Patent ID: 8347592

Claim:
An apparatus for constructing sandbags, comprising: a floatable platform; means for moving the floatable platform in a desired direction; a length of casing disposed in a roll and supported on the platform, said casing having two longitudinal edges and being adapted to be unrolled from the roll; a hopper for receiving and dispensing a quantity of sand on top of the casing as the casing is unrolled from the roll, said hopper being disposed above the length of casing; a device for bringing the longitudinal edges of the casing together; a stitching machine, for stitching the edges of the casing together to form a tube of casing, said stitching machine being disposed on the platform above the device for bringing the edges of the casing together to form a closed tube; and a conveyor for conveying the tube away from the stitching machine and off of the platform.