Method and apparatus for making a pre-padded food bag

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EP 1 488 915 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/04

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/52

(21)	Application number: 04253605.2

(22)	Date of filing: 16.06.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B31B 23/00^(2006.01)
B31B 41/00^(2006.01)
B65D 81/26^(2006.01)
B65B 43/26^(2006.01)

B31B 27/00^(2006.01)
B31B 19/94^(2006.01)
B31B 19/14^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

17.06.2003 US 463292

(71)	Applicant: Cryovac, Inc.
	Duncan, S.C. 29334 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Boal, Dilip Kumar Greenville, South Carolina 29615-4023 (US) Stuckley, James Hal Anderson, South Carolina 29621 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Method and apparatus for making a pre-padded food bag

(57) There is provided a method for manufacturing pre-padded food-containing bag (10) by perforating across a continuous web (11) of flattened tubular thermoplastic material, forming an opening in a layer of the perforated web, separating the layers (13,14) of the web, inserting an absorbent pad (25) through the opening (20) into the inside of the tubular web and making a seal (30) across the tubular web (11) at predetermined lengths to form a bag (10). The result is that a continuous web of bags containing absorbent pads at discrete intervals. There is also provided an apparatus for carrying out the method.

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