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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198495 ;
Abstract
An endless conveyor belt is washed by a cleaning roller engaging the bottom run of the empty belt. The cleaning roller is sprayed by nozzles set counter to the direction of rotation of the cleaning roller. The surface of the cleaning roller is preferably covered with a felt-like material. Excess cleaning fluid is squeezed out by a pressure roller. A scraper, downstream of the cleaning roller, carries residual dirt or cleaning fluid remaining on the conveyor belt into the housing of the washing apparatus.