Apparatus for production of tapes having spaced package pockets

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING TAPE HAVING SPACED POCKETS CONTAINING MATERIAL TO THE PACKAGED, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF POCKET FORMING DEVICES ARRANGED TO TRAVEL IN A CLOSED CIRCUIT HAVING TWO OPPOSITELY MOVING RUNS LYING GENERALLY IN THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE, EACH OF SAID DEVICES HAVING AN UPWARDLY OPEN CAVITY FOR SHAPING ONE SIDE OF THE TAPE POCKETS, A SEPARATE SUPPLY TO TAPE STRIP FOR EACH OF SAID RUNS ARRANGED TO FEED THE TAP STRIP ABOVE AND WITH THE FORMING DEVICES IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DEVICES IN SAID RUNS, MEANS FOR SHAPING LOCALIZED AREAS OF THE TAPE STRIP TO THE CONTOUR OF THE CAVITIES IN THE FORMING DEVICE MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING THE MATERIAL TO BE PACKAGED TO THE SHAPED AREAS OF THE TAPE STRIPS IN THE CAVITIES IN SAID FORMING DEVICES, A SECOND SEPARATE SUPPLY OF TAPE STRIP FOR EACH OF SAID RUNS ARRANGED TO FEED TAPE STRIP ABOVE AND IN THE SAME DIRECTIONS AS THE OTHER TAPE STRIPS, AND MEANS FOR SEALING THE TAPE STRIPS OF THE TWO SUPERIMPOSED PAIRS TO EACH OTHER IN REGIONS SURROUNDING THE DELIVERED MATERIAL TO ENCLOSED SUCH MATERIAL IN TWO SERIES OF SPACED PACKAGE POCKETS.