Patent ID: 7926689
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A clip conveyor apparatus for conveying a clip line having a plurality of clips in a clipping machine, the clip conveyor apparatus comprising: said clip line having said plurality of clips in said clipping machine; a drive unit for said clip line having a plurality of clips in said clipping machine, said drive unit comprising an eccentric pivot axis and a fixed pivot axis; an advance element having a drive end and a conveyor end, the drive end of the advance element being coupled to the drive unit and drivable by the drive unit to move the conveyor end in an elliptical path and, for stepwise conveyance of the clip line, engages into intermediate spaces between adjacent clips of the clip line and conveys the clip stepwise in the advance direction; and an adjusting device slidably engaging a longitudinal slot in said advance element, said adjusting device having a pivot axis about which the advance element is pivotable, the position of the adjusting device being vertically and horizontally adjustable simultaneously in its position to vary at least one of the axes of the elliptical path of the conveyor end.