Method and apparatus for placing sealed-in inserts on packaging material

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR FORMING POCKETED BAGS WITH REMOVABLE SEALED INSERTS COMPRISING, IN OPERATIVE CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER, A MAIN SUPPLY REEL HAVING A STRIP COILED THEREON, FEED MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STRIP TO A BAG FORMING ASSEMBLY, SAID BAG FORMING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FRAMEWORK, AN ADHESIVE-APPLYING MEANS IN SAID FRAMEWORK FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO SAID STRIP IN SPACED POCKET-FORMING PATTERNS, INSERT-DEPOSIT MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK FOR DEPOSITING A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL INSERTS ON SAID STRIP IN SPACED ARRANGEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID STRIP AND WITHIN SAID PATTERNS, AN AUXILIARY SUPPLY REEL ON SAID FRAMEWORK, FEED MEANS FOR FEEDING AN AUXILIARY STRIP FROM SAID AUXILIARY REEL INTO SUPERIMPOSED POSITION RELATIVE TO BOTH SAID FIRST-MENTIONED STRIP AND THE INSERTS POSITIONED THEREON, MEANS FOR BONDING SAID AUXILIARY STRIP TO SAID FIRSTMENTIONED STRIP ALONG SAID POCKET-FORMING PATTERNS TO SEAL SAID INSERTS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL POCKETS, FOLDING FOR SERRATING THE POCKETED STRIP BETWEEN POCKETS, FOLDING AND PLEATING MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK FOR LONGITUDINALLY FOLDING SAID POCKETED STRIP ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID POCKETS AND FORMING PLEATS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FOLDED STRIP, SEVERING MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK FOR SEVERING SAID POCKETED STRIP ALONG THE SERRATIONS FORMED BY SAID SERRATING MEANS, THEREBY ACTING TO FORM INDIVIDUAL BAGS, AND END SEALING MEANS TO OVERLAP AND SEAL ONE END OF SAID BAGS.