Combined bagging and packaging machine

Claim 1

A BAGGING OR PACKAGING MACHINE COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE FEEDING MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ADVANCING A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF FOLDED THERMOPLASTIC SHEET WRAPPING MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY, A SPREADER FOR SPREADING THE OPEN SIDE OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL, RECIPROCABLE HEATED SEALING ANDF SEVERENCE MEANS MOUNTED BENEATH THE SPREADER FOR DETACHING A BAG LENGTH FROM SAID SHEET MATERIAL, SAID SEALING AND SEVERANCE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED JAWS WHICH EFFECT A SIDE SEAL TRANSVERSELY OF THE FOLDED SHEET MATERIAL AND A PAIR OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED JAWS WHICH EFFECT AN END SEAL ONGITUDINALLY OF THE FOLDED SHEET MATERIAL AND EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE SEAL TO THE NEXT ADJACENT SIDE SEAL, GUARD MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SEALING AND SEVERANCE MEANS AND MOVABLE THEREWITH, AUXILIARY SAFETY SEALING AND SEVERANCE CONTROL MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY SAID GUARD MEANS, SCRAP PICKER MECHANISM CARRIED BY THE END SEALING AND SEVERANCE JAW FOR REMOVING SURPLUS WRAPPING MATERIAL WHEN THE END SEAL HAS BEEN EFFECTED, AND CONTROL MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID ADJUSTABLE FEEDING MEANS WHEN A LENGTH OF SHEET MATERIAL WILL HAVE BEEN ADVANCED TO INITIATE MOVEMENT OF SAID SEALING AND SEVERANCE MEANS TO OPERATIVE POSITION.