Patent ID: 6574945
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65B,F42B

Abstract:
The method for manufacturing a plurality of projectiles, each projectile having a discrete enclosed body therein, comprising:a) continuously feeding a first thin sheet of material onto a first rotating die and a second thin sheet of material onto a second rotating die, b) continuously forming a plurality of spaced apart first cavities in a first thin sheet of material each of the first cavities having an edge at an opening thereof; c) continuously forming a plurality of spaced apart second cavities in a second thin sheet of material, each of the second cavities having an edge at an opening thereof; d) causing the first and second sheets with first and second cavities to travel in paths that are downwardly inclined from the horizontal and that approach each other; e) feeding at least one enclosed body into each of the first cavities, respectively, each of the enclosed bodies having a liquid-tight interior cavity containing a quantity of a first liquid, and f) progressively sealing the edge of each of the first cavities with the edge of a respective second cavity while injecting a second liquid into one or both of the first and second cavities prior to sealing the edges thereof forming a liquid tight projectile containing the enclosed body within a volume of the second liquid, the first liquid and the second liquid, when mixed, initiating a chemiluminescent reaction.