(57) A packaging apparatus 10 with an improved pinch roller apparatus 200, fluid supply apparatus 300, and/or a sealing apparatus 100. The pinch roller apparatus (e.g., comprising one or more guide and/or pinch rollers 222, 212) is used to deliver film material to the fluid supply apparatus (e.g., nozzle and blower apparatus, or the like) that fills one or more chambers of the film material with fluid (e.g., air, gas, or other like fluid), and the film material is then sealed by a sealing apparatus (e.g., using one or more heating elements 112, 132 with an improved temperature sensor configuration) that seals the fluid within the one or more chambers in order to form the inflated article (e.g., inflated packaging material). In particular, the sealing apparatus provides improved sealing through the improved accuracy of the temperature reading in the heating zone, in part, by locating a sensor between a heating element and a protective member 160 that covers the sensor.
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