Conveyor belt cleaner

1. A scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner comprising;

a plurality of scraper blades;

a support cartridge arranged to removingly fix the plurality of scraper blades;

wherein a top surface of the support cartridge includes an engaging means projecting upwards from the top surface of the support cartridge for receiving at least one of the plurality of scraper blades;

wherein the engaging means is arranged to restrain sliding movement of the plurality of scraper blades along the length of the support cartridge;

wherein a bottom surface of each of the plurality of scraper blades is profiled to extend along two surfaces of the support cartridge; and

wherein the two surfaces of the support cartridge are angled away from the top surface.

2. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging means includes a plurality of teeth extending from the top of the support cartridge and angled with respect to the longitudinal extension of the support cartridge.

3. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the engaging means includes a space between adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth; and

wherein the space is arranged to receive a pin in the base of the at least one scraper blade to retain the at least one scraper blade on the engaging means.

4. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a locking means, wherein the locking means is arranged to engage one end of the at least one scraper blade to fix the at least one scraper blade in place.

5. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the locking means is a cam lock.

6. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support cartridge has a square tube profile; and wherein a corner of the square tube profile includes the engaging means.

7. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one scraper blade includes no horizontal surfaces in use.

8. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one scraper blade includes a base arranged to abut two surfaces of the support cartridge in use.

9. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a recess extends from the base; and wherein the recess is arranged to receive the engaging means in use.

10. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pin is located in a recess.

11. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scraper blade includes:

a body portion;

a bottom surface; and

a scrapping element;

wherein the bottom surface includes a region that extends into the scraper blade as a channel;

wherein a pin extends between the sides of the channel.

12. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the bottom surface includes a mounting base.

13. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the mounting base is made of metal.

14. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed claim 11 , wherein the bottom surface includes regions angled away from the channel.

15. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the regions angled away from the channel are arranged to conform to two adjacent sides of a support cartridge.

16. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a scraping element extending from the body portion distal to the bottom surface.

17. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the scraping element includes a lower portion embedded in the body portion angled to the vertical and an upper portion that extends vertically outwards from the body portion.

18. The scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the upper portion includes a tip arranged to engage a surface for scraping.

19. A locking mechanism for engaging the scraper blade mounting assembly as claimed in claim 1 comprising:

opposed plates arranged to receive the engaging means between the opposed plates;

a pin passing between the opposed plates; and

a lever arm connected to one of the opposed plates;

wherein the lever arm is arranged to bring the opposed plates together locking the engaging means between the opposed plates.