Automated netter
AssigneePoly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
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. A conveyor carries the material to a pair of irises. 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.
Claims26
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.