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US 2006/0156881 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for severing and loading bag fasteners
OwnerJere Irwininventor
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Abstract
A clip-separating machine is provided with a guide frame, a clipper, and a displacement structure. The guide frame is configured to support a strip of clips. The clipper has a pair of opposed cutting edges. One of the edges is supported for movement toward and away from another of the edges. The displacement structure is configured to move the one cutting edge toward the other cutting edge so as to cause co-action of the cutting edges to sever a terminal clip from a strip of clips. A method is also provided.
Claims18
A clip separating machine, comprising:
- a guide frame configured to support a strip of clips;
- a clipper with a pair of opposed cutting edges, one of the edges supported for movement toward and away from another of the edges;
- and
- a displacement structure configured to move the one cutting edge toward the other cutting edge so as to cause co-action of the cutting edges to sever a terminal clip from a strip of clips.
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A method of severing a clip from a strip of clips that are each
- configured to close a bag, comprising:
- providing a serially arrayed strip of clips;
- advancing the strip of clips between a pair of coacting cutting edges;
- and
- displacing one cutting toward another cutting edge to impart coaction of the cutting edges in order to severe a terminal clip from the strip of clips.
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A bag clip cutting mechanism, comprising:
- a guide for supporting a strip of clips;
- a pair of coacting cutting edges supported for coaction toward and away from one another to severe a clip from the strip of clips;
- and
- a drive member configured to move the pair of cutting edges together to severe the clip from the strip of clips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.