Plastic bag making apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9932161-B2
Application number	US-201214377201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Priority date	Feb 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus is improved to successively make plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, by employing the general feeding way of panel material, to be simple in structure, low in cost, high in speed and to make it possible to successively make the plastic bags two by two. A first folded portion is formed in a first web of panel material 1 . An aperture is formed in a second web of panel material 2 . A spout is inserted into the aperture, the spout and the second web of panel material 2 being heat sealed with each other. The second web of panel material 2 is guided by a guide device 18 to be folded after being heat sealed so that a second folded portion should be formed in the second web of panel material. The spout is turned over by the second folded portion. The second folded portion and the first folded portion are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portion and the second web of panel material 2 are heat sealed with each other about the spout.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for successively making plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, the apparatus comprising:
a feeding device by which first and second webs of panel material are disposed along a horizontal plane and fed longitudinally thereof and intermittently, the first web of panel material being previously folded along a first longitudinal folded line extending adjacent to one side edge of the first web of panel material so that a first folded portion is formed in the first web of panel material, the second web of panel material being then superposed with the first web of panel material on a side of the first web of panel material opposite to the first folded portion to have one side edge of the second web of panel material protruding beyond the first longitudinal folded line;
an aperture forming device by which an aperture is formed in the second web of panel material at a position between the one side edge of the second web of panel material and the first longitudinal folded line when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a spout inserting device by which a spout is inserted into the aperture;
a spout seal device by which the spout and the second web of panel material are heat sealed with each other when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a guide device by which the second web of panel material is guided to be folded along a second longitudinal folded line extending between the spout and the first longitudinal folded line when the first and second webs of panel material are fed to the guide device after the spout and the second web of panel material are heat sealed so that a second folded portion is formed in the second web of panel material, the spout being turned over by the second folded portion, the second folded portion being superposed with the first folded portion; and
a circumferential seal device by which the second folded portion and the first folded portion are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portion and the second web of panel material are heat sealed with each other about the spout when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily,
the end surface provided with a spout being formed by the second folded portion.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the spout is positioned directly over the first longitudinal folded line.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:
an end surface material supply mechanism from which a web of end surface material is supplied by inserting the web of end surface material between the first and second webs of panel material such that the web of end surface material extends longitudinally with respect to the first and second webs of panel material;
a longitudinal seal device by which the first and second webs of panel material and the web of end surface material are heat sealed with each other longitudinally of the first and second webs of panel material when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a cross seal device by which the first and second webs of panel material are heat sealed with each other widthwise thereof when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily; and
a cross cutter by which the first and second webs of panel material are cut widthwise thereof when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily,
the plastic bag including opposite end surfaces one of which is the end surface provided with the spout, the other end surface being formed by the web of end surface material.

4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising;
an end surface material supply mechanism from which a web of end surface material is supplied by inserting the web of end surface material between the first and second webs of panel material such that the web of end surface material extends longitudinally with respect to the first and second webs of panel material;
a longitudinal seal device by which the first and second webs of panel material and the web of end surface material are heat sealed with each other longitudinally of the first and second webs of panel material when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a cross seal device by which the first and second webs of panel material are heat sealed with each other widthwise thereof when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily; and
a cut out device by which the plastic bag is cut out of the first and second webs of panel material when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily,
the plastic bag including opposite end surfaces one of which is the end surface provided with the spout, the other end surface being formed by the web of end surface material.

5. An apparatus for successively making plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, the apparatus comprising:
a feeding device by which first and second webs of panel material are disposed along a horizontal plane and fed longitudinally thereof and intermittently, the first web of panel material being previously folded along first longitudinal folded lines extending adjacent to opposite side edges of the first web of panel material so that first folded portions are formed in the first web of panel material, the second web of panel material being then superposed with the first web of panel material on sides of the first web of panel material opposite to the first folded portions to have opposite side edges of the second web of panel material protruding beyond the opposite side edges of the first web of panel material;
an aperture forming device by which apertures are formed in the second web of panel material at positions between the opposite side edges of the second web of panel material and the first longitudinal folded lines when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a spout inserting device by which spouts are inserted into the apertures;
a spout seal device by which the spouts and the second web of panel material are heat sealed with each other when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily;
a guide device by which the second web of panel material is guided to be folded along second longitudinal folded lines extending between the spouts and the first longitudinal folded lines when the first and second webs of panel material are fed to the guide device after the spouts and the second web of panel material are heat sealed so that second folded portions are formed in the second web of panel material, the spouts being turned over by the second folded portions, the second folded portions being superposed with the first folded portions; and
a circumferential seal device by which the second folded portions and the first folded portions are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portions and the second web of panel material are heat sealed with each other about the spouts when the first and second webs of panel material are stopped temporarily,
each end surface provided with a respective spout being formed by a respective second folded portion.

Assignees

• Fuji Seal Int Inc
• Totani Corp

Inventors

• Ohmae Hideki
• Totani Mikio
• Nagata Hiroshi
• Hashimoto Masakazu

Classifications

• B31B2155/00

  Flexible containers made from webs · CPC title

• B31B2155/0014

  having their openings facing transversally to the direction of movement · CPC title

• B31B2160/20

  with structural provision for thickness of contents · CPC title

• B31B70/844

  Applying rigid valves, spouts, or filling tubes · CPC title

• B65D75/5877

  connected to a planar surface of the package wall · CPC title