rear arm holders attached to the rear support bar; and two or more power arms for connecting to a V-plow mount, each power arm being pivotably connected to a front or rear arm holder and being mountable to positions both above and below the V-plow cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James Edward Fries, Aaron T. Gibbs
  • Patent number: 8978876
    Abstract: An arrangement for stripping material from the lower run of the conveyor belt includes scrapers divided into groups, arranged over the width of the conveyor belt and lying resiliently elastically against the underside of the lower run. The scrapers are arranged obliquely to the direction of travel of the lower run. The scrapers of a first group are oriented angled relative to the scrapers of an adjacent second group. The arrangement provides for each scraper to be supported at least indirectly on the supporting frame of the belt conveyor via at least two wound leg springs. Each respective leg spring is connected by its upper end to a front or rear end portion of the scraper, and is connected rotatably by its lower end to a transverse strut of a supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Wilfried Dünnwald
  • Patent number: 8973739
    Abstract: A snap-fit scraper blade is provided for being snap-fit onto a mounting pole. The scraper blade has a blade body including an upper scraping portion and a lower mounting portion. The lower mounting portion has depending legs with inner surfaces that are configured for snap-fitting the scraper blade body onto a square mounting pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventor: Andrew J. Zieger
  • Publication number: 20140360842
    Abstract: An improved bet scraper mounting for belt conveyors having conveyor frame/stringer, comprising: scraper blade module assembly (3) and a means (1,2,4) for holding said bade module assembly with said conveyor frame/stringer on both sides of said belt scraper, said means being adapted to function in an auto adjusting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Saroj K. Roy
  • Patent number: 8881889
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper, in particular a segment body for a conveyor belt scraper. The segment body for a conveyor belt scraper includes a plate-shaped mounting element, which can be connected to a flat bearing profile of a segment carrier, a carrier section, wherein the carrier section is formed on a first end area of the mounting element by means of a supporting area and an underside of the carrier section forms a hollow body together with an opposite section of the mounting element so that the carrier section is resiliently supported on the mounting element by means of the supporting area in order to form a first damping mechanism; and wherein the carrier section has at least one insertion pocket on the underside of the carrier section, which insertion pocket is suitable for accommodating a spring element in order to form a second damping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rema Tip Top AG
    Inventor: Adam Puchalla
  • Patent number: 8875870
    Abstract: A replaceable conveyor scraping blade has a blade body extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis. The blade body is produced from a material having a flexible, elastic quality. The blade body comprises a base portion, and intermediate portion, and a terminal end. The base portion is attachable to a tensioning device for biasing the blade body against a conveyor belt. The intermediate portion is generally arcuate and comprises a leading surface and a trailing surface. The leading surface extends upwardly relative to the base portion. The trailing surface is opposite the leading surface. It also extends upwardly relative to the base portion and has a scalloped surface when viewed in cross-section extending lengthwise along the longitudinal axis. The terminal end has a scraping surface separating an uppermost portion of the trailing surface from an uppermost portion of the leading surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Benetech, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew John Waters
  • Patent number: 8869971
    Abstract: A product removal method that includes providing a blade adjacent a conveyor belt along a path of the conveyor belt and operating the conveyor belt. A product removal system that has a rod oriented generally parallel to a conveyor drum is disclosed. A frame is rotatably carried by the rod and has a first portion extending adjacent a conveyor belt curved path and a second portion extending adjacent a return plane of the conveyor belt. A blade is adjacent the first portion. A product removal system for an oven is disclosed that has scraper assemblies rotationally biased about an axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Souhel Khanania
  • Publication number: 20140262688
    Abstract: A device including a supporting structure, at least one scraping member upwardly and downwardly delimited by upstream and downstream sides, and an elastic material that is overmolded on the scraping member and connecting the scraping member to the supporting structure, the upstream side of the scraping member being covered with the overmolded elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: René Brunone
  • Patent number: 8776990
    Abstract: A cleaning assembly for a conveyor belt includes a first blade assembly, a second blade assembly, and a coupling mechanism supporting the first and second blade assemblies. The first blade assembly includes a first blade positionable into contact against a conveyor belt adjacent a turn portion of the belt. The second blade assembly includes a second blade positionable into contact against the belt downstream from the first blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Superior Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarrod J. Felton, Owen Greg Rude, Shane Jones
  • Patent number: 8727101
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a conveyor belt soiled with fluid substances, and in particular for machines used for spraying paint or other products, is disclosed. The conveyor belt has an upper section and a lower return section comprising a (a) reverse roller in contact with the return section of the belt to collect the fluid substances on the belt; (b) doctor blade for scraping the fluid substances collected from the reverse roller; (c) at least one secondary belt conveyor mounted on a pair of supporting rollers and disposed beneath the doctor blade for collecting the fluid substances from the doctor blade and for conveying the fluid substances toward one end of said secondary belt conveyor; and (d) means at the end of the secondary belt conveyor for scraping the fluid substances from the secondary belt conveyor and for conveying the substances to a final collection and/or recycling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Cefla Societa' Cooperativa
    Inventors: Stefano Chiarini, Cristian Pungetti
  • Publication number: 20140131171
    Abstract: A removable cartridge cleaner assembly is provided that allows for faster and easier removal of the belt cleaner blades out from under a conveyor belt. In one aspect the assembly includes a biasing surface of one of an elongate support assembly and a channel member configured to be engaged by a securing member and urge distal ends of legs of the channel member into tight engagement with the elongate support assembly and minimize debris accumulation therebetween. In another aspect, the elongate base member and rail member each include lateral portions configured to slidably engage corresponding wedge portions to urge the rail member toward the base member. A method of installing a belt cleaner assembly is also provided which includes camming a rail member downwardly toward the support member upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventors: Brett E. DeVries, Daniel J. Kuiper, Carl J. Hessler
  • Patent number: 8668077
    Abstract: A belt plough assembly is used to deflect material on a conveyor belt. The belt plough assembly includes a support structure, and a blade operatively positioned by the support structure on the material carrying side of the conveyor belt and orientated to deflect or redirect outlying material on a conveyor belt back inside the alignment of the skirts. The support structure includes a housing having an upright slot within which the blade is slidably mounted. The blade rests on the belt under its own weight, but is freely movable relative to the support structure. This enables the blade to maintain contact with the belt and follow any undulations in the belt, and self-adjust for wear on the blade. A damper may be provided for damping movements of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Tasman-Warajay Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Paul Sundstrom
  • Patent number: 8662283
    Abstract: Compact spring tensioner devices are provided for biasing scraper blades toward a conveyor belt. The spring tensioner devices generally are constructed to have a reduced operational envelope and be reconfigurable for providing a selected one of opposite rotary bias forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventors: Andrew J. Zieger, Brett E. DeVries
  • Patent number: 8602205
    Abstract: A belt cleaner includes one or more cleaner unit (6) which has a support plate (8) providing a scraping portion (7), an upper resilient block (9), and a lower resilient block (10), wherein said support plate (8) is supported by said upper resilient block (9) to be held in a forward leaning posture to make the scraping portion oppose to the belt running direction (X) so that the support plate (8) may be shifted to an upright posture by deformation of the upper resilient block (9), and wherein said lower resilient block (10) may deform resiliently to move said upper resilient block (9) including the scraping portion (7) upon application of pushing forces, such as bumping shocks or the like thereto so that shocks may be absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Tsusho Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kageyoshi Yoshizako, Nobuyoshi Fujisaki, Atsushi Ohse
  • Publication number: 20130299311
    Abstract: A V-plow belt cleaner has a cleaning element providing first and second opposing cleaning edges which can be flipped over so that the second cleaning edge is adjacent the conveyor belt; and reconnecting the V-plow belt cleaner to its mount. The flip-able V-plow belt cleaner may comprise: left and right arms defining an apex and providing a mounting interface for cleaning media; a front arm holder attached proximate the apex; a rear support bar attached proximate rearward ends of the arms for maintaining a spacing; one or more rear arm holders attached to the rear support bar; and two or more power arms for connecting to a V-plow mount, each power arm being pivotably connected to a front or rear arm holder and being mountable to positions both above and below the V-plow cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: James Edward Fries, Aaron T. Gibbs
  • Patent number: 8573384
    Abstract: An improved bulk material conveyor belt scraper comprises a skirt that shields mounting surfaces from the bulk material dust. By shielding the mounting surfaces from bulk material dust, such dust does not interfere with the replacement of the scraper blade. The belt scraper also comprises an improved securing mechanism for attaching belt scrapers to belt scraper mounts. The improved securing mechanism comprises pegs that have an elongate transverse cross-section that more evenly distributes bearing loads between the belt scrapers and their respective mounts. This eliminates local yielding that can cause belt scrapers to become loose over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: Robert Todd Swinderman, Joerg Gauss, Oleg Meister
  • Patent number: 8556064
    Abstract: A reversible belt scraper blade provides two opposed scraping surfaces on an integrally constructed body. Each scraping surface has an elastomeric wear region transitioning to an elastomeric central region. Two integral frame members are integrally joined into the central region. Each integral frame member runs the length of the belt scraper blade and is at least partially exposed at their ends. End mounts attach to the exposed integral frame members and the reversible belt scraper blade is reversible about the end mounts. The wear regions may have sub-regions of different hardness to provide good scraping qualities combined with improved structural rigidity. The central region may also have sub-regions of different hardness to improve structural rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Richwood Industries
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Smith, Glenn Edward Farrow
  • Publication number: 20130264173
    Abstract: A cleaning assembly for a conveyor belt includes a first blade assembly, a second blade assembly, and a coupling mechanism supporting the first and second blade assemblies. The first blade assembly includes a first blade positionable into contact against a conveyor belt adjacent a turn portion of the belt. The second blade assembly includes a second blade positionable into contact against the belt downstream from the first blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod J. FELTON, Owen Greg RUDE, Shane JONES
  • Patent number: 8528724
    Abstract: A device for stripping material from a conveyor belt of a belt conveyor in the area of a curve of a discharge drum below a discharge location of the belt conveyor, comprising a stripping body provided with a carrying element through which the stripping body is pulled or pullable against the conveyor belt, wherein the stripping body is further provided with a lift-off element which is disposed in the stripping body and offset from the carrying element and supports the stripping body when the latter is displaced in the belt running direction. The stripping body may include a plurality of stripping elements which define stripping edges and which have improved wear resistance compared to a material of the stripping body, wherein the stripping elements are configured and/or arranged, so that the stripping edges of adjacent stripping elements overlap partially overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Wilfried Dunnwald
  • Publication number: 20130206546
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper, in particular a segment body for a conveyor belt scraper. The segment body for a conveyor belt scraper includes a plate-shaped mounting element, which can be connected to a flat bearing profile of a segment carrier, a carrier section, wherein the carrier section is formed on a first end area of the mounting element by means of a supporting area and an underside of the carrier section forms a hollow body together with an opposite section of the mounting element so that the carrier section is resiliently supported on the mounting element by means of the supporting area in order to form a first damping mechanism; and wherein the carrier section has at least one insertion pocket on the underside of the carrier section, which insertion pocket is suitable for accommodating a spring element in order to form a second damping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: REMA TIP TOP GMBH
    Inventor: Adam Puchalla
  • Patent number: 8485344
    Abstract: A device for applying a torsional bias force to a shaft is provided. In a preferred embodiment the device is used in combination with a tube supporting a cleaning blade for a conveyor belt cleaner, thereby enabling the force of the cleaning blade against the conveyor belt to be precisely set to a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: David Kalor Liland
  • Patent number: 8464858
    Abstract: A scraper blade has a tip of hard material and a base of resilient material. The base has at least one concave surface on the front side adjacent to the base and may have an additional concave surface on the back side adjacent to the tip. When the blade is urged against a conveyor belt for removing material, a substantial vertical force created by a significant obstruction on the belt will compress the scraper blade and will cause the blade to deform and move away from the belt until the obstruction has passed. A scraper blade system includes the scraper blade and an adjustment block for holding and adjusting the scraper blade against the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Cabin Creek Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Kirschner, Bruce T. Cleevely, R. Anthony Cook, William Thomas Bland
  • Publication number: 20130075228
    Abstract: A removable cartridge cleaner assembly is provided that allows for faster and easier removal of the belt cleaner blades out from under a conveyor belt. In one aspect the assembly includes a biasing surface of one of an elongate support assembly and a channel member configured to be engaged by a securing member and urge distal ends of legs of the channel member into tight engagement with the elongate support assembly and minimize debris accumulation therebetween. In another aspect, the elongate base member and rail member each include lateral portions configured to slidably engage corresponding wedge portions to urge the rail member toward the base member. A method of installing a belt cleaner assembly is also provided which includes camming a rail member downwardly toward the support member upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: BRETT E. DEVRIES, DANIEL J. KUIPER, CARL J. HESSLER