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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Lance E. Behymer, Woodbury, MN (US);
Smarajit Mitra, West Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jerald W. Hall, Jr., Woodbury, MN (US);
Alexander C. Tsuei, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lance E. Behymer, Woodbury, MN (US);
Smarajit Mitra, West Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jerald W. Hall, Jr., Woodbury, MN (US);
Alexander C. Tsuei, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An assembly and method for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for removing liquids and solids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly includes a plurality of laterally extending liquid absorbent material sheets disposed adjacent the belt, with the sheets collectively defining a contact face that is engageable with the belt for wiping liquids from the belt.