Continuous film sealing machine

Film-sealing apparatus comprising

• a generally horizontal table including a product infeed area, a film supply, means for forming a bag from the film, the product being fed into said bag along a horizontal path, and
• sealing apparatus positioned to receive said bag and seal said bag, said sealing apparatus including vertically aligned movable sealing members adapted to receive between them portions of the bag to be sealed, said apparatus including means for moving said sealing members into and out of sealing engagement with said bag between them, said apparatus including means for simultaneously moving said sealing members horizontally while they perform a sealing operation,
• said sealing apparatus further including
• a pair of plates spaced apart and disposed parallel to each other and parallel to said horizontal path,
• a first pair of sprockets vertically aligned on the inner surface of said first plate facing said second plate, and a second pair of sprockets vertically aligned on the inner surface of said second plate and facing said first plate, corresponding sprockets of said first and second pairs being horizontally aligned,
• a first chain threaded on said first pair of sprockets,
• a second chain threaded on said second pair of sprockets,
• a first sealing bar extending across the space between said pairs of sprockets, disposed horizontally, and secured to one portion of each chain which travels in one direction when said sprockets are driven, and,
• a second sealing member extending across the space between said plates, disposed horizontally, and secured to the opposite portion of each of said chains which travels in the opposite direction in which said sprockets are driven.