Method for manufacturing an ingredient package

A method of manufacturing coaxial ingredient packages, the method comprising the steps of:

• coaxially aligning first and second ingredient-delivery collars about a vertical tube-forming axis;
• forming an ingredient-receiving inner tube about the first ingredient-delivery collar, the inner tube being formed from a continuous sheet of first packaging film, the first packaging film having inner and outer first film surfaces;
• vertically lap-sealing the inner first film surface to the outer first film surface, the inner tube having first and second inner tube ends;
• coaxially displacing the inner tube through the second ingredient-delivery collar;
• forming a matter-receiving outer tube about the inner tube via the second ingredient delivery collar, the outer tube being formed from a continuous sheet of second packaging film, the second packaging film having inner and outer second film surfaces;
• vertically fin-sealing the inner second film surface unto itself, the outer tube having first and second outer tube ends;
• simultaneously transversely sealing the first inner and outer tube ends;
• depositing a first ingredient into the inner tube via the first ingredient-delivery collar and the second inner tube end;
• depositing a second ingredient into the outer tube about the inner tube via the second ingredient-delivery collar and the second outer tube end;
• simultaneously transversely sealing the second inner and outer tube ends thereby forming a second transverse seal;
• transversely cutting across and intermediate the second transverse seal, thereby separating a coaxial ingredient package from inner and outer tubes, wherein a portion of the second transverse seal below the cut forms a substantially hermetically sealed second end of the coaxial ingredient package and a portion of the second transverse seal above the cut forms a substantially hermetically sealed first end of a next coaxial ingredient package to be formed.

A method of manufacturing ingredient packages, the method comprising the steps of:

• positioning first and second package-forming, ingredient-delivery collars;
• forming an ingredient-receiving inner tube from a continuous sheet of packaging film about the first ingredient-delivery collar, the inner tube having first and second inner tube ends;
• displacing the inner tube through the second ingredient-delivery collar;
• forming a matter-receiving outer tube from a continuous sheet of packaging film about the inner tube via the second ingredient delivery collar, the outer tube having first and second outer tube ends;
• simultaneously transversely sealing the first inner and outer tube ends;
• depositing a first ingredient into the inner tube via the first ingredient-delivery collar and the second inner tube end;
• depositing a second ingredient into the outer tube about the inner tube via the second ingredient-delivery collar and the second outer tube end;
• simultaneously transversely sealing the second inner and outer tube ends by sealing the second outer tube about the second inner tube end;
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• transversely cutting across and intermediate the transverse seal at the second inner and outer tube ends thereby separating a coaxial ingredient package from the continuous sheets of packaging film, wherein a portion of the transverse seal below the cut forms a sealed second end of the coaxial ingredient package and a portion of the transverse seal above the cut forms a sealed first end of a subsequent coaxial ingredient package.

A method of manufacturing coaxial ingredient packages from continuous films of packaging material, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming an ingredient-receiving inner tube from a continuous film of packaging material, the inner tube having first and second inner tube ends and a longitudinal tube axis, the first inner tube end being sealed, the second inner tube end being open;
• depositing a first ingredient into the inner tube via the second inner tube end, the first ingredient extending in radial adjacency to the tube axis;
• forming a matter-receiving outer tube, the outer tube having first and second outer tube ends;
• depositing the inner tube into the outer tube via the second outer tube end,
• transversely sealing the outer tube about the first inner tube end seal;
• depositing a second ingredient into the outer tube and about the inner tube, the inner and outer tubes and the first and second ingredients being substantially coaxial;
• transversely heat sealing the second inner and outer tube ends wherein the second outer tube end is formed about the transverse seal at the second inner tube end;
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• transversely cutting across the second inner and outer tube end seals at a location intermediate the seals wherein the portion of the seals below the cut form a second end seal for a coaxial ingredient package and a portion of the seals above the cut form a first end seal of a subsequently formed coaxial ingredient package.

A method of manufacturing multi-ingredient packages, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming ingredient-receiving inner and outer tubes from continuous inner and outer tube films, the inner and outer tubes each having first and second tube ends and unidirectional tube axes;
• simultaneously transversely heat sealing the first tube ends, the second tube ends being open;
• depositing a first ingredient into the inner tube and a second ingredient into the outer tube via the open second tube ends;
• simultaneously transversely heat sealing the second tube ends thereby finally forming a unidirectional ingredient package;
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• transversely cuffing across the second tube end seals at a location intermediate the second tube end seals wherein a portion of the seals below the cut form a second end seal of a first multi-ingredient package and a portion of the seals above the cut form a first end seal of a subsequent multi-ingredient package.