Portable packaging device and method for forming individually packaged articles

An article packaging device comprising:

• an inlet end,
• an outlet end,
• a body formed by an inner core having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a passageway therebetween,
• a casing comprising a casing wall around the body, the casing joined to the body with a storage space between them, and
• a tubular sheet with two surfaces within the storage space, comprising an adhesive disposed on at least one of said surfaces, the tubular sheet dispensable through a dispensing opening between the body and the casing and into the inlet opening of the inner core,
• wherein the casing or the storage space comprises a slot,
• wherein said slot is adapted for compressively gathering said tubular sheet as the tubular sheet is inserted and moved through the slot, whereby the compressive gathering of said tubular sheet causes said adhesive to bond said tubular sheet to itself along its gathered portions in order to close and seal a packaged article and form a new gathered leading edge,
• wherein said slot is further adapted for separating the packaged article from a trailing portion of said tubular sheet as the tubular sheet is inserted and moved through said slot, whereby the separating of the packaged article is performed after each compressive gathering of said tubular sheet such that a series of packaged articles are formed and disposed of in a successive and independent manner.

An article packaging device comprising;

• an inlet end,
• an outlet end,
• a body formed by an inner core having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a passageway therebetween,
• a casing comprising a casing wall around the body, the casing joined to the body with a storage space between them, and
• a tubular sheet with two surfaces within the storage space, comprising an adhesive disposed on at least one of said surfaces, the tubular sheet dispensable through a dispensing opening between the body and the casing and into the inlet opening of the inner core,
• wherein the casing or the storage space comprises a slot,
• wherein said slot is adapted for compressively gathering said tubular sheet as the tubular sheet is inserted and moved through the slot, whereby the compressive gathering of said tubular sheet causes said adhesive to bond said tubular sheet to itself along its gathered portions in order to close and seal a packaged article and form a new gathered leading edge, and wherein the device has a compact dimension of a height along a vertical axis less than 20 centimeters and a width along a horizontal axis of less than 17 centimeters.