Automated pusher mechanisms for packaging systems
OwnerSamuel D. Griggs, Dennis J. May +3inventors
InventorsSamuel D. Griggs, Dennis J. May, William M. Poteat, Derek L. Brown, David R. Gupton
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Abstract
Automated pusher mechanisms with pusher heads that reciprocally travel in a product chute. The pusher head has a laterally extending planar forward portion and semi-circular side portions.
Claims10
An automated pusher mechanism that cooperates with a clipper, the pusher mechanism having a pusher head, wherein the pusher head reciprocally travels in a product chute, wherein the pusher head is configured with a substantially planar laterally extending forward portion that merges into opposing semi-circular side portions.
An automated pusher mechanism comprising a pusher head having a planar forward plate extending between a pair of spaced apart sidewalls, the pusher head releasably attachable to a rod, wherein the pusher mechanism is configured to reciprocately travel into a product chute residing in cooperating alignment with a clipper mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.