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Abstract

A closed filled bag is formed using a cylindrical mandrel by feeding a bag forming sheet of a heat-sealable film which is of a web and is directed in a manner to one side of the mandrel so that it leaves two marginal edges on the opposite side of the mandrel which are guided into abutting relationship while the body thereof is formed into a cylinder around the mandrel. The zipper tape is fed to the mandrel and it is provided with spaced apart zipper elements which during feeding are folded into juxtaposition so that a U-shaped zipper tape is fed to the mandrel to overlie the two marginal edges which are of the bag forming sheet and the zipper tape has marginal edges below the zipper elements which are secured to the marginal edges of the bag forming sheet. During the forming of the bag forming sheet on the mandrel the product which is to be inserted in the package which will result is directed through the top of the mandrel and the sheet as it exits from the mandrel is sealed along its bottom as the bag forming sheet is fed further away from the mandrel a second seal is made across the top which encloses the material within the package. The sealing is advantageously made to extend through the zipper tape at both the top and bottom also.

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