Automated netter
OwnerEdward Kirk, Robert Pinto +1inventors
InventorsEdward Kirk, Robert Pinto, Eggo Haschke
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of enclosing material in a net and supplying a handle for ease of carrying the netted material, comprising clippers, irises, and a handle maker. The irises gather the netting around the material, the first clipper cuts and closes the netting, and the handle maker forms a loop out of the severed netting. The second clipper attaches the loop back to the netting to form a handle. A scale can be used to weigh the material and a printer can create a label, with the weight or whatever other information is desired, for attachment to the netting.
Claims25
An apparatus for enclosing material in a net, comprising
- a product tube,
- a clipper situated adjacent to said product tube, and
- a handle-maker,
- whereby material placed in said product tube is encased in netting, said clipper closes and severs said netting, and said handle-maker creates a handle from said netting.
A method for enclosing material in a net, comprising
- closing an end of a roll of netting,
- placing material in said roll of netting,
- closing said roll of netting to enclose said material in said netting,
- creating a loop from said roll of netting and severing said loop from said roll, and
- closing said loop to create a handle on said netting enclosing said material.
An apparatus for enclosing material in a net, comprising
- a roll of netting, said roll having an open end and a closed end,
- means to place material in said netting through said open end of said roll,
- a first clipper to close and sever said netting surrounding said material from said roll,
- a handle maker to form a loop from said severed netting, and
- a second clipper to close said loop.
A method for enclosing material in a net, comprising,
- placing material in a roll of netting, said roll having a closed end and an open end,
- closing said open end to enclose said material in said netting,
- pulling said material to tighten said netting around said material,
- severing said tightened netting from said roll of netting and sealing said roll to form a new closed end,
- creating a loop from said netting severed from said roll, and
- attaching said loop to said netting to create a handle.
An apparatus for enclosing material in a net, comprising
- a roll of netting, said roll having an open end and a closed end,
- means to place material in said netting through said open end of said roll,
- first means to gather said netting around said material,
- second means to gather said netting around said material,
- means for moving said second means to gather relative to said first means to gather, whereby
- said netting is stretched between said first means to gather and said second means to gather,
- a first clipper to close and sever said netting at said first means, to create a new closed end on said severed roll,
- a handle maker to form a loop from said stretched netting, and
- a second clipper to close said loop at said second gathering means.
A method for enclosing material in a net, comprising
- placing material in a roll of netting, said roll having an open end and a closed end,
- gathering said netting around said material,
- moving said material to tighten said netting around said material and creating a length of stretched netting,
- severing said tightened netting from said roll of netting and sealing said roll to form a new closed end,
- forming a loop from said length of stretched material, and
- attaching said loop to said netting to close said loop to form a handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.