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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
R. Todd Swinderman, Kewanee, IL (US);
Andrew J. Waters, Kewanee, IL (US);
Shawn D. Lay, Kewanee, IL (US);
Pablo F. Perez, Kewanee, IL (US);
Brian K. Kaiser, Buda, IL (US);
Phillip E. Dietsch, Galva, IL (US);
Martin Engineering Company, Neponset, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade for cleaning the surface of a conveyor belt and a method of manufacture of the scraper blade. The scraper blade includes a body having a base member adapted to be attached to a cross shaft of a conveyor belt cleaner and a scraping member which extends outwardly from the base member to a scraping tip. The scraper blade includes one or more electrical sensors that are embedded in an insert member. The insert member and the sensors are molded and embedded within the body of the scraper blade. Each of the sensors is adapted to provide an electrical output signal representing a physical condition of the scraper blade sensed by the sensor.