Packaging systems with clip blow off and related clipper assemblies, methods and computer program products
US9731851B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49718
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide clip blow-off pulses of pressurized gas to clip dies using pressurized gas diverted from an onboard knife, gate and/or punch cylinder/valve during a reset or idle period of a clipping cycle and may be particularly suitable for rotating platform systems with circumferentially spaced apart respective clipper stations. Packaging systems include at least one clipper assembly with at least one pulse valve in communication with a pressurized gas (e.g., air) supply configured to generate a respective clip blow-off pulse of pressurized gas across a clip die.
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