Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps consisting in: forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bellows-forming zones of a packaging bag sheet (100) so that the bag has only two thicknesses superposed at the mouth of said bellows, at least over a portion of its width; and heat-sealing (184, 186) the adjacent edges of the sheet to the peripheries of the cutouts (150, 160) to close the bag. The invention also provides apparatus for implementing the method and bags obtained thereby.

Abstract: A set of at least three consecutive bags in a succession, each bag having two closure strips and a cursor situated at a respective distance (d1, d2) from one end of the strips, the strips and the cursor being identical between the bags. Between the bags in each pair of adjacent bags, the distances (d1, d2) are different.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the stepsof forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bellows-forming zones of a packaging bag sheet (100) so that the bag has only two thicknesses superposed at the mouth of said bellows, at least over a portion of its width; and heat-sealing (184, 186) the adjacent edges of the sheet to the peripheries of the cutouts (150, 160) to close the bag. The invention also provides apparatus for implementing the method and bags obtained thereby.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bag comprising two generally parallel sheets forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips fixed to respective ones of said sheets in the vicinity of the mouth of the bag, and a cursor having two side flanges interconnected by a web, the flanges being placed on the outsides of the sheets at the mouth of the bag and co-operating with a central elongate tongue to define two converging passages for the complementary closure strips, wherein the tongue is interrupted so as to be set back from the longitudinal end of the cursor, in particular at the wider end of the cursor corresponding to the diverging ends of the passages, and wherein side flanges are provided in the vicinity of their free edges remote from the web with urging means for urging the sheets of the bag towards each other, said means occupying the entire longitudinal extent of the tongue and extending longitudinally beyond each end thereof so as to ensure that the bag is leakproof when it is in its cl

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps consisting in: forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bellows-forming zones of a packaging bag sheet (100) so that the bag has only two thicknesses superposed at the mouth of said bellows, at least over a portion of its width; and heat-sealing (184, 186) the adjacent edges of the sheet to the peripheries of the cutouts (150, 160) to close the bag. The invention also provides apparatus for implementing the method and bags obtained thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps of forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bellows-forming zones of a packaging bag sheet (100) so that the bag has only two thicknesses superposed at the mouth of said bellows, at least over a portion of its width; and heat-sealing (184, 186) the adjacent edges of the sheet to the peripheries of the cutouts (150, 160) to close the bag. The invention also provides apparatus for implementing the method and bags obtained thereby.

Abstract: The invention concerns the field of bags provided with a suspending device which can be recycled by the same method as the bag, and enabling automatic assembly. The suspending device is characterized in that it is formed by an integral plastic piece, with a suspending part designed to suspend the bag, formed by a loop, and a fixing part, designed to attach the suspending part to the bag, formed by an element cast en block with the loop adapted to pass through the bag and be maintained thereon. The fixing part shaft is maintained in the holes bored in the bag walls by swaging the fixing part end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming and closing bags, said method comprising steps consisting in delivering closure means comprising at least two complementary strips disposed on respective backing sheets, in delivering a film that is to constitute the walls of the bag, in heat-sealing a first backing sheet of the closure means to the film along at least one of the longitudinal edges of said sheet, with the closure means being angularly positioned transversely to the longitudinal direction of the film, in shaping the resulting film as equipped with the closure means into a tube, and in heat-sealing the second backing sheet of the closure means to an opposite face of the film along only one edge of said second sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag having complementary closure strips (30, 40) actuated by cursor (50), the bag being characterized by the fact that it comprises means (60) adapted to ensure sealing between the inside walls of the bag when the bag is in its closed position, said means being in the zone of the bag underlying the strips (30, 40) at their end that receives the cursor (50) in the closed position.

Abstract: A tube of plastic material is cut at a bag length interval from a free end to define an open mouth. The free end is sealed to form a bag and a reclosable fastener strip is affixed to the open mouth after the tube is cut. Prior to affixing the reclosable fastener strip, but after the tube section is cut, the bag is moved away from the remainder of the tube. The side edges of the bag adjacent to the open mouth are slit and the slits and reclosable fastener strip are joined after the reclosable fastener strip is positioned in the slits. The bag may be filled after the free end of the tube is sealed but before cutting the bag length interval from the tube.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for forming packaging on the basis of film that includes complementary closure strips, the machine comprising: feeder means for feeding onto the film a closure means comprising two support webs provided with at least a first longitudinal assembly constituted by two complementary strips and with a second longitudinal assembly disposed at a distance from the first, urging means for urging the support webs towards each other between the two longitudinal assemblies, and two rectilinear guides suitable for penetrating respectively into the gaps between each pair of lateral edges of the support webs. The present invention also provides a method, the resulting packages, and closure means for this purpose.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of automatically forming, filling, and closing reclosable packaging bags based on a film of flexible material, e.g. a thermoplastic material, provided with added-on strips and in particular complementary male and female slideway closure strips, the method comprising the steps consisting in: providing a feed of flexible film; providing a feed of strips; and fixing the strips on the film by heat sealing; wherein: the step of feeding strips consists in providing a tape of flexible material carrying the complementary strips; and the step of fixing consists in heat sealing the tape onto the film prior to feeding the resulting assembly to the tube-forming neck of an automatic machine for forming, filling, and closing packaging bags. The invention also relates to machines for implementing the method and to the resulting bags.

Abstract: This invention relates to an unpleating system for machines for molding, filling, and automatic closing of flexible-film-based wrappings, characterized by the fact that it comprises two units capable of sequenced travel toward and away from the transverse welding plane, which units each hold at least one flexible jack bearing a pulling mechanism, the jack being slanted in relation to the transverse welding plane and the direction of travel of the units so that at the time of approach of the units toward the transverse welding plane, the jacks will be retracted and the pulling mechanisms automatically moved toward the outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for automatically forming, filling, and closing bags made from a flexible film. The machine includes means suitable for generating at least one fold associated with the film that is to constitute a bag, so as to form at least one gusset in the final bag. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such bags.

Abstract: A machine for making film packages that includes complementary closure ribs, the machine including a drive for conveying closure ribs transversely with respect to the film and comprising in combination: a rectilinear guide superposed relative to the film and extending transversely relative thereto, the guide being designed to accurately position at least one closure rib transversely over the film; and a device for grasping the leading end of the closure rib and capable of moving transversely along the guide to convey the closure rib therealong by pulling on the leading end of the closure rib.