Patent ID: 8181432
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B65B,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for servicing packaging apparatus packaging a product between upper and lower webs, and having a web transport conveyor transporting said lower web from upstream to downstream along a web transport direction through a series of stations receiving the product in a lower web package at a loading station, and closing the package with the upper web at a closing station, and including a forming station upstream of said loading station, and forming a downwardly depending product cavity pocket in said lower web into which said product is loaded, said forming station including a forming tooling die box, said method comprising providing a plug assist mechanism comprising a cover supporting at least one forming plug movable between a first position in which said forming plug engages said lower web and assists formation of said product cavity pocket, and a second position in which said forming plug is moved away from said lower web, said method further comprising moving said forming plug to a third position away from said cover along a direction different than said web transport direction.