Patent ID: 8272409
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of handling empty, flat folded storage bags in preparation for filling with a flowable material, each bag having opposed ends and opposed sides extending between said ends, said method comprising: (a) seating and stacking a plurality of said bags on a fixed elevation base within a chamber of a bag holding magazine assembly, the resulting stack defining an initial stack rising from a lowermost one of said bags on said base to an uppermost one of said bags; (b) then, raising within said chamber away from said base all but the lowermost bag, the raised bags defining a depleted stack of bags; (c) then, while the depleted stack remains raised, removing the lowermost bag from said chamber through a chamber outlet opening; (d) then, lowering the depleted stack to seat a new lowermost bag on said base; and, (e) then, repeating steps (b) to (d) for each new lowermost bag.