US 12,246,871 B2
Horizontal form, fill and seal machine and method of using same
Aaron Strand, Plymouth, WI (US); and James Abston, Plymouth, WI (US)
Assigned to Sargento Cheese Inc., Plymouth, WI (US)
Filed by Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,379.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089906 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 43/04 (2006.01); B65B 7/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/08 (2012.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 43/04 (2013.01) [B65B 7/02 (2013.01); B65B 9/08 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65B 65/006 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A horizontal form, fill and seal machine comprising:
a single forming line adapted to fully form packages from a web of material by cutting the web to simultaneously separate only a first number of fully formed individual packages ready for filling; and
a single fill and seal line operationally connected to and in line with the forming line and adapted to receive the all of the fully formed individual packages and thereafter simultaneously fill and seal only a second number of formed individual packages wherein the second number is different from the first number.