Patent ID: 9010072
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A22C,B65B

Abstract:
1. An automated bagging packaging system comprising: a plurality of spaced apart product holding stations spaced apart about an endless travel path; and a plurality of spaced apart workstations, including at least one clipper workstation, positioned about the endless travel path, wherein, in operation, at least one of the holding stations or the workstations translate about the endless travel path so that a respective holding station serially cooperates with each of the plurality of different workstations, wherein the system comprises a center column, wherein each holding station comprises a clamp mechanism with a pair of spaced apart clamps, and wherein the clamp mechanism is supported by the center column, wherein the clipper workstation has a clipper with a gate, and wherein the clipper gate is open to receive an upper end portion of a bag and automatically closes to gather the upper end portion of the bag before the clipper applies at least one clip to the gathered portion of the bag.