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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Tipper Tie, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Samuel D. Griggs, Apex, NC (US);
William M. Poteat, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Matthew D. Lowder, Durham, NC (US);
Tipper Tie, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Abstract
Packaging systems with a rotatable table top held by a rotatable column, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart clipper assemblies held at respective clipper stations provided by the rotatable table top, plurality of spaced apart pneumatic valves under the table top in fluid communication with the clipper assemblies, and at least one of: (a) a clipper reset cam assembly held under the rotatable table top with first and second reset cams cam that selectively automatically engage the pneumatic valves as the table rotates; and (b) a clipper trigger cam assembly held under the rotatable table top circumferentially spaced apart from the clipper reset cam assembly with first and second trigger cams that selectively automatically engage the pneumatic valves as the table rotates.