Abstract: A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, tears the bag from the bag holder, fills the bag with material, and releases the bag to a grabber assembly. The grabber assembly engages the sides of the bag while the bag is attached to a funnel assembly and later pulls the sides of the bag away from each other so that the top of the bag is closed and ready to seal when the bag is delivered to a sealing apparatus. The grabber assembly moves in a manner so as to minimize the lost height when moving from the filling station to the sealing station.

Abstract: An online web-based document assembler and authoring software therefor. Authors build a library of stored document text using standard word processing software and using unique add-in software define a series of structured questions and input fields which in use are presented on web pages accessable to end users. End users requiring a document access a site containing the assembly software and by answering the questions posed and entering data unique to the document they are requesting cause a fished document to be assembled at the site which is subsequently made available to the end user in downloadable form or is emailed to an address of the user's choosing.