Cleaning device

US8973738B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diversey, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jim J. Hilarides · Racine, US
• Curtis H. Hubmann · Racine, US
• Andrew M. Bober · Racine, US
• Stephen C. Cook · Racine, US
• Jonathan L. Ludtke · Waterford, US
• Justin M. Nunez · East Troy, US
• Daniel Bullis · Madison, US
• Douglas Seals · Oregon, US
• Daniel John Lee · Brentwood, GB
• Todd J. Bakken · Madison, US
• Chris Sherwin · Stoughton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G45/18
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cleaning device for cleaning a conveyor system including a slotted track that defines an elongate path along which product is moved and that has opposed glide surfaces from which product is suspended. The conveyor system also includes a wall that is disposed above the track and that cooperates with the track to define a product passageway along the elongate path. The cleaning device includes a drive unit, a wheel rotatably coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the wall within the product passageway to move the drive unit along the slotted track, a glide coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the glide surfaces to support the drive unit on the slotted track, and a cleaning implement coupled to the drive unit to clean the track.