Package making – Methods – Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-23
2010-02-23
Gerrity, Stephen F (Department: 3721)
Package making
Methods
Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
C053S459000, C053S469000, C053S138400, C053S567000, C053S576000, C053S258000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07665278
ABSTRACT:
Methods of automatically packaging an object in netting include: (a) automatically extending a product pusher having a pusher head through a product chute; (b) pushing at least one object from a location upstream of the product chute, through a product chute to a location downstream of the product chute in response to the extending step; (c) pulling netting material upstream of the product chute off an exterior surface of the product chute to automatically enclose the object in the netting material as the object exits the product chute; (d) automatically retracting the pusher head after the pushing step extends the pusher head outside the product chute; then (e) automatically directing a clipper to pivot into position when the pusher head is partially retracted a distance sufficient to position the pusher head inside the product chute; and (f) applying at least one clip to the netting material using the clipper to secure the object in the netting material.
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Brown Derek L.
Griggs Samuel D.
Gupton David R.
May Dennis J.
Poteat William M.
Gerrity Stephen F
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec P.A.
Tipper Tie, Inc.
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