Patent ID: 8597167
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing bags made of tube pieces having fabric made of stretched plastic strips and two material webs lying on top of each other, said apparatus comprising: a transport device, via which the tube pieces can be conveyed in a horizontal position in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to a direction of extension (z) of the tube pieces; a bottom-opening stations, via which open bottom squares can be produced on at least one end of a tube piece; a closing station, via which bottoms opened at the bottom-opening station can be folded up; and a bottom-patch station, via which a bottom patch can be applied for closing the bag bottom, with at least one processing station on an operating side (BS) being disposed so as to be at least partly offset to a similar processing station on a drive side (AS), such that each of said processing stations carries out the same processing steps on one end of a tube piece.