Method and apparatus of applying slider device to a recloseable zipper arrangement

An apparatus for mounting a slider device to a recloseable closure mechanism, the slider device having first and second opposite leg constructions having a first distance therebetween, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a slider device positioner system comprising a rotating carousel;
• (b) a slider distorting apparatus comprising an expanding device with four contact surface fingers adapted to insert into a slider side channel and expand at least one of the first and second leg constructions from the first distance to a second distance;
• and
• (c) a slider mounting system constructed and arranged to align the slider device with the recloseable closure mechanism.

A method of mounting a slider device on a recloseable closure mechanism for a resealable package;

• the method comprising:
• (a) providing a package having a recloseable closure mechanism;
• (b) providing a slider device for opening and closing the recloseable closure mechanism, the slider device having first and second leg constructions having a first distance therebetween;
• (c) positioning the slider device by using a rotating carousel comprising a plurality of radially extending posts, each post having an expanding device including four insertion fingers thereon, and each post constructed and arranged to engage the slider device;
• (d) moving the slider device along a radial path of the carousel;
• (e) expanding the slider device to increase the first distance between the first and second leg constructions to a second distance;
• (f) decreasing the second distance between the first and second leg constructions to the first distance;
• (g) mounting the slider device onto recloseable closure mechanism;
• and
• (h) removing the slider device from the expanding device.