Patent ID: 6810639
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B31B,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
The method of making packages having slide zippers on a package form fill and seal line, said method comprising the steps of:providing a supply of a series of concatenated packages, each of said packages having a reclosable zipper; filling each of said packages; providing a supply of sliders, each of said sliders being insertable on to said reclosable zipper and adapted to open and close said reclosable zipper as said slider is moved along said reclosable zipper in opening and closing directions, respectively; and for each of said concatenated packages, after said step of filling each of said packages, removing a slider from said slider supply and inserting said slider on to said reclosable zipper, said reclosable zipper being in an interlocked configuration prior to said step of inserting said slider and remaining in said interlocked configuration during said step of inserting said slider.