Patent ID: 7441386
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A system for encasing material in casing and netting, comprising: a stuffer; a product horn having an upstream end and a downstream end, said upstream end mounted to said stuffer; a netting tube having an upstream end and a downstream end, said netting tube removably mounted coaxially over said product horn and having a tubular netting shirred thereon; a bracket comprising a pair of jaws, said jaws being separable a distance at least as great as a diameter of said netting tube said jaws closable to form an annulus, said bracket mounted coaxially to said netting tube and having a plurality of fingers pointing radially inward to grip said netting, said bracket movable between a first position near said upstream end of said netting tube and a second position near said downstream end of said netting tube, said fingers biased to grip said netting when said bracket is moved from said first position to said second position and not to grip said netting when said bracket is moved from said second position to said first position; and a clipper located adjacent said distal end of said netting tube.