Mechanism for automatically producing pillow cases, bags, and the like

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCING PILLOW CASES, BAGS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A STATIONARY FRAME, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A CONTINUOUS OPEN WIDTH WEB OF MATERIAL, MEANS FOR FEEDING THE OPEN WIDTH CONTINUOUS WEB OF MATERIAL THROUGH SAID MECHANISM, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING THE WEB INTO INDIVIDUALLY CUT PIECES OF A PREDETERMINED LENGTH, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CUTTING MEANS FOR FOLDING AND HOLDING THE INDIVIDUALLY CUT PIECES SO THAT THE EDGES ARE IN SUPERPOSED RELATIONSHIP COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUPERPOSED HOLDING PLATES FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING THE INDIVIDUALLY CUT PIECES AND A MOVABLE PUSHER PLATE ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE CUT UNFOLDED PIECE TRANSVERSELY ACROSS ITS MIDPOINT TO PUSH THE CUT LENGTH INTO A FOLDED POSITION BETWEEN SAID HOLDING PLATES, ONE OF SAID HOLDING PLATES BEING MOUNTED STATIONARY ON SAID FRAME AND THE OTHER OF SAID HOLDING PLATES BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME SO AS TO BE ADAPTED TO ASSUME A POSITION SLIGHTLY SPACED FROM SAID STATIONARY HOLDING PLATE FOR RECEPTION OF THE FOLDED CUT LENGTH AND SO AS TO BE ADAPTED TO ASSUME A POSITION IN CONTACT WITH SAID STATIONARY PLATE FOR CLAMPING SAID FOLDED CUT LENGTH THEREBETWEEN, SAID MOVABLE PUSHER PLATE BEING ADAPTED TO FOLD AND PUSH THE CUT LENGTH INTO A FOLDED POSITION BETWEEN SAID HOLDING PLATES, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID HOLDING MEANS FOR SECURING THE FOLDED SUPERPOSED CUT AND UNCUT EDGES TO FORM A PILLOW CASE, BAG OR THE LIKE.