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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
James W. Yeager, Mobile, AL (US);
Innoflex Incorporated, Mobile, AL (US);
Abstract
Reclosable bags, plastic film for making the bags, and a method and apparatus for making the bags are disclosed. The bag has a reclosable fastener ( ) connected to a single wall of the bag, and the film ( ) has a reclosable fastener ( ) connected to one side thereof which does not require attachment to any other portion of the film ( ) when making a bag. The fastener ( ) has a tamper-proof member attached thereto to indicate if the bag has been previously opened. The film ( ) can be wound into a roll ( ) suitable for use on conventional bag making machines including form, fill, and seal machines or a chain of coilable reclosable bags can be produced therefrom since the fasteners ( ) are connected to the web preferably transversely to the bags longitudinal formation axis. The method and apparatus for making the film ( ) includes supplying a continuous web of bag making material, feeding from a coil of continuous fastener material enough fastener material to make a single fastener, ( ) positioning, cutting, and attaching the fastener ( ) to the film ( ), with a plurality of fasteners ( ) attached thereon.