Acoustical conveyor cover

Claim 1

In combination with a conveyor, which transports articles between an article washing station and an article filling station, the improvement comprising: a conveyor cover including a top portion, the inside surface of said top portion forming a substantially continuous curve with the inside surfaces of a pair of sidewalls which extend downwardly from said top portion to a support structure for said conveyor; means for attenuating noise internally generated within said cover including acoustically absorbent material, said material being a compressible resilient material; door means connected in an opening in said conveyor cover for providing access to said conveyor, said door having a transparent portion to facilitate viewing of said articles on said conveyor within said cover; drain means provided between said support structure for the conveyor and the lower portion of said sidewalls for permitting drainage of any moisture within said cover; and means for releasably retaining said acoustically absorbent material including a pair of retaining clips mounted on the inside surface of a sidewall of said cover opposite to said door means, said retaining clips of said pair being so spaced as to retain said acoustically absorbent material therebetween in a compressed state, whereby said acoustically absorbent material conforms to the shape of the adjacent sidewall and holds itself between said clips with a self-biasing action.