Twin bag making and filling machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED, HAVING A FRAME, MEANS FOR FORMING AN OPEN-ENDED TUBE OF BAGGING MATERIAL, CYCLICALLY DEPOSITING CHARGES OF MATERIAL THROUGH SAID OPEN END AND CROSS-SEALING SAID TUBE BETWEEN CHARGES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: SEALING JAWS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TUBE AND BEING MOVABLE TOWARD EACH OTHER AND LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID TUBE; STRIPPER MEANS MOVABLE WITH EACH JAW, SAID STRIPPER MEANS HAVING ADJACENT EDGE PORTIONS NORMALLY CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN THE ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SAID JAWS AND SPACED THEREFROM IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE OPEN END OF SAID TUBE; AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STRIPPER MEANS BEING RESILIENTLY MOUNTED FOR YIELDABLE MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ITS ASSOCIATED JAW IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE OTHER STRIPPER MEANS; SAID ADJACENT EDGE PORTIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID TUBE AND HAVING SPACER MEANS MUTUALLY ENGAGEBALE OUTWARDLY OF SAID TUBE FOR HOLDING SAID EDGE PORTIONS IN SAPCED RELATION BY A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT; AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID JAWS AND STRIPPER MEANS TOWARD EACH OTHER TO ENGAGE SAID SPACER MEANS WHILE SAID JAWS REMAIN SPACED APART, MOVING SAID JAWS AND STRIPPER MEANS ALONG SAID TUBE AWAY FROM SAID OPEN END AND THEN MOVING SAID JAWS TOGETHER TO CROSS-SEAL SAID TUBE IN A REGION TRAVERSED BY SAID ADJACENT EDGE PORTIONS.