Patent ID: 8142264

Claim:
A computer program product for operating an automated rucking device that loads a supply of covering material over a length of a product chute, the computer program product comprising: a non-transient computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to direct the movement of a translating member to automatically reciprocally cause the product chute to move in opposing directions about an axis of movement with decreasing distance stroke cycles over a rucking operation; and computer readable program code configured to direct a plurality of gripping members to automatically reciprocally move in a direction that is generally orthogonal to the axis of movement, with the movement of the gripping members being timed to cause the gripping members to snugly abut the product chute when the translating member is moving in the first direction and to cause the gripping members to move away from the product chute when the translating member is moving in the second direction.