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US 2013/0219832 A1Published application
Method for Forming Packages
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsShawn Christopher Pallotta, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Gavin John Broad, Adal Amine Tecleab, Cullen Joseph Breithaupt
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for formation, filling, and sealing unit dose packages for consumer products are described herein. A filling system with a filling control system is also disclosed. Although the filling system is described in conjunction with a method for forming, filling, and sealing unit dose packages, the filling system and filling control system can be used in other dispensing processes.
Claims30
A process for making a package containing a consumer product comprising the steps of:
- a) placing a first web of material having an original un-deflected configuration adjacent to an element having a cavity therein, and moving said first web of material over the element having a cavity therein;
- b) temporarily deflecting a portion of the first web of material downward into the cavity to form a deflected portion of said first web of material, wherein said deflected portion of said first web of material is substantially free of plastic deformation;
- c) depositing a product onto the first web of material;
- d) placing a second web of material over the first web of material and the product;
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- e) at least partially closing and sealing the first web of material having the deflected portion therein to said second web of material along one or more sealing lines.
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