Bagging device for cuts of meat
OwnerRichard A. Melvilleinventor
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Abstract
A bagging device (6) including at least two bag forming means (2, 3) capable of forming bags of a selected variable length from a supply of the material (4) from which the bags are to be formed, transporting means (7, 8, 10) to, in use convey item of differing dimensions to a selected position (5) or to one of a range of available selected positions, sizing means (15) to determine the size of each individual item, and production means to cause in use a bag of desired length to be formed by a selected one of said bag forming means (2, 3).
Claims14
A bagging device including at least two bag forming means capable of forming bags of a selected variable length from a supply of the material from which the bags are to be formed, transporting means to, in use convey items of differing dimensions to a selected position or to one of a range of available selected positions, sizing means to determine the size of each individual item, and production means to cause in use a bag of the desired length to be formed by a selected one of said bag forming means.
A method of bagging items of differing sizes, comprising the steps of determining the size of each individual item, forming a bag of a selected length from one of a plurality of bag forming means capable of forming bags of a selected variable length from a supply of the material from which the bags are to be formed so that the bag of selected length is available when the measured item is at the selected position, and transporting each individual item to a selected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.