Patent ID: 7127874

Claim:
Continuous process for making water-reactive pouches containing a product, comprising the steps of: a) continuously feeding a first water-soluble film onto a horizontal portion of a continuously and rotatably moving endless surface, which comprises a plurality of moulds, or onto a non-horizontal portion thereof and continuously moving the film to said horizontal portion: b) forming from the film on the horizontal portion of the continuously moving surface, and in the moulds on the surface, a continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches; c) filling the continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches with a product, to obtain a horizontally positioned web of open, filled pouches; d) continuously closing the web of open, filled pouches, to obtain closed pouches by feeding a closing material onto the horizontally positioned web of open, filled pouches, to obtain closed pouches; e) sealing the closed pouches; and whereby steps a), b), c), d) and e) are done on said horizontal portion of the endless surface, which moves with a constant speed.