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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2010
Yuichi Hirooka, Fukushima, JP;
Yuichi Hirooka, Fukushima, JP;
YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Labor saving and automatization of cleaning work of a conveyance face for articles or materials are intended to reliably and quickly execute the cleaning work. A cleaning apparatus has a cleaning implement () located on the upper side of a conveyance element (R). The cleaning implement includes a cleaning face () to be in contact with a conveyance face (S). The cleaning apparatus also has a traction device () which applies a tractive force (T) to the cleaning implement, in a direction (E) opposite to a conveyance direction (D) of a conveyance passage. The cleaning implement has a weight (P) for keeping the cleaning face in contact with the conveyance element in operation of the conveyor device, and cleans the conveyance face by means of contact and separation of the cleaning face and the conveyance face, and relative displacement therebetween (V, V, V).