Patent ID: 8033081

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging products, comprising: a pair of opposed rollers forming a nip therebetween; a web guide system for guiding a pair of opposing upper and lower webs of flexible packaging material into the nip so that a product to be packaged when placed between the webs is passed through the nip along with the webs, facing surfaces of the webs having sealing material for sealing the webs together enclosing the product; an infeed bed located upstream of the nip, the lower web being supported by the infeed bed such that a product to be packaged can be placed onto the lower web on the infeed bed and advanced along with the lower web in a longitudinal direction into the nip; and a generally planar labeling support member spaced upstream of the nip; wherein the web guide system includes upper web guides structured and arranged to guide the upper web to travel along a surface of the labeling support member such that the upper web is supported by the labeling support member and an upper surface of the upper web is accessible for affixing an adhesive label thereon.