Cloud Corporation LLC

R. A. Jones Co., Inc.

Charles E Cloud

Donn A Hartman

William N Pearson

David A Cloud

Adam J Dworak

Robert F Anderson

Robert Czolek

Richard Bielik, Jr

August Zurawski

A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of providing a continuous web of film material and folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bottom edge and forming a vertical seal at spaced intervals along the web. This process forms a series of horizontally disposed pouches having opposed sidewalls separated by the vertical seals with each pouch being unsealed along a top edge. The pouches are then opened by separating the opposed sidewalls and are then filled with a product. After the pouches are filled, the top edge of each pouch is sealed together to enclose the filled pouches by training the pouches onto a horizontal rotary sealer having a heated circular sealer plate and progressively forming a continuous horizontal seal as the top edge of each pouch is being continuously moved along with a circumference of the heated circular sealer plate while at the same time applying an adequate temperature to provide a sealing action and allowing the top edge of each pouch to be joined together and smoothly sealed to enclose the filled pouches. This sealing method enables the packages to receive a greater amount of fill while still being able to provide a smooth, uniform seal.

Packaging machine with rotary top sealer

A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of polyethylene film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bottom edge and sealing by training the web onto a vertical seal former having plurality of vertical sealers and progressively forming each vertical seal as the web is being continuously moved with the vertical sealer while at the same applying a low temperature sealing action to allow the area of the film being sealed to be progressively cooked. This process forms a series of horizontally disposed pouches severed by the vertical seals extending transversely of the web leaving sealed side edges of each pouch partially severed from one another with upper portions of each pouch also remaining connected with adjoining pouches and having opposed sidewalls of each pouch unsealed along a top edge preparatory to filling. Opened pouches are then filled prior to sealing a top portion of the opposed sidewalls of each pouch together to enclose the filled pouches with a final pouch closing seal there after added. A packaging apparatus is also provided for continuously forming filled and sealed packages, each having an expanded bottom end capable of receiving a greater amount of fill.

Method and apparatus for continuosusly forming, filling and sealing

A pouch machine forms a series of pouches in a continuous web of pouch material by folding the web and then forming spaced side seals to define a pouch closed on three sides with an initially unsealed mouth on top. The pouch is opened to its maximum volume prior to filling by pressurizing the pouch. Pressurization is achieved by introducing a curtain of compressed air under a plate and passing the mouths of the pouches adjacent the plate and thus through the air curtain. The air curtain is preferably at least as wide as the mouth so the entire mouth is subjected to the air pressure, thereby causing the pouch to inflate to its maximum volume. Continuous web height control is provided to assure alignment of the web with the plate. A lip at the mouth may be formed by folding one edge of the pouch over prior to creation of the side seals. After filling the lip is folded back up prior to top sealing to make a balanced pouch. Alternately the lip may be formed by folding the web unevenly so the back panel is higher than the front panel. A plow with driven adjustability provides precise control of folding such that the web can be folded into either a balanced or lipped pouch.

Pouch machine for making maximum volume pouch

A high speed method of manufacture of filled polyethylene pouches from polyethylene film comprising the steps of folding the film and causing it to move in folded flat form transversely sealing the film at longitudinally spaced intervals forming a continuous length of open edged unfilled polyethylene pouches, perforating the strip or web forming transversely extending longitudinally spaced lines of perforations between the pouches, exerting a vacuum upon the strip or web holding down sides of the unfilled pouches to stabilize the held sides thereof, blowing air at the open edged unfilled polyethylene pouches separating unheld sides of the pouches away from the vacuum held sides of the pouches, thus consecutively opening the pouches preparatory for filling the pouches, filling the pouches by moving articles to be packaged into the opened unfilled ends of the pouches, sealing the open ends of the filled pouches, and severing the pouches from the continuous strip for cartoning.

Method and apparatus for continuously forming and sealing low density

A packaging machine and a method for continuous forming of filled packages from relatively unstretchable roll stock of crinkled heat sealable filter paper. A series of pouch forming drum sockets are provided in an outer surface of a revolving drum and the paper is trained on the drum over the sockets. Another mechanism is provided for slitting the sheet of the filter paper along its length creating a pair of side-by-side heat sealable filter paper strips before the paper reaches the drum. A driven endless flexible before the paper reaches the drum. A driven endless flexible belt is operatively engaged with the outer drum surface. A suction device is provided for drawing overlapped belt areas of the belt into the drum sockets along with the relatively unstretchable crinkled filter paper strips sandwiched between the overlapped belt area and the pouch forming drum sockets thereby forming side-by-side continuous strips of crinkled filter paper pockets. An apparatus is provided for filling the crinkled filter paper pockets with material to be packaged while on the drum. A further apparatus is provided for training and overlapping a second sheet of heat sealable filter paper over the filled paper sockets on the pair of side-by-side paper strips. A heat sealer is provided for sealing the overlapped heat sealable sheets of filter paper in sealed connection about the filled paper sockets to form sealed filled pouches and a cutter cuts them apart and they are deposited on a conveyor.

Method and apparatus for manufacture and packaging of filter packs for

A method of manufacture of milk chocolate-coated toffee candy pieces by heating a mass of toffee to a softened temperature sufficient to permit portions of it to be pulled from the mass. Pulling strand portions from the mass in the form of fine strands while spooling the strands about a core forming area and causing the spooling to occur along the length and about the periphery of the core forming area to form a continuous length of the core at a core forming area. Contemporaneously axially moving the length of core along its axis off of an end of the core forming area. Then transversely severing an outer end of the axially moving length of core with consecutive cuts to form successive toffee pieces or toffee cores. Immersing the toffee cores in a bath of milk chocolate, and cooling the chocolate-covered cores to place them in condition for packaging.

Method for manufacture of candy

An apparatus for manufacture of milk chocolate-coated toffee candy pieces that comprises a toffee header with means connected to the header for heating a mass of toffee to a softened temperature sufficient to permit portions of it to be pulled from the mass. The header has spaced orifices for the toffee to exit as strands. A rotary toffee forming device is mounted beneath the orifices. Means is provided for reciprocating the header back and forth with the fine toffee strands being drawn from the orifices by the rotary movement of the rotary toffee forming device. Means is provided for transversely severing outer ends of the axially moving lengths of cores with consecutive cuts to form successive toffee pieces of toffee cores. A chocolate coating bath is provided for first immersing the bottoms of the toffee cores in a bath of milk chocolate and then for flooding chocolate over the tops of the cores to completely coat the cores. A conveyor system is provided for moving the severed cores after the cores have been severed in rows to the baths for coating. A cooling apparatus is provided for cooling the chocolate-covered cores to lace them in condition for packaging.

Apparatus for manufacture of candy

A method of manufacture of milk chocolate-coated toffee candy pieces comprising heating a mass of toffee to a softened temperature sufficient to permit portions of it to be pulled from the mass. Pulling strand portions from the mass in the form of fine strands while spooling the strands about a core forming area and causing the spooling to occur along the length and about the periphery of the core forming area to form a continuous length of the core at a core forming area. Contemporaneously axially moving the length of core along its axis off of an end of the core forming area. Then transversely severing an outer end of the axially moving length of core with consecutive cuts to form successive toffee pieces or toffee cores. Immersing the toffee cores in a bath of milk chocolate, and cooling the chocolate-covered cores to place them in condition for packaging.

Method and apparatus for manufacture of candy

An apparatus for packaging articles received as a strip having individually filled pouches which are separated by transverse seals at opposite ends of the pouches characterized by severing the pouches and then depositing the pouches on a conveying device which transports the pouches to the receptacle in which they are stacked. Preferably, the apparatus utilizes a cutting device which comprises an index wheel and a cutting wheel with the index wheel being provided with suction heads to grip the severed pouches to transport them to a position above the conveying device where they are positively ejected onto the conveying device in two rows which are preferably overlapping to reduce the width of the two rows on the conveying device. In depositing the pouches on the conveying device, they are placed in a shingled relationship with the leading edge of each pouch overlapping and overlying the trailing edge of the preceding pouch and the conveying device includes a device for reversing the direction of the shingled pouches so that as the pouches are received by a chute for stacking in a receptacle, the trailing edge of each pouch is overlapping and overlying the leading edge of the following pouch.

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Northbrook, IL, United States of America

Charles E Cloud