Device for manufacturing cushions filled with a gaseous medium

Abstract

Device for manufacturing cushions filled with a gaseous medium from synthetic tubular foil. The device comprises supply means for supplying flexible tubular foil in a supply direction, perforation means situated at a first station for making a row of perforations in the tubular foil, introduction means situated at the first station for introducing a gaseous medium, and sealing means situated at the first station for making a transverse seal on either side of the row of perforations for closing off the tubular foil and sealing off the row of perforations. The supply means are provided with a plate which can be placed within the tubular foil and is kept within the tubular foil while the device is operative, which plate has a top side and a bottom side situated at a distance from it, a first side wall and a second side wall situated at a distance from it for keeping the walls of the tubular foil apart, the plate in both main planes being provided with at least one retaining recess, the retaining recesses being situated opposite each other, and in which the device is provided with at least two retaining rollers for abutment in the respective retaining recesses. The introduction means are provided with at least one blast pipe mounted on a vise-grip wrench, which vise-grip wrench can be moved to and from a respective side wall of the plate until in abutment with the tubular foil, the blast pipe being moveable until in the continuous opening for making an introduction perforation for introducing a gaseous medium in the tubular foil.