摘要 |
The invention concerns a conveyor belt scraper used to scrape debris from the surface of a conveyor belt (10). The scraper incorporates a segmented scraper blade which includes individual blade segments (22) arranged side by side with one another such that in use each blade segment scrapes a portion of the width of the belt surface. For blade segment there is a blade segment support (28) on which the associated blade segment (22) is supported. Each blade segment support (28) includes pivotally interconnected links (30, 32, 34, 36) forming a closed parallelogram link- age. A support structure (42, 82) is provided to support the parallelogram linkages in side by side relationship adjacent the belt surface. Gas-inflatable biasing means (44, 58) act on the parallelogram linkages such that inflation thereof causes the linkages to deform in a manner to displace the blade segments (22) in a direction lenghtwise of the belt (10) and towards the belt surface. During such displacement, each blade segment (22) moves parallel to itself and maintains a constant inclination to the vertical.
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