Patent ID: 8425388

Claim:
A method for packing one or more pieces of goods in one or more bag units oriented one after another in a transport direction, the method comprising the steps of: a1. providing a plurality of carrier strips each of which is produced by attaching at least one thread onto one side of an elongate thin film; a2. providing a plurality of bag units, including first and second bag units of predetermined width, each of the plurality of carrier strips having a width that is greater than the width of each of the plurality of bag units so as to allow for the first and second bag units to be attached to and carried by the plurality of carrier strips at the same time with the first and second bag units spaced from each other; each of the first and second bag units having opposite sides defining an inner space therebetween, b. sequentially attaching each of the opposite sides of the respective first and second bag units to respective of the carrier strips; c. sequentially opening said first and second bag units to provide an opening to the inner space of each of the bag units by passing the threads of the respective carrier strips of the first and second bag units through rail means at a distance from one another, d. sequentially inserting one or more pieces of goods into the opened inner space of each of the first and second bag units, e. sequentially sealing said opening of said inner space of each of said first and second bag units within or adjacent a bag sealing zone, said sealing zone being selected within a bag unit allocated upper edge portion, below said threads, and f. sequentially cutting each of the sealed first and second bag units within or above said sealing zone, below said threads, to separate the sealed, first and second bag units from the threads.