Patent ID: 6966166
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A machine for continuously making pouches from a webbed film material and filling said pouches with a product comprising: a. a support structure on said machine for holding a pair of rolls of said film material; b. an apparatus for gripping and unrolling film from each of said rolls such that a pair of continuous sheets of film are brought into close proximity with each other along a path through said machine; c. a plurality of dispensers for inserting product into the pouches as they are being formed; d. a first station that reciprocates along the path of said film through said machine, said first station supporting a plurality of pairs of opposing closable heat sealing members for imparting a plurality of longitudinal seals upon said pair of sheets of film to bond said sheets together along each of said seals without stopping the movement of film through the machine; e. a plurality of blades disposed along said path, each such blade being aligned with one of said longitudinal heat sealing members of said first station for separating said sealed film sheets into longitudinal tubular strips; f. a second station reciprocates along the path of said film through said machine, said second station supporting a pair of opposing closable heat sealing members for imparting transverse seals at spaced intervals upon said pair of sheets of film to bond said sheets together along each of said seals without stopping the movement of film through the machine; and g. a third station that reciprocates along the path of said film through said machine, said third station supporting a blade assembly for cutting across the centers of said transverse seals without stopping the movement of film through the machine.