Patent ID: 8627637

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing air-filled pillows, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of support rollers to support a roll of material along an outer circumferential extent of the roll, wherein the support rollers are undriven rollers; a driver for drawing the material from the roll along the support rollers, wherein the driver includes upper and lower drive rollers engaging the material to apply tension to the material; an injector wherein, with the material formed as a tube including two opposing sheets, each sheet having first and second longitudinal edges, and the first longitudinal edges of the two sheets joined together and the second longitudinal edges of the two sheets joined together, the injector is configured for injecting air into an interior space between the two opposing sheets of the material drawn from the roll; and a sealer for sealing the two opposing sheets together with the injected air entrapped in the interior space there between.