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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Hershey Lerner, Aurora, OH (US);
Dana J Liebhart, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Automated Packaging Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, OH (US);
Abstract
A packaging machine and process for loading bags of a novel web of side connected bags are disclosed. The web is fed through a bagger section by a pair of grooved main transport belts and a pair of lip transport belts each disposed in the groove of the associated main belt to trap bag lips in the grooves. Adjustable belt spreaders space reaches of the transport belt as they move through a load station whereby to sequentially open the bags into rectangular configurations. A closure section in the form of a novel and improved heat sealer is releasably connectable to the bagger section. The sections are adjustable together between horizontal and vertical orientations. Processes of opening, closing and sealing side connected bags are also disclosed.