Patent ID: 8113925
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A displacer assembly for a clip machine comprising: a first pair of displacer shears and a second pair of displacer shears arranged parallel thereto, each pair of displacer shears facing in the same direction, wherein the first pair of displacer shears comprises a top and a bottom displacer shear, the top and bottom displacer shears of the first pair of displacer shears being reversibly movable toward each other about a common pivot axis at the rear of the first pair of displacer shears, the contours of which are at least approximately identical in mirror image relationship and wherein the second pair of displacer shears comprises a top and a bottom displacer shear, the top and bottom displacer shears of the second pair of displacer shears being reversibly movable toward each other about a common pivot axis at the rear of the second pair of displacer shears, wherein said top displacer shear is at least approximately identical in contour to the top displacer shear of the first pair of displacer shears, and wherein said bottom shear is shorter than said bottom displacer shear of said first pair of displacer shears; wherein said bottom displacer shear of said first pair of displacer shears has a reinforcement attached to a side surface of said bottom shear facing said second pair of displacer shears, and wherein a combined contour of the reinforcement and the bottom shear of the second pair of the displacer shears at least approximately reproduces the contour of said bottom displacer shear of said first pair of displacer shears.