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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Rockford, MI (US);
Jeff Batchelder, Hesperia, MI (US);
Gerko Hulshof, Aalten, NL;
David A. Kokx, Hart, MI (US);
James R. Honeycutt, Jr., Grandville, MI (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A cleanable conveyor frame and a method for making a cleanable frame having a simplified frame design. Infeed and outfeed assemblies are movable between operating and cleaning positions. An outfeed assembly includes a drive for a conveyor belt and a position limiter-scraper assembly. The position limiter-scraper assembly comprises a roller extending between two connecting plates mounted to outfeed mounting plates, a scraper assembly having a scraper blade mounted to a mounting bar extending between the two connecting plates and a leaf spring extending rearward from the mounting bar for biasing the scraper blade into contact with the conveyor belt.