Patent ID: 8006463

Claim:
A packaging system comprising: a rotating platform having a vertical column; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart clippers mounted to the rotating platform, wherein the platform is configured to concurrently mount the plurality of clippers in respective circumferentially spaced apart clipper stations, and wherein the platform is configured to releasably interchangeably mount two different sized clippers in respective clipper stations, one of the different size clippers being configured to output larger clip sizes than the other clipper, and wherein the different sized clippers include on-board air supply lines that releasably connect to first and second air supply lines of a respective clipper station of the platform, wherein, in position, the clippers are in fluid communication with a common pressurized air supply for actuation of the different sized clippers, and wherein the first air supply line comprises an in-line gate shut off valve to selectively shut off air to a gate cylinder of the clipper and the second air supply line is in communication with a trigger valve.