Method of and apparatus for packing articles
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSIVELY PACKING ARTICLES BY THE USE OF CONTINUOUS SHEETS OF HEAT-SEALABLE PACKING MATERIAL. ARTICLES TO BE PACKED ARE SUCCESSIVELY PLACED AT A PREDETERMINED SPACING BETWEEN A PAIR OF CONTINUOUS SHEETS OF HEAT-SEALABLE PACKING MATERIAL, AND THE SHEETS ARE SEALED AND AT THE SAME TIME CUT TRANSVERSELY THEREOF BETWEEN SAID ARTICLES TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF PACKAGES EACH HAVING ITS OPPOSITE LATERIAL SIDES NOT YET SEALED. THE PACKAGES ARE THEN SUCCESSIVELY CONVEYED IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, AND AS THEY ARE CONVEYED, THE OPPOSITE LATERIAL SIDES OF THE PACKING SHEETS OF EACH PACKAGE ARE SEALED WHILE THEY ARE BEING PULLED FARTHER FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE PACKAGE, OR OUTWARDLY ASLANT IN THE FORWARD DIRECTION, WHEREBY OCCURRENCE OF WINKLES IN THE FINISHED PACKAGES IS COMPLETELY PREVENTED.
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- 👤 Akira Niwa
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