Patent ID: 8099927
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A22C,B65B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for operating a packaging system with a clipper mechanism, 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 (a) controllably actuates a cutting member actuation cylinder to direct a corresponding cutting member to rise up from a position below a target product casing to cut a gathered portion of the target product casing in an upward direction, then after the cutting member cuts the gathered portion of the target product casing, (b) controllably actuates the actuation cylinder to direct the cutting member to retract in a downward direction; and (c) computer readable program code that automatically controllably directs the clipper mechanism to move from a home or pre-clip position to a full-clip position before controllably actuating the cutting member to cut in the upward direction, wherein in the full clip position, the cutting member resides in a substantially vertical orientation.