Patent ID: 7739855

Claim:
A pivotable clipper assembly for attaching at least one closure clip to a product held in netting, comprising: a pivotable clipper mechanism having a clipper body configured to deliver clips to a clip window and attach the clips to netting; a first cutting cartridge mounted to the pivotable clipper mechanism, the first cutting cartridge comprising: a knife; an actuation cylinder with a rod in communication with the knife that advances and retracts the knife; and an anti-rotation block attached to a rear of the knife intermediate the knife and rod to inhibit the knife and rod from rotating, wherein, in operation, the first cutting cartridge pivots with the clipper mechanism; and a proximity sensor mounted to the cartridge to provide data to control the timing of the actuation of the cylinder to automatically controllably advance the knife to sever the netting, wherein the clipper mechanism comprises a groove formed therein, the first cartridge comprising a cartridge platform configured to slide into the groove in the clipper mechanism to thereby releasably mount to the clipper mechanism.