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US 5,961,433 AGranted
Method and apparatus for forming bags from flexible plastics sheet
AssigneeLe Sac Corporation
InventorsBrian Anthony Mitchell, Graham John Waters
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AssigneeLe Sac Corporation
InventorsBrian Anthony Mitchell, Graham John Waters
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Bags, primarily for liquid or other flowable products, are formed from sheet plastics material to define a generally rectangular container closed at one end and with a filling and discharging arrangement at the other end. The bags are formed from an outer sheet 10 and an inner sheet 11, the outer sheet extending the full length of the bag whereas the inner sheet extends only part way along the bag. The outer sheet defines pockets 15 which act as the corners of the rectangle and the inner sheet extends across the corners of the rectangle and is connected to the outer sheet adjacent the edges of the pockets. The bag is made by feeding the two sheets of material onto a table, the outer sheet 10 lying below the inner sheet 11. The outer sheet is drawn down to form the pockets 15 at spaced locations along the table. The inner sheet is then welded to the outer sheet at 18, 19 adjacent the edges of the pockets. The ends of the inner and outer sheets are then drawn over, overlapped and connected together to form a tube and one end of the tube is closed after the bag is filled.
A method of forming a bag from flexible plastics sheet material wherein two lengths of flexible plastics sheet are laid one over the other, one of the lengths being to define an outer portion of the bag, the other length providing an inner portion of the bag, said outer length is shaped to provide a succession of four pocket portions extending transverse to its length, said pocket portions extending out of the plane of said length, said shaping involving laying said outer length on a surface having four spaced apart openings corresponding to the number of pockets to be formed, laying the inner length over the outer length, moving the outer length in a longitudinal direction of the sheet length to enter said openings to form said pocket portions simultaneously, with the inner length remaining in the plane of said surface, securing together the inner and outer lengths between said pocket portions, forming the ends of the two lengths and bringing the ends together to form overlapped ends, securing the overlapped ends together to form a tube and securing one end of the tube to form a closed end tube, the other end comprising a filling opening for the bag.
Apparatus for making bags of plastics sheet material comprising a table surface over which two lengths of flexible sheet may be laid, one over the other, openings at spaced locations along the table surface into which openings the lower length of material may be drawn to define pocket portions extending out of the plane of said length at spaced locations along the table, welding means positioned over the table adapted to weld together the lengths of material together between said pocket portions, forming means adapted to bring together the ends of the connected lengths to overlap said ends, welding means for welding the ends together to form a tube, and welding means for forming a base closure at one end of the bag.
A method of forming a bag from flexible plastics sheet material wherein two lengths of flexible plastics sheet are laid one over the other, one of the lengths being to define the outer portion of the bag, the other length providing the inner portion of the bag, said outer length is shaped to provide a succession of pocket portions extending transverse to its length, said pocket portions extending out of the plane of said lengths, said shaping moving the outer length in a longitudinal direction of the sheet length to form said pocket portions, securing together the inner and outer lengths between said pocket portions, forming the ends of the two lengths, and bringing the ends together to form a closed formation securing the ends together to form a tube, and securing one end of the tube to form a closed end tube, the other end comprising a filling opening for the bag, wherein the free ends of the lengths are joined by locating a former over the lengths, moving the ends of the lengths over the former until they are overlapped and the shape of the inner length of material is generally octagonal, then welding the ends together using the former as an abutment.
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