Patent ID: 7594375

Claim:
An apparatus for bagging material into a film, the film having at least two overlapping sheets and at least one open edge, said apparatus comprising: a pair of spaced apart carriages; and a pair of clamp assemblies, each said clamp assembly being movably mounted to a respective said carriage so as to be pivotally movable relative to said respective carriage and vertically moveable along the length of said respective carrige, each said clamp assembly comprising a clamp and a mobile arm, each said clamp comprising a respective pair of clamping members being reciprocally movable from a clamping position for engaging the film to an unclamping position, said clamping members being moveably mounted on said mobile arm so as to reciprocally transversely move along the length of said mobile arm, wherein said clamp assemblies engage the film and are configured to open the film by separating the overlapping sheets, said clamp assemblies being downwardly movable along the length of said respective carriages so as to provide for the opened film to progressively bag material positioned thereunder.