Patent Publication Number: US-11643234-B2

Title: Bag manufacturing apparatus and method

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a bag manufacturing apparatus and a method of manufacturing open-mouth bags and to open-mouth bags manufactured thereby. Such a bag manufacturing apparatus is in particular used with or for an FFS system (Form-Fill-Seal) for on-site manufacture of the open-mouth bags required for filling bulk goods into open-mouth bags. It is also possible for the bag manufacturing apparatus according to the invention to produce bag supplies for intermediate storage for later use. 
     DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART 
     In particular foodstuffs are filled into the manufactured open-mouth bags. Particularly preferably powdery foodstuffs such as powdered milk, dextrose, starch etc. are filled into the open-mouth bags. The bagging of foodstuffs and in particular baby food requires a high level of hygienic standards. Any bags filled with foodstuffs should prohibit adhesion of dirt particles save for the smallest amount possible. 
     For manufacturing open-mouth bags tubular sheets tend to be used which are conveyed in one conveying direction. First a bottom seam is made in the tubular sheet in a bottom seam welding station. Thereafter the tubular sheet is indexed further one bag length and the next bottom seam is made in the tubular sheet while the tubular sheet is cut just beneath the bottom seam so that the first open-mouth bag is made. Thereafter the open-mouth bag is filled from above with product and a welding device welds the head end shut. Although the method is basically functional its drawback is that the bottom seam shows at least some excess film length. The two layers of the excess film length together form takeup space or a number of takeup spaces or hollow spaces at or in which dirt particles or the filled product can collect so that the hygiene conditions are less than perfect. 
     Such an excess film length might be eliminated by a product-proof margin weld in the bottom seam. Attempting to cut off the film immediately next to the weld seam will in many cases result in sealing the head end of the preceding open-mouth bag or in (a short) excess film length remaining at the bottom seam. Although it is basically conceivable to cut off the excess film length at the bottom seam subsequently, the minor overhangs make implementing automatic processes difficult or the film consumption increases considerably. Moreover this would generate tailings involving complex disposal thereof. 
     Another possibility is to employ a second bottom seam welding station in addition to the first bottom seam welding station following in the conveying direction for welding the excess film lengths together. However, this considerably increases the overhead and additionally decreases the system performance. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a bag manufacturing apparatus and a method of manufacturing open-mouth bags, and open-mouth bags manufactured thereby, by means of which improved hygiene in manufacturing open-mouth bags is possible. 
     This object is solved by a bag manufacturing apparatus having the features described herein and by a method having the features described herein. The open-mouth bag according to the invention is the subject matter of the disclosure herein. Preferred specific embodiments of the invention are the subjects of the claims herein. Further advantages and features of the present invention can be taken from the general description and the description of the exemplary embodiments. 
     The bag manufacturing apparatus according to the invention serves to manufacture open-mouth bags and comprises a storage device with a supply of bag film. A control device serves for controlling. Furthermore at least one conveying device for conveying the bag film and/or the bag body along a (pre-defined) conveying path is provided. There is provided (at least) one welding device with welding means for making (at least) one bottom seam in the bag film. Furthermore (at least) one cutting device having (at least) one cutting means is provided for separating a predetermined length of the bag film to form the bag body of an open-mouth bag. The control device is set up and configured to control the conveying device so as to cause relative motion of the bag body relative to the bag film and prior to making the bottom seam, to create a distance between the bag body and the bag film. The control device is set up and configured to control the conveying device and the welding means such that while welding the (product-proof margin of the) bottom seam, the welding means extend at least up to the bottom end of the bag body and/or beyond. 
     At least while the bag film is being cut it is possible and preferred for the cutting means to be disposed and effective within a longitudinal section of the conveying path in which (longitudinal section) the welding means are disposed and effective during the welding. 
     The bag manufacturing apparatus according to the invention has many advantages. A considerable advantage of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to the invention consists in the fact that while the bottom seam is being welded the welding means extend at least up to the bottom end of the bag body. This may be ensured by way of the cutting means being positioned in the same longitudinal section as are the welding means during the cutting. 
     The or at least one conveying device ensures that during the welding a distance is provided between the bag body and the bag film to prevent the leading edge of the bag film from being welded together. The bag film is preferably moved rearwardly to establish the (predetermined) distance after cutting and prior to welding. 
     The cutting device and the welding device are in particular disposed and effective in an overlapping longitudinal section of the conveying path. In all the configurations a product-proof margin weld is preferably achieved. This can be ensured by having the welding means protrude beyond the end of the film to thus weld the film up to the bottom end and including the bottom end. 
     The bag body is in particular welded full-surface within the bottom seam up to the bottom end. Then there will be no two protruding film layers at and between which dust may accumulate. This is how a weld seam absent an outwardly excess film length is generated. 
     To set a (defined and/or predetermined) distance the (separated) bag body may also be conveyed further by the (predetermined) distance (along the conveying path) relative to the bag film while the bag film is e.g. not advanced. Then the bag body is advanced by the predetermined distance until the bottom end reaches the welding means and in welding, a product-proof margin weld of the bottom seam or a full-surface bottom seam is generated extending up to the bottom end of the bag body. 
     A relative motion of the bag body relative to the bag film prior to making the bottom seam generates the desired distance between the bag body and the bag film. This free distance is large enough so as to not weld the leading edge of the bag film. The distance is in particular longer than 2 mm and preferably longer than 5 mm or 10 mm. The distance may be longer, measuring e.g. 15 mm or 20 mm or 30 mm or 300 mm or 500 mm or more. The distance is basically arbitrary as long as it is ensured that the welding means weld the bottom end completely up to the margin. 
     Preferably the welding device comprises welding jaws and in particular a pair of welding jaws acting as welding means. The welding jaws preferably extend transverse across the bag film and in particular beyond and outwardly to both sides. 
     Preferably (at least) one fixing means is provided for fixing the bag film to the conveying path in front of the longitudinal section. In particular (at least) one fixing means is provided for fixing the bag film to the conveying path following the longitudinal section. Such a fixing means may be formed for example by a tube or a profile section. The profile or tube may for example be provided with a rubber covering or the like for securely fixing the bag film. The fixing means may apply spot fixing for the bag film. It is possible and preferred for the fixing means to fix the bag film in lines or planes so as to also prohibit any or every (even slight) local displacement of the bag film. 
     Preferably the longitudinal section is defined by the length of the welding means along the conveying path or in the conveying direction. Preferably the two welding means are substantially identical or mirror-symmetrical or centrosymmetrical in structure. Preferably the two welding means show at least substantially the same dimensions. Alternately it is possible for the two welding means to show different lengths in the direction of the conveying path. Then the longitudinal section is defined by the shorter length of the two welding means respectively by the overlapping length of the two welding means. 
     In all the configurations it is preferred for the longitudinal section to extend over a length of more than 5 mm or more than 10 mm. The longitudinal section may in particular extend over a length between 2 mm and 50 mm and preferably between 5 mm and 30 mm. The length of the longitudinal section depends in particular on the dimensions of the open-mouth bag. 
     In particularly preferred configurations the welding means extend (in the longitudinal direction of the bag film) beyond the bottom end of the bag body during the welding. This enables and ensures a product-proof margin weld of the bottom end of the bag body. This reliably prevents excess film lengths at the bottom seam. 
     Preferably the seam length of the bottom seam is shorter than the longitudinal section. Seam lengths between 2 mm and 15 mm and in particular between 3 mm and 10 mm are particularly preferred. In the case of large open-mouth bags the seam length may be longer. 
     In all the configurations it is preferred for the bag film to be configured as a tubular sheet and for the storage device to comprise an accommodation for (at least) one film roll and in particular a tubular film roll. It is also conceivable to manufacture the open-mouth bags from a sheet of film which is folded over and provided with a longitudinal weld. 
     In all the configurations it is possible for the bag manufacturing apparatus to comprise at least one corner seam welding device for making corner seams in the bag film so as to obtain block-shaped filled bags. A corner seam welding device may also be omitted or film rolls with prefabricated corner welds may be used. 
     In all the configurations it is preferred for the bag manufacturing apparatus to comprise at least one film supply including a traversable or pivot-mounted tensioning roll. It is also possible to provide two or more tensioning rolls. The tensioning roll or the tensioning rolls may be pre-tensioned by a weight or a spring or the like. The film supply may compensate for part of a bag length or one bag length or more to enable a partially continuous operation or a continuous operation or a continuous rotation of the film roll or roll of tubing at the storage device. It is also possible and preferred to operate the film roll (roll of tubing) indexed and to rotate it a certain amount for each single open-mouth bag. 
     In preferred specific embodiments an appending device is comprised for appending an open-mouth bag to a filling spout of a filling system. It is also possible to provide two or more appending devices. 
     The method according to the invention serves to manufacture open-mouth bags from a supply of bag film, the bag film being transported along a conveying path and (at least) one cutting means of a cutting device separating a predetermined film length from the bag film to form the bag body of an open-mouth bag. The bag film is moved relative to the bag body. A bottom seam up to the bottom end of the bag body is made by welding to form an open-mouth bag. 
     The method according to the invention also has many advantages. The method allows to manufacture open-mouth bags meeting highest hygienic standards. 
     Preferably the bag film is retracted from the separated bag body in particular a defined distance prior to welding the bottom end. It is also possible for the bag film to be retracted from the separated bag body an undefined distance for example by activating the pertaining drive for a specific time period or the like. Later, when the bag film is conveyed further for example an optical sensor or the like may detect the leading edge of the bag film, thus allowing defined positioning of the bag film leading edge. 
     Retracting the bag film from the separated bag body allows to ensure a product-proof margin weld of the bottom seam while concurrently ensuring that the leading edge of the bag film, which forms the head end of the next open-mouth bag, is not welded shut. 
     In preferred specific embodiments the film or the bag body is fixed in place prior to separating the bag body. The bag film is in particular fixed in the region of the bag body and so is the bag film in front. Such fixing may be done for example by pressing suitable fixing means or a tube or a rail or the like on the bag film from above so as to hold the bag film in a defined place. Then there will be no undesirable displacement of the bag body when separating the bag body or the bag film. 
     The fixing of the bag film in front of the bag body is preferably removed prior to retracting the bag film. The bag body remains in particular fixed while the bag film is being retracted. 
     Preferably the welding means reach at least up to the bottom end of the bag body during the welding. The welding means in particular protrude beyond the bottom end of the bag body during the welding. 
     The bottom seam of the bag body is in particular welded showing a product-proof margin up to the bottom end. Welding is preferably done over the full surface inside the bottom seam. 
     In all the configurations it is preferred to first separate the bag body and then to make the bottom seam. 
     An open-mouth bag according to the invention is manufactured by means of any of the methods described above and comprises a bag body at least partially consisting of a bag film wherein a bottom seam closes the bottom end of the bag body. The open-mouth bag may in particular comprise a weld seam (extending up to the bottom end) having a product-proof margin at the bottom seam. A bag filled with bulk material and closed at its head end may likewise show a product-proof top seam. 
     In all the configurations the bag body of the open-mouth bag may comprise gussets and/or corner welds. 
     On the whole the invention provides an advantageous bag manufacturing apparatus, an advantageous method, and advantageous open-mouth bags, so as to enable hygienic filling of bulk goods and in particular powdery foodstuffs into open-mouth bags. The finished open-mouth bags do not show any excess film lengths at the bottom seams where particles or dirt might adhere. 
     During manufacture the film of the bag film is advanced up to about one bag length beyond the cutting level of the cutting device. This is where the fixing means, which are for example configured as pressing bars, are lowered. Thereafter the cutting device cuts the bag body off the bag film. Then the fixing means or pressing bar resting against the bag film is released while the other of the pressing bars continues to fix the bag body. Thereafter the bag film is retracted somewhat, far enough so that the leading edge of the bag film leaves the active zone of the welding device for the bottom seam. The retracted bag film length is temporarily stored in the film supply. Thereafter the bottom seam is welded with the welding means entirely covering the bottom end and protruding some distance so as to provide a product-proof margin weld of the bottom seam up to the extreme end. This means that the film layers lying on top of one another are completely welded to one another up to their extreme ends. 
     The finished bag body is transported further with the open side leading in the conveying direction of the conveying path. The bag film is thereafter advanced again so that a (new) bag body is once again positioned completely in front of the cutting level. The bag film may be advanced for example sensor-controlled or for example by means of a servo drive or the like so as to enable precisely defined positioning of the bag film. 
     The bag manufacturing apparatus may comprise a film supply so as to enable continuous operation of the film roll or roll of tubing. Alternately it is possible to provide for start/stop operation of the film roll or the roll of tubing. 
     Further advantages and features of the present invention will now be described with reference to the exemplary embodiment which will be discussed below with reference to the enclosed figures. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
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         FIG.  1    a schematic perspective view of a filling system of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to the invention; 
         FIG.  2    a schematic perspective view of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to  FIG.  1   ; 
         FIG.  3    a schematic cross-section of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to  FIG.  2   ; 
         FIG.  4    a schematic plan view of the bag film; 
         FIG.  5    a longitudinal section of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to  FIG.  2    in the region of the cutting device; 
         FIG.  6    a perspective view of the welding device and the cutting device of the bag manufacturing apparatus according to  FIG.  2   ; and 
         FIG.  7    a rear view of the cutting device and the welding device according to  FIG.  6   . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION 
       FIG.  1    shows a schematic perspective illustration of a filling system  100  comprising a dispensing silo  104  and a high speed flow  101  and a low speed flow  102  for filling bulk goods and in particular powdery foodstuffs into open-mouth bags. 
     The filling system  100  comprises a bag manufacturing apparatus  1 . The bag manufacturing apparatus  1  is installed upstream of the filling proper and manufactures, from a film roll or presently a roll of tubing  21  with a rolled-up bag film  5 , single open-mouth bags  2  (see  FIG.  4   ) which, after appending by means of the appending device  26 , are filled with the intended filled bulk material via the filling spout  110  of the filling system  100 . 
     The filling system comprises rotary filling spouts  110  which rotate indexed to each of the stations. After appending to a first filling spout the next station performs high speed flow filling followed by indexing further for low speed flow filling. Both the high speed flow filling station and the low speed flow filling station are provided with at least one compacting device each for compacting the bulk material in the open-mouth bag already during the filling process. In the fourth station the bag is conveyed off at the bag removal  105 . 
     The bag manufacturing apparatus  1  comprises a frame  30  where a storage device  3  with the supply  4  is disposed as well. This supply  4  consists of the roll of tubing  21  on which the bag film  5 , presently a tubular sheet, is kept rolled up. The tubular sheet  5  is transported along the conveying path  7  by means of at least one conveying device  6 . In simple cases the conveying device consists of one or two driven transport rollers for controlled transporting of the tubular sheet along the conveying path  7 . 
     A corner seam welding device  22  may be provided to insert corner welds  28  in the tubular sheet which provide a block-shaped filled bag in the filled bag in conjunction with the gussets  27  (see  FIG.  4   ). 
     Deflection rollers  31  serve to deflect the bag film  5 . A film supply  24  which presently comprises a pivoting tensioning roll  25  serves for longitudinal compensation of different bag lengths manufactured by the bag manufacturing apparatus  1 . Optionally the film supply  24  may comprise a number of tensioning rolls  25  so as to enable a continuous rotation of the roll of tubing  21  while the open-mouth bag  2  is manufactured in the bag manufacturing apparatus  1 . At any rate the film length retracted prior to welding may be temporarily stored in the film supply. 
     The welding device  8  shown makes the bottom seam  11  in the bag body  16  shown in  FIG.  4   . 
       FIG.  2    shows a schematic perspective illustration of the bag manufacturing apparatus  1  of  FIG.  1   . One can readily recognize the printed elements  33  illustrated exemplarily on the roll of tubing  21  which are printed on the tubular sheet  5  of the roll of tubing  21  distanced one bag length each. 
     The bag film  5  is transported by means of the conveying device  6  on the conveying path  7  and deflected at the deflection roller  31 . Thereafter the bag film  5  arrives at the corner seam welding device  22  which makes the corner seams or the corner welds  28  (see  FIG.  4   ) in the bag film. Whenever it is desired. Absent corner seam welds, so-called cushion-shaped bags form after filling. Corner seam welds rather provide for box-shaped bags. In combination with readily peeling double-layer films for bag walls, bags are generated that fulfill high hygienic requirements. 
     The conveying device  6  comprises a driven roller with which to transport the bag film  5  along the conveying path  7 . Another conveying device  45  in the shape of a drive unit  45  is shown in  FIG.  3   . 
     The tensioning roll  25  of the film supply  24  is recognizable in the lower region of the bag manufacturing apparatus  1 . 
     Following the second deflection roller  31  the bag film  5  is transported horizontally in the conveying direction of the conveying path  7  so as to transport the bag film  5  horizontally through the welding device  8 . The welding device  8  makes a bottom seam  11  in the bag body  16  (see  FIG.  4   ). 
     The front end of the bag manufacturing apparatus  1  shows the appending device  26  which serves to receive the open-mouth bag  2  lying at the front end and to bring it from the shown horizontal position to an appended position by pivoting about the illustrated horizontal axis. At the same time the suction devices open up the open leading edge  40  of the open-mouth bag  2  so that the open-mouth bag  2  is appended to the filling spout  110  of a filling system. 
       FIG.  3    shows a longitudinal section of the bag manufacturing apparatus  1  of  FIG.  2   . The bag film  5  unwound from the roller  21  is deflected by the deflection roller  31  and guided through the corner seam welding device  22  where corner welds  28  ( FIG.  4   ) are made in the bag film  5  as required. After passing through the film supply  24  the conveying device  6  with the drive unit  42  follows to provide for transporting the bag film  5 . 
     The bag film is then transported through the welding device  8 , specifically far enough for the bag film to extend exactly one bag length in front of the cutting level  50  ( FIG.  4   ) of a cutting device  12  not shown in detail. The cutting device  12  will be discussed in more detail with reference to the  FIGS.  4  to  7   . 
     Fixing means  18  and  19  serve to fix the bag film in front of and behind the welding device  8 . The welding device  8  comprises welding means  9  and  10  which move toward one another and away from one another by means of cylinders  35  and  36 . 
       FIG.  4    shows a schematic plan view of the bag film and the cutting device  12 . First the bag film is advanced up to the leading edge at the illustrated head end  39 . Then the bag film  5  is fixed by the fixing means  18  and  19  illustrated in  FIG.  3   . Thereafter the cutting device  12  is activated and presently travels transverse to the bag film  5  so that the cutting means  14  separates the bag body  16  from the bag film  5 . After the cutting process the cutting device  12  is located on the other longitudinal face of the bag film  5  in the position shown in dashed lines. In the next cutting step the cutting device then travels in the opposite direction and cuts the bag film  5  by means of the cutting means  13  in the cutting level  50 . 
     After separating the bag body  16  from the bag film  5  the bag film  5  is retracted by way of the conveying device so as to generate a distance  37  from the bottom end of the bag body  16  up to the leading edge  41  of the bag film  5 . This distance  37  is dimensioned such that what is now the leading edge  41  of the bag film  5  is located outside of the longitudinal section  17 . The longitudinal section  17  is defined in particular by the longitudinal overlapping of the welding means of the welding device  8  which is preferably configured as welding jaws. The interacting welding means approach one another for welding and act in the longitudinal section  17 . This is where they weld together the layers of the bag film  5  lying on top of one another. Then the longitudinal section  17  is dimensioned and the bottom end  23  of the bag body  16  is disposed such that the bag film layers are completely welded together at the bottom end  23 . A product-proof margin weld is produced so that there will be no non-welded excess film length whatever at the weld seam. This enables a high degree of hygiene. No particles or dirt can deposit and accumulate between an excess film length of several layers since all the layers are welded to one another product-proof up to the extreme edges. 
     After welding the bottom end  23  or making the bottom seam  11  the bag body  16  of the open-mouth bag  2  can be conveyed further in the direction of the filling system or alternately for example to a supply. 
     What is now the leading edge  41  of the bag film  5  is then conveyed further by the distance  37  plus one bag length  15  in the direction of the conveying path  7  so that the leading edge of the bag film  5  is then located in the illustrated position of the head end  39 . The leading free end  41  can be prevented from hitting against the transporting surface e.g. by stop bevels, not shown. Thereafter the fixing means  18  and  19  fix the bag film  5 . Thereafter the cutting device  12  separates the next bag body  16 . Thereafter the front fixing means continues to fix the bag body  16  while the rear fixing means is released and the bag film  5  is retracted by the distance  37  for the next bottom end  23  to be provided with a bottom seam  11  with a product-proof margin. 
     At least during the cutting process the cutting device and in particular the cutting means  13  and  14  are located in the cutting level  50  which is located within the longitudinal section  17 . The welding means of the welding device  8  act in the longitudinal section  17 . At any rate the seam length  38  of the bottom seam  11  provides sufficient stability. 
     The cut-off bag body  16  is transported over the transporting surface  46  to the appending device  26  by means of the drive unit  45  (as another conveying device) (see  FIG.  3   ). 
       FIG.  5    shows a schematic cross-section of the welding device  8  and the cutting device  12  of the bag manufacturing apparatus  1  in  FIG.  2   . The cylinder  35  displaces the welding jaw  9  from the illustrated spaced-apart position to a welding position, not shown, in which the welding jaws  9  and  10  immediately rest against the bag film  5  lying in-between. The length  20  of the welding means  9  and  10  defines the longitudinal section  17 . The cutting level  50  is located within the longitudinal section  17 . This is where the cutting means  13  and  14  are located, at least while performing a cutting process. It is also conceivable for the cutting means  13  and  14  and also the welding means  9  and  10  to be located in different levels and positions while being inactive. At any rate it is significant that a longitudinal section  17  ensues in the welding position within which the cutting level of the cutting means  13  and  14  is located. 
     The welding jaws  9  and  10  may for example have Teflon-coated surfaces and be applied on an insulator. Alternately it is possible to use coated welding strips or other suitable welding devices such as ultrasound, continuously heated welding jaws etc. 
     Alternately it is also possible to dispose the welding means  9  and  10 , shown in dashed lines, of a welding device offset a specific distance  37  forwardly in the conveying direction of the film. In such a configuration the welding means  9  and  10  shown in solid lines are not necessary. After cutting the film and making a bag body by means of the cutting means  13  and/or  14  the bag body  16  is moved forwardly a predetermined or defined distance  37  (in the conveying direction or along the conveying path  7 ) e.g. by means of the conveying device  45  (see  FIG.  3   ) while the bag film preferably maintains its longitudinal position. Then the welding jaws  9  and  10  shown in dashed lines make the bottom seam  11  in the bottom end  23  wherein this variant again provides for the welding means to protrude beyond the bottom end  23  during the welding. Thus, a weld seam is made in the bottom end which welds the bag body in the region of the bottom seam over its entire surface and up to the absolute bottom end  23 . 
       FIG.  6    shows a schematic perspective view of the welding device  8  and also of the fixing means  18  and  19  which are each displaceable by one of the cylinders  44  between the fixing and the released positions. One or more variable spacers or adjusting sleeves may be provided to allow pertaining settings and fine adjustment options. The fixing means  18  and  19  each comprise a linkage and a mechanism the ends of which are provided with a presently tubular fixing means for directly contacting the bag film or the bag body. 
       FIG.  7    shows a view of  FIG.  6    wherein the cutting device  12  is again recognizable on the side that is disposed laterally traversable transverse to the longitudinal extension of the bag film  5 . 
     On the whole the invention provides an advantageous bag manufacturing apparatus and an advantageous method for manufacturing open-mouth bags with which to achieve a high degree of hygiene. Manufacturing the bags is efficient and does not require extensive apparatus although the bags can be closed with a product-proof margin. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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                 bag manufacturing apparatus 
               
               
                 2 
                 open-mouth bag 
               
               
                 3 
                 storage device 
               
               
                 4 
                 supply 
               
               
                 5 
                 bag film, tubular sheet 
               
               
                 6 
                 conveying device 
               
               
                 7 
                 conveying path 
               
               
                 8 
                 welding device 
               
               
                 9 
                 welding means, welding jaw 
               
               
                 10 
                 welding means, welding jaw 
               
               
                 11 
                 bottom seam 
               
               
                 12 
                 cutting device 
               
               
                 13 
                 cutting means 
               
               
                 14 
                 cutting means 
               
               
                 15 
                 film length 
               
               
                 16 
                 bag body 
               
               
                 17 
                 longitudinal section 
               
               
                 18 
                 fixing means 
               
               
                 19 
                 fixing means 
               
               
                 20 
                 length of 9, 10 
               
               
                 21 
                 film roll 
               
               
                 22 
                 corner seam welding device 
               
               
                 23 
                 bottom end 
               
               
                 24 
                 film supply 
               
               
                 25 
                 tensioning roll 
               
               
                 26 
                 appending device 
               
               
                 27 
                 gusset 
               
               
                 28 
                 corner weld 
               
               
                 30 
                 framework 
               
               
                 31 
                 deflection roller 
               
               
                 32 
                 control cabinet 
               
               
                 33 
                 imprint 
               
               
                 34 
                 tube 
               
               
                 35 
                 cylinder 
               
               
                 36 
                 cylinder 
               
               
                 37 
                 distance 
               
               
                 38 
                 seam length 
               
               
                 39 
                 head end 
               
               
                 40 
                 open end 
               
               
                 41 
                 end 
               
               
                 42 
                 drive unit 
               
               
                 43 
                 insulation layer 
               
               
                 44 
                 cylinder 
               
               
                 45 
                 conveying device, drive unit 
               
               
                 46 
                 transporting surface 
               
               
                 50 
                 cutting level 
               
               
                 60 
                 control device 
               
               
                 100 
                 filling system 
               
               
                 101 
                 high speed flow 
               
               
                 102 
                 low speed flow 
               
               
                 103 
                 hub 
               
               
                 104 
                 dispensing silo 
               
               
                 105 
                 bag removal 
               
               
                 110 
                 filling spout