Article fabricating apparatus and method

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PROCESS OF MAKING ARTICLES OUT OF FLATTENED TUBING SUCH AS A CONTINUOUS WEB OF STRETCHY FILM, WHICH COMPRISES FEEDING SUCH FLATTENED TUBING TO A FIRST STATION; RELAXING A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SUCH FLATTENED TUBING AT SAID STATION; SEALING SUCH RELAXED PORTION OF SAID FLATTENED TUBING TO PROVIDE THE BOTTOM CLOSURE OF EACH ARTICLE AT SAID STATION; SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORATING SUCH RELAXED PORTION OF SAID FLATTENED TUBING ADJACENT SUCH SEAL OUTSIDE OF THE BOTTOM CLOSURE TO PROVIDE A WEAKENED TRANSVERSE STRUCTURE FOR SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARATING ADJACENT PARTS OF SUCH WEB AND ALSO TO PROVIDE AN OPENING FOR AN ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE BETWEEN ELECTRODES LOCATED AT A SECOND STATION; DISCHARGING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT THROUGH SUCH OPENING AT SAID SECOND STATION; IN RESPONSE TO SUCH ELECTRIC CURRENT, PULLING EACH ARTICLE OF SAID FLATTENED TUBING AWAY FROM THE REST OF SAID CONTINUOUS WEB TO SEPARATE SUCH ARTICLE ALONG SUCH WEAKENED STRUCTURE; AND ADDITIONALLY SEVERING SAID WEB ALONG A LINE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID WEB TO REMOVE WASTE LEFT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE END OF SAID FILM AND THE UNSEALED TOP OF THE NEXT ARTICLE PORTION OF SAID WEB.