Patent ID: 7647749
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method for encasing material in casing and netting, comprising: providing a stuffer; providing a product horn having an upstream end and a downstream end, said upstream end mounted to said stuffer; shirring a tubular netting onto a netting tube, said netting tube having an upstream end and a downstream end; mounting said netting tube coaxially over said product horn; providing 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 comprising a plurality of fingers pointing inward; mounting said bracket coaxially to said netting tube; moving said bracket between a first position near said upstream end of said netting tube and a second position near said downstream end of said netting tube; biasing said fingers 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 clipping said netting at said distal end of said netting tube.