Patent ID: 6804935
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of horizontal forming, horizontal filling and sealing a reclosable package comprising:moving horizontally a film to a filling station and, in a moving direction, away from said filling station; depositing horizontally a first product onto said film at the filling station; feeding a first zipper with a slider attached thereto in the moving direction onto said film; said zipper having a first profile and a second profile engageable with said first profile, each of said profiles having a web attached thereto extending away from said slider; folding said film thereby forming a base film and a top film; applying said top film over said base film; sealing said first profile web to said base film and said second profile web to said top film laterally adjacent to said first product; sealing a longitudinal edge of said top film to a longitudinal edge of said base film laterally adjacent to said first and second profile webs; cross-sealing said base film and said top film together in a direction transverse to the moving direction of the base film on opposite sides of said product, capturing said product between adjacent cross seals; and transversely cutting said sealed together base film and top film on said opposite sides of said product.