Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor having impinging fluid to feed – shift or discharge... – Having cleaning means
Patent
1996-04-11
1997-07-22
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor having impinging fluid to feed, shift or discharge...
Having cleaning means
198495, B65G 4518
Patent
active
056496168
ABSTRACT:
A plastic conveyor chain cleaning apparatus in which the conveying chain is subjected to a series of cleaning procedures including high pressure solvent spray nozzles, sets of cleaning brushes to subject all surfaces of the conveyor chain to scrubbing action, additional high pressure solvent spray nozzles, a solvent bath and air nozzles for drying the chain. The cleaning brushes include a roller arrangement requiring the conveyor chain to move in a serpentine path to subject surfaces of the conveyor chain to more effective cleaning by cleaning brushes engaged with the conveying surface of the chain while in concave and convex conditions. The apparatus also utilizes additional sets of driven brushes to provide a scrubbing action on all surfaces of the chain and utilizes high pressure solvent spray to blast the surfaces of the chain to remove film and sediment. The brushes are operated by a single motor and are kept clean during use by the solvent. The air nozzles provide a drying action to minimize the amount of solvent left on the chain during the cleaning operation.
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