PACKAGING DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT OF CLIPS TO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING TUBE OF CASING

摘要

An apparatus for attaching shaped metal clips at intervals to viscous-product-filled casing includes a support frame, a clipper assembly, a clipper assembly mounting rail, and a clipper assembly reciprocation mechanism. The clipper assembly is reciprocally mounted for reciprocal movement back and forth between a first casing entry station and a second casing exit station. A continuous tube of filled casing enters the apparatus at the first station and exits at the second station. The clipping assembly includes a filled casing support passage. Filled casing is directed through this passage as the casing extends between the first and second stations. The clipper assembly further includes first and second casing gathering plates which are projectible into the passage to gather the filled casing to form a neck station therein. The neck section is for attachment of at least one clip about the casing. In the region between the first and second stations, the tube of casing is clipped by the reciprocating clipper assembly, which further includes a clipper mechanism for attachment of clips about the gathered casing.