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AssigneeTipper Tie, Inc.
InventorsSamuel D. Griggs, Dennis J. May, David T. Wince, William M. Poteat, Derek L. Brown
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Packaging apparatus modules include a frame with a base adapted to reside on a support floor, the frame having opposing right and left hand frame sides and at least one lateral beam that extends therebetween, the right and left hand frame sides comprising respective upwardly extending frame portions which are configured to reside on opposing sides of a longitudinal product travel path having an axially extending centerline; and a clipper mechanism configured to selectively attach to either one of the right and left hand frame sides in a manner that positions the clipper mechanism at a substantially common operative full-clip location in the product travel path when mounted to either the right or left hand frame sides to thereby allow build options with selectable mounting orientations.
A method of building packaging apparatus with modularized selectable configurations, comprising:
A method according to claim 17, the predetermined list further comprising selectable first and second control interfaces with a computer program product that directs the automated or semi-automated operation of the first or second front end module and the clipper mechanism module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.