ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,163, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MARK GILBERT IP PTY LTD (Bucasia, Australia).
"Conveyor belt scraper" was invented by Mark Gilbert (Mackay, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor belt scraper comprising a body having a proximal mounting base and a distal scraping tip, the mounting base includes a first engagement formation configured to engage with a second engagement formation located on a shaft assembly, wherein the first engagement formation and the second engagement formation are corresponding male and female members which are engaged or disengaged by rotation of the scraper relative to the shaft assembly about...