Patent ID: 7140163
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B26D,B26F,B29C,B30B,B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a machine frame defining a work station; means for passing a lower foil formed with a plurality of upwardly open filled pockets through the station in a horizontal transport direction at a generally constant transport speed; a support table holding an upper tool immediately above the foil in the station; a parallelogrammatic linkage having table drive means mounted on the frame and including a crank connected to the link for oscillating the link about the lower pivot and thereby reciprocating the support table generally in the transport direction; a lower tool; guides on the support table, slidably carrying the lower tool, and constraining the lower tool only to vertical movement relative to the support table; and tool drive means mounted on the frame and including another crank connected to the lower tool for reciprocating the lower tool vertically relative to the support table.