Automatic variable size packaging machine

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING TWO WEBS OF HEAT AND PRESSURE SEALABLE MATERIAL, COMPRISING A FIXED YOKE, A MOVABLE YOKE, SAID WEBS PASSING THROUGH SAID YOKES, EACH OF SAID YOKES HAVING A PAIR OF JAWS WITH HEATING ELEMENTS IN FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP EACH ON ONE SIDE OF THE WEBS, THE ELEMENTS OF THE JAWS OF THE FIXED YOKE HAVING IRREGULAR HORIZONTALLY SPACED SURFACES FOR SEALING THE EDGES OF SAID WEBS, MOTOR MEANS ON THE FIXED YOKE FOR MOVING THE JAWS THEREOF INTO CONTACT WITH THE WEBS FOR FORMING SUCH SEALS, THE JAW ELEMENTS OF THE MOVABLE YOKE BEING DISPOSED IN VERTICALLY SPACED PAIRS ON EACH JAW TO PROVIDE A HORIZONTAL SEAL ACROSS THE WEBS, MOTOR MEANS ON THE MOVABLE YOKE FOR MOVING THE ELEMENTS INTO CONTACT WITH THE WEBS TO FORM SUCH SEALS, A BLADE DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN A PAIR OF ELEMENTS OF ONE OF THE JAWS CARRIED BY SAID MOVABLE YOKE, MOTOR MEANS FOR EXTENDING THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE THROUGH THE WEBS AND INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE OTHER JAW CARRIED BY SAID MOVABLE YOKE TO SEVER A COMPLETED PACKAGE FROM THE WEBS AND TO LEAVE A PORTION OF THE HORIZONTAL SEAL AS A TERMINAL WEB SEAL, A FILLER ASSEMBLY HAVING AT LEAST ONE DELIVERY TUBE TO DISPENSE FILLER BETWEEN THE WEBS AS A HORIZONTAL SEAL IS FORMED, AN ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY CONNECTED TO LOWER THE MOVABLE YOKE AS THE JAWS THEREOF GRIP AND SEAL TO DRAW ADJACENT WEB PORTIONS BETWEEN THE JAWS OF THE FIXED YOKE AND TO ADVANCE THE GRIPPED PACKAGE TOWARD A DELIVERY CHUTE, SAID ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY RAISING THE MOVABLE YOKE AFTER THE JAWS THEREOF RELEASE THE WEBS. TO FORM A HORIZONTAL SEAL SPACED FROM THE END SEAL ON THE WEBS TO FORM ANOTHER PACKAGE, A MOTOR FOR MOVING THE ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY, AND SEQUENCED POWER CONTROLS FOR OPERATING SAID MOTORS AND BEING CONNECTED TO OPEN THE JAWS OF ONE OF SAID YOKES WHEN THE JAWS OF THE OTHER OF SAID YOKES GRIP AND SEAL SAID WEBS.