Automated methods of packaging objects using a clipper

US8256191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tipper Tie, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Samuel D. Griggs · Raleigh, US
• Dennis J. May · Pittsboro, US
• David T. Wince · Fuquay-Varina, US
• William M. Poteat · Fuquay-Varina, US
• Derek L. Brown · Apex, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53787
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods of automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting include: (a) automatically pushing at least one object through a product chute; (b) pulling a covering material upstream of the product chute off an exterior surface of the product chute to automatically enclose the object in the covering material as the object exits the product chute; and (c) applying a clip to the covering material to secure the object in the packing material.