Garment bag forming machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR FABRICATING A PLASTIC GARMENT COVERING ABOUT A GARMENT TO BE COVERED, SAID MACHINE INCLUDING A HANGER SUPPORT ON WHICH THE GARMENT TO BE COVERED IS ADAPTED TO THE HUNG, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF HEAT-SEALABLE PLASTIC TUBULAR STOCK ADJACENT SAID HANGER SUPPORT FOR PERMITTING THE END OF SAID STOCK TO BE PULLED FROM SAID SUPPLY DOWN OVER A GARMENT HUNG ON SAID HANGER SUPPORT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES SPACED APART AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED HEATED MEMBERS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY HEAT-SEALING AND SEVERING OPPOSITE WALL PORTIONS OF THE TUBULAR STOCK FROM SPACED-APART MID PORTIONS OUTWARDLY TOWARD OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES TO PROVIDE A MEDIAL OPEN SLOT THEREBETWEEN, A CENTRLA LOCATED AND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED COLD KNIFE MEMBER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SEVERING SAID TUBULAR STOCK TRANSVERSELY ALOGN A LINE BETWEEN THE SPACED APART INNER EXTREMITIES OF SAID HEATSEALED PORTIONS TO DETACH SAID GARMENT COVERING FROM SAID SUPPLY OF TUBULAR STOCK, AND COLD KNIFE-PERFORATING MEMBER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSVERSELY PERFORATING SAID TUBULAR STOCK ALONG A PLANE IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THAT OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF THE DOWNWARDLY INCLINED HEATED MEMBERS WHEREB SURPULS CORNER MATERIAL MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE SUPPLY ROLL.