Patent ID: 7143566

Claim:
A product netting machine comprising: a base; a chute on the base having a receiving end for receiving products, and a discharge end for discharging products; a rucker for receiving netting and permitting netting to move with discharged products from the chute discharge end; a product receiver on the base at the discharge end of the chute; voiders on the base operated to form a rope section of the netting between the product receiver and the discharge end of the chute when a discharged product is on the product receiver; and a clipper on the base operated to clip the rope section of the netting, the clipper including at least two die supports, at least two punches mounted for movement on the die supports, at least two anvils, a drive to intermittently drive the punches to the anvils, two clip feed rails mounted adjacent to each other on the same side of said die supports and clip pushers to feed clips from the rails to between the punches and the anvils; whereby successively netted and clipped products are formed by the product netting machine, and as a step of the netting and clipping, clips pass from the adjacent clip rails to between both the punches and both the anvils.