Patent ID: 7297096

Claim:
In a process for making a resealable package, a method of disengaging at least a portion of a pair of engaged resealable closure profiles comprising: (a) optionally attaching a slider to said resealable closure profiles; and (b) actuating a movable wedge and thereby inserting said wedge into at least a portion of said engaged resealable closure profiles, wherein said wedge is a portion of an apparatus comprising: (i) a piston and a rod, said rod being in operable connection with the wedge; (ii) a guide channel aligned to guide the closure profiles in proximity with the wedge; (iii) a support blade in planer alignment with said wedge such that the closure profiles are supported by the blade and aligned in proximity with the wedge; and (iv) means for activating said piston such that the piston moves the rod which functions to insert the wedge into the closure profiles to thereby open the closure profiles.