Patent ID: 8366855

Claim:
A machine for forming a flexible pouch from a sheet of flexible material, the sheet of flexible material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the sheet of flexible material including a plurality of apertures axially aligned along the sheet of flexible material, each of the plurality of apertures evenly spaced apart from each other, wherein the flexible pouch includes a fitment, the machine comprising: a frame supporting the sheet of flexible material; a tape having a plurality of fitments mounted onto the tape, each of the plurality of fitments spaced a predetermined distance apart from the other; a feeder device operable to feed the tape to the frame; and a fitment insertion device operable to remove and seal one of the plurality of fitments from the tape through the inner wall surface of a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures on the sheet of flexible material, the fitment insertion device sealing a portion of the one of plurality of fitments with the inner surface of the sheet of flexible material so as to place the remaining portion of the one of plurality of fitments beyond the outer surface of the sheet of flexible material.