Computer program products for packaging systems with breech loading chutes
AssigneeTipper Tie, Inc.
InventorsDennis J. May, Samuel D. Griggs, Matthew Lowder
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Abstract
Systems for enclosing at least one target product in a covering material, include an elongate product chute having an outer surface and opposing receiving and discharge end portions with an interior cavity extending therethrough and an elongate breech loading chute alignably positioned generally above the product chute, the elongate loading chute configured to direct at least one target product into the product chute.
Claims8
A computer program product for operating an automated or semi-automated packaging apparatus with a breech loading chute that feeds product into a netting chute, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code that directs a holding member that extends inside and is pivotably attached to the breech loading chute to automatically and controllably pivot back and forth inside the breech loading chute to serially hold, then release, respective target objects from the breech loading chute into position to enter a lower positioned and cooperably aligned netting chute.
A computer program product for operating an automated or semi-automated packaging apparatus with a netting chute, wherein the automated packaging apparatus includes a product pusher mechanism that controllably advances and retracts from a product chute, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code that directs a holding member to automatically and controllably serially hold, then release, respective target objects from a breech loading chute into position to enter a cooperably aligned netting chute;
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- computer readable program code that automatically controllably actuates a pusher actuation cylinder to travel through a pusher cycle including a retracted home position and an extended position whereby the product pusher serially pushes target objects through the product chute, and
- wherein the computer readable program code that directs the holding member comprises computer readable program code that is configured to time the release of a respective target object from the breech loading chute to when the product pusher actuation cylinder is in the home position or when the product pusher is upstream of the product chute.
A packaging system with a breech loading chute in communication with a product chute, and a reciprocating product pusher that travels in and out of the product chute, the system having a controller with computer program product for directing operation of the packaging apparatus, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code that directs a holding member residing in the breech loading chute to automatically and controllably serially hold, then release, a meat product from the breech loading chute into position to enter the product chute;
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- computer readable program code that the synchronizes, the actuation of the product pusher into the product chute with the release of a respective meat product from the breech loading chute so that the meat product is in front upstream of the product pusher.
A packaging system with a breech loading chute in communication with a product chute, and a reciprocating product pusher that travels in and out of the product chute, the system having a controller for directing operation of the packaging apparatus, the controller configured to direct a holding member residing in the breech loading chute to automatically and controllably serially hold, then release, a meat product from the breech loading chute into position to enter the product chute and synchronize the actuation of the product pusher into the product chute with the release of a respective meat product from the breech loading chute so that the meat product is downstream of the product pusher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.