Patent ID: 8528306

Claim:
Method of producing pockets containing a napkin ( 5 ), wherein two web-shaped layers ( 1 , 2 ) of a flat, flexible material are moved along a transport path and held at a distance apart from one another in one section of the transport path, napkins ( 5 ) are separated from a stack and placed between the layers ( 1 , 2 ), regions of the layers ( 1 , 2 ) adjacent to the napkins ( 5 ) are placed in contact with one another and joined to one another downstream of the section in the web direction and the pockets formed in this manner are cut from the web-shaped layers ( 1 , 2 ), wherein, in the section, a napkin ( 5 ) is respectively placed between the layers ( 1 , 2 ) in a position oriented parallel with the web direction by a movement in the direction at a right angle to the web direction.