METHOD OF FEEDING WEB AND RECLOSURES TO A FORM FILL SEAL MACHINE (as amended)
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorDavid MATTHEWS
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a reclosures in a transverse direction (TD) application, wherein the reclosures include only one consumer side flange, rather than two. That is, the reclosures are missing a flange on the consumer side. A first aspect of the disclosure fills the inverted pouch or package and orients the reclosure with the consumer flange on the leading edge. A second aspect of the disclosure fills the package in a non-inverted configuration and includes a peel seal between the two product side leading flanges below the profile.
Claims15
A method of feeding web and reclosures to a form fill seal machine, including the steps of:
- providing a web;
- providing reclosures transversely across the web, wherein the reclosure includes a first profile free of a leading flange and a second profile including a leading flange, wherein the leading flange is sealed to the web;
- and
- feeding the web, including the traverse reclosures, to a filling tube of a form fill seal machine.
A method of feeding web and reclosures to a form fill seal machine, including the steps of:
- providing a web;
- providing reclosures transversely across the web, wherein the reclosures include a first profile with a first leading flange and a second profile with a second leading flange, wherein the first and second leading flanges are frangibly joined to each other;
- sealing the second profile to the web;
- and
- feeding the web, including the traverse reclosures, to filling tube of a form fill seal machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.