Patent ID: 6845596

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 dies, a drive to intermittently drive the punches to the anvils, two clip rails mounted adjacent to each other on the same side of said die supports, one feed rail extending through one of the die supports to the other die support connecting one of said rails to said other die support, 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 one side to the other side of the die supports along the feed rail that extends across the one die support.