Patent ID: 6526724
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A packaging apparatus using a multiple packaging material, comprising:a multiple packaging portion for effective packaging such that, where said multiple packaging material has a plurality of goods filling sections connected in series via an adjacent side edge portion between each of side goods filling sections, goods to be packaged are filled in said goods filling sections of said multiple packaging material and are packaged with said multiple packaging material being covered with a sheet, and with an overlapped portion of an outer peripheral edge portion of said multiple packaging material and said sheet being sealed; a longitudinal sealing portion being arranged downstream of said multiple packaging portion for sealing an overlapped portion of said adjacent side edge portion of said multiple packaging material, which has come out of said multiple packaging portion, and said sheet; and a scratching portion being arranged downstream of said longitudinal sealing portion for forming a scratched portion in said adjacent side edge portion, so that said adjacent side edge portion, when bent, may be easily separated at said scratched portion, wherein said longitudinal sealing portion and said scratching portion are provided both at a same time in a longitudinal scratching/sealing device which is located adjacent to said multiple packaging portion, and wherein said longitudinal sealing/scratching device further includes a washing nozzle configured to wash the multiple packaging material after completion of a packaging operation.