US 12,246,883 B2
Bag cutting and clamping assembly
Gregory Roy Ruddell, Aldergrove (CA); Robert J. Halas, Osoyoos (CA); and Johnson Ling, Richmond (CA)
Appl. No. 18/247,409
Filed by Gregory Roy Ruddell, Aldergrove (CA); and Robert J. Halas, Osoyoos (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/051373
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067443, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,883, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406575 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 33/16 (2006.01); B26D 1/04 (2006.01); B26D 7/02 (2006.01); B65D 45/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 33/1675 (2013.01) [B26D 1/045 (2013.01); B26D 7/025 (2013.01); B65D 45/16 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bag cutting and clamping assembly comprising:
a pair of jaw members extending along a longitudinal axis, pivotally coupled together at first ends thereof and selectively coupling together via second ends thereof;
a cutting mechanism via which a bag is selectively cut, the cutting mechanism reciprocatingly mounting and being axially moveable relative to a first said jaw member and extending into a cutting channel formed by a second said jaw member; and
a clamping mechanism laterally spaced-apart from the cutting channel and including one or more first pairs of clamping surfaces being laterally spaced-apart from said cutting mechanism.