US 11,952,219 B2
Drive assembly for a conveyor
Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Rockford, MI (US); Jake A. Mohan, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Gerko Hulshof, Aalten (NL); David A. Kokx, Hart, MI (US); Jeff Batchelder, Hesperia, MI (US); Drew Downer, Caledonia, MI (US); and James R. Honeycutt, Jr., Grandville, MI (US)
Assigned to Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US)
Appl. No. 17/609,566
Filed by Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US)
PCT Filed May 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/033406
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236715, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/859,458, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,171, filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250854 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 45/16 (2006.01); B65G 21/06 (2006.01); B65G 45/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 45/16 (2013.01) [B65G 21/06 (2013.01); B65G 45/22 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive assembly for a conveyor belt, comprising:
a first end plate;
a second end plate opposing the first end plate;
a drive mounted to and extending laterally between the first and second end plates;
a first saddle connected to the first end plate;
a second saddle connected to the second end plate;
a scraper assembly mounted to and extending between the first saddle and the second saddle; and
a tensioning device including a first leaf spring that engages the first end plate and a second leaf spring that engages the second end plate for selectively moving the scraper assembly between an operational position and a cleaning position.