Patent ID: 7543423

Claim:
A system for packaging clips of a sheet material comprising: a clip transporting conveyor configured to transport a plurality of clips of a sheet material in a downstream direction; a container transporting conveyor configured to transport a plurality of containers in the downstream direction, the container transporting conveyor being positioned so that the containers move adjacent to a plurality of clips being transported on the clip transporting conveyor; a vertical bucket conveyor configured to transport a plurality of vertical buckets in the downstream direction, the vertical buckets being suspended above the plurality of containers located on the container transporting conveyor; a horizontal pushing assembly comprising at least one transverse pushing device, the transverse pushing device being positioned to transversely move clips of a sheet material being transported on the clip transporting conveyor into corresponding vertical buckets moving on the vertical bucket conveyor; and a vertical pushing assembly comprising at least one vertical pushing device, the vertical pushing device being positioned to move downwards through the vertical buckets for transferring a clip of sheet material from the vertical bucket into a corresponding container on the container transporting conveyor.