US 4,065,344 AGranted

Bag forming method and apparatus

AssigneeWeist Industries, Inc.

InventorHerman C. Weist

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the manufacture of generally rectangular plastic bags from a gusseted or flattened tubular, supply stock where the bags terminate in heat sealed closure at the bottom and the end opposite the bottom is generally open. The method provided by the present invention includes feeding selected stock of elongate gusseted or flattened tubular plastic material, in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the material to heat seal bar means, sealing a portion of the tubular stock together, by heating the material, along a line generally transverse to the direction of movement of the stock to form the bottom of a first bag, and at generally the same time cutting the stock along a line transverse to the direction of travel of the stock at a location a selected distance from the seal bar in the direction of travel of the stock to form the open end of a second bag and, while the heat seal bar is in contact with the stock, exerting a force on the tail portion of the stock between the cut and the sealing bar to break the tail portion away from the seal formed by the sealing bar.

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Dependent claims

A bag forming apparatus including:

a. Feed means to selectively feed a substantially continuous elongate web of flattened tubular plastic stock material in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the web;
b. Heat seal means extending across a portion of said web in a direction generally transverse to the direction of travel of the web to selectively fuse opposite sides of said web to form the bottom of a first bag;
c. First control means to selectively cause said heat seal means to contact said web to fuse said opposing sides of said web together along a line generally transverse to the direction of travel of said web to form a bottom of a first bag;
d. Feed means to move said web a selected distance along the direction of travel after the bottom of said first bag is formed;
e. Cutter means disposed a selected distance from said heat seal means in the direction of travel of said web along a line generally transverse to the direction of travel of the stock to release said first bag and form an opening thereto;
f. Second control means to selectively activate said cutter means to cut said web while said heat seal means is in position to form a bottom of a second bag;
g. Tear means to selectively exert a force on a tail portion of said web between said cutter means and said heat seal means to remove said tail portion of said web between said cutter means and said heat seal means while said heat seal means is in contact with said web;
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h. Cooler means disposed before said heat seal means relative to the direction of travel of said web to cool said web prior to introduction of said web to said heat seal means.

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