ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,323, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"Conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade mount" was invented by Brett E. DeVries (Comstock Park, Mich.) and Mark Tomandl (Cedar Springs, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a scraper blade mount for a conveyor belt cleaner is provided that includes a resilient, unitary blade mount member. The unitary blade mount member has an upwardly extending blade support portion configured to have a scraper blade mounted thereto and an upwardly extending base portion configured to be fixed to an elongate support of a conveyor belt cleaner. The bla...