US 12,246,883 B2 · Bag cutting and clamping assembly

Abstract

There is provided a bag cutting and clamping assembly. The assembly includes a reciprocating blade. The assembly includes a pair of jaw members pivotally coupled together at first ends thereof and selectively couple together at second ends thereof. One of the jaw members forms a channel via which the reciprocating blade extends for selectively cutting a portion of the bag. The jaw members include a clamping mechanism for selectively clamping the bag and which is axially spaced-apart from the channel. There is also provided a bag cutting and clamping assembly according to another aspect. The assembly includes a bag cutter with a handle end portion reciprocatingly coupled to a first said jaw member, a tongue end portion slidably received within an elongate groove of a second said jaw member, and one or more blades between the handle end portion thereof and the tongue end portion thereof.

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Dependent claims

A bag cutting and clamping assembly comprising:

a pair of jaw members extending along a longitudinal axis, pivotally coupled together at first ends thereof and selectively coupling together via second ends thereof;
a cutting mechanism via which a bag is selectively cut, the cutting mechanism reciprocatingly mounting and being axially moveable relative to a first said jaw member and extending into a cutting channel formed by a second said jaw member;
and
a clamping mechanism laterally spaced-apart from the cutting channel and including one or more first pairs of clamping surfaces being laterally spaced-apart from said cutting mechanism.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bag cutting and clamping assembly

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