Packaging machine

Claim 1

IN A PACKAGING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF, MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING A SERIES OF BAGS CONNECTED AT THEIR EDGES AND ADVANCING THE SAME EDGEWISE WITH A CONTINUOUS MOTION AT A FIRST PRESELECTED LINEAR SPEED, A CUTTER OPERABLE TO SEVER THE SUCCESSIVE END BAGS, AN ENDLESS CARRIER DISPOSED BEYOND SAID CUTTER AND DRIVEN AT A SECOND PRESELECTED SPEED GREATER THAN SAID FIRST SPEED, SAID CARRIER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CLAMPS SPACED ALONG THE CARRIER TO PASS SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A POSITION ADJACENT TO BUT SPACED FROM SAID CUTTER, MEANS FOR OPENING AND THEN CLOSING EACH CLAMP AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID POSITION, SAID CLAMPS OPENING REARWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE ADVANCE OF SAID CARRIER AND TOWARD SAID CUTTER TO RECEIVE BAGS FROM SAID CUTTER, A PAIR OF ROLLERS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID CUTTER AND SAID POSITION AND ARRANGED ADJACENT THE CUTTER TO RECEIVE AND GRIP EACH BAG BETWEEN THEM AS IT IS SEVERED, AND MEANS OPERABLE TO TURN SAID ROLLERS AT A PERIPHERAL SPEED GREATER THAN BOTH OF SAID PRESELECTED SPEEDS THEREBY TO ACCELERATE EACH SEVERED BAG FROM SAID CUTTER AND DELIVER THE BAG INTO SAID CLAMP AT SAID POSITION.