Abstract: A gauge to evaluate the flatness, planar disposition, and location of the sealing surface of a rotary shouldered threaded connection, the gauge being adjustable and convertible to gauge either pin or box ends of different size connections, with multiple contact shoes engaging the connection threads to hold the gauge fixed relative to the thread pitch diameter and a device to measure distances from the pitch diameter to the shoulder face. In the method, the gauge is moved around the connection to obtain measurements from different circumferential locations to evaluate shoulder flatness and axial location and to examine the angular disposition of the plane of the shoulder face relative to the thread axis.

Abstract: A peep sight for mounting on the bowstring of an archery bow. The peep sight is resistively and frictionally stably mounted on and coupled to the bowstring, yet readily, manually relocatable at selected positions along the bowstring. In a specific embodiment of the invention, the peep sight body is formed with longitudinally extending channels at opposed sides thereof, each of the channels entraining therewithin an array of strands constituting divided grouped arrays of the bowstring. Bearing on and held fixed with respect to the body of the peep sight at opposed ends thereof are bowstring-engaging elements for embracing the bowstring and establishing, in conjunction with the peep sight body, a frictional securement of the peep sight on the bowstring in selectable locations therealong, thus obviating the need for windings, or wrapping or serving as means for fastening the peep sight on the bowstring.

Abstract: A programming device for providing a signal relating to movement of a movable device. An inner part is connected to the part of the device to be programmed. A casing, which is controlled by the programmer's hand, surrounds the inner part. Measuring systems, which measure relative movements between the casing and the inner part resulting from moving the casing are placed between the inner part and the casing. These measuring systems consist of a sliding carriage moving linearly on the inner part and a ball located between two pins which are connected to the casing. The pins are surrounded by springs which are fixed, on one hand, to the casing and, on the other hand, to arms of the carriage guide. Movements of the sliding carriage relative to the inner part are measured.

Abstract: A saw mill guide rail capable of being quickly, easily and accurately aligned to the saw blade, having two intersecting surfaces machined into the head of the rail, each parallel to the rail head length and extending for the length of the rail, one being vertical and the other being horizontal, to thereby form a line of intersection, such that a straight-edge can be positioned against one or both said planar surfaces at the line of intersection to align the rail in a straight line in either or both the vertical and horizontal plane.

Abstract: A combination marker and tape measure (10) having a housing (12), a flexible tape (18), and a pair of markers (104) which may be used to mark a surface on each side of the flexible tape (18). A front window cover (14) and bottom cover (16) enclose a compartment on a front surface (96) of the housing (12) to prevent exposure of the markers (104) to outside air. A plunger knob (42) is depressed into a recess (40) formed on a declining front face (38) of the housing (12) to move the markers (104) between a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. A locking mechanism (178) formed on a plunger (170) permits selective locking of the tape (18) to prevent coiling and uncoiling of the tape (18). A guide foot (154) removably mounted on an end tab (46) enables marking of a line (166) parallel to an edge (162) of a surface ( 164).

Abstract: A dipstick handle of the invention includes a unitarily molded handle, such as a finger ring, having an integrally molded hollow shaft. The shaft has one or two pairs of opposed slots through its outside surface. A dipstick blade is received by one end of a hollow insert which has two pairs of tabs at its other end for snapping into the slots through the surface of the shaft. Pressure on the tabs engaged in the slots releases the tabs and enables the insert and dipstick blade to be withdrawn. The handle seals the tube into which the dipstick is fitted to avoid escape of noxious gases. The blade may be oriented in any of four directions with respect to a plane of the handle.

Abstract: A template system has a series of individual joint-forming templates partially die-cut in a transparent flexible plastic sheet reverse-side printed with a series of linear indicia parallel to each other indicating the position of each cut to be made in a first workpiece. A second series of linear indicia parallel to each other and different in physical appearance in color, line weight or line type, dotted or solid, than the first series of indicia, indicate the position of each cut to be made in a second workpiece. The executed cuts on the two workpieces results in an interfitted joint between the workpieces such as a dovetail or box joint. A number of bands or templates are contained on a plastic sheet which are adhesively mounted on a paper substrate.

Abstract: A measuring rule employs a casing which permits marking of lines perpendicular to an edge of the workpiece, as well as serving to enable measuring and marking of lines at each of a range of angles thereto.

Abstract: An excavating tooth having a socket-equipped point mounted on an adapter nose and secured with a vertical pin on one side of the nose, the nose being grooved for receipt of the pin and equipped with a resilient keeper extending transversely of the point length, the point having a least one side wall extending rearwardly beyond the socket, the side wall having integral, vertically spaced apart lug portions having forwardly facing surfaces bearing against the pin, the nose groove providing a rearwardly facing surface bearing against the pin intermediate the lug bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A member of sheet material has cut out portions and fold lines, so that when it is folded up and central areas attached together to form a spine display areas are provided in different planes. The display area may be used to display a photograph or picture having with any one of a large range of sizes. The bottom edge of the member may have a V-shaped cut-out so that it leans back slightly when erected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the display of advertising messages which comprises two rollers 7, 8 for winding and unwinding a flexible member (9), such as a sheet which bears advertising messages which can be seen through a front screen, within a body (1) with a transparent front screen (3) which is illuminated from the rear. Each roller (7,8) is driven by a transmission which includes an idling wheel (15, 16, 25, 26) so that when one roller winds up the flexible member the other roller idles thus permitting unwinding of the said member (9).

Abstract: A bi-directional album for the storage of photographs and the like in which typically rectangular photographs may be retained in either a latitudinal or longitudinal vertical orientation. Each page of an album leaf is partially covered by a transparent sheet attached along several of its edges to a leaf page. Additional lines of attachment between the transparent sheet and leaf page are disposed and oriented so as to permit horizontal storage of photos and the like between the attachment lines. Photos and the like can also be stored in a vertical orientation under the sheet adjacent the storage lines.

Abstract: A label holder attachment is provided for the distal end of an elongate product information display tag of the kind that extends over a horizontally disposed product support hook. The label holder attachment may be used, for example, to provide temporary product information such as sale or special offer pricing. The label holder attachment has a pair of fold-down tabs which can be squeezed together and inserted through an elongate slot at the distal end of the tag in order to mount the attachment on the tag. The attachment also has a label holding portion which extends forwardly of the tag and which can take a number of different forms.

Abstract: In a display device such as a mark plate of an automobile, a light conducting member is arranged on the rear surface of a display panel held on a case. A pair of light incident portions are formed at the right and left ends, and a pair of light sources are mounted in the light incident portions. A number of stipples are formed in the rear surface having a greater concentration towards the middle from the right and left ends. The rear surface of the light conducting member is bent inwardly so that the member is smaller in thickness towards the middle from the right and left ends, whereby the display device is small in thickness and the display region of the display panel is uniformly illuminated.

Abstract: An improved magazine wherein cartridges are loaded therein in two nested helical rows. Improvements further include a spring loaded feed lip bar which permits rapid loading and unloading of the magazine; a rod inside the drive spring in the magazine which prevents kinking and other undesirable operation characteristics of the main drive spring and which also permits the main drive spring tension to be released only when the magazine is not mounted on the cooperating gun; and a folding winder which is part of the magazine's rear end clutch and winder assembly which speeds winding of the spring.

Abstract: A safety plug for the firing chamber of a weapon to provide a visual indication that the weapon firing chamber is free of live ammunition. The safety plug includes a cylindrical body having a diameter which is less than the weapon chamber bore. This body is rounded in the preferred embodiment at its forward end portion and fabricated from a non-abrasive material. A tab extends outwardly from the body such that it is visible when the firing chamber is closed to indicate a safe weapon. A button is carried by the rear end portion of the body. This button is preferably fabricated from a hardened material and can be readily engaged by the metal extractor of a conventional weapon for ejecting the plug in normal weapon operation. The plug can be used with a semi-automatic weapon in which the magazine is, or is not, inserted.

Abstract: A wild turkey decoy includes a support stand to which the main body member is pivoted. The head and neck member are in turn pivotally connected to the main body member. A spring interconnects the head and neck member to the support stand. A control line extends through guides on the support stand to the head and neck member whereby pull on the control line causes the entire bird to pivot downwardly first to the limit of its pivotal movement followed by the pivoting downwardly of the head and neck member to simulate a bird feeding. An alternate arrangement includes a tie-line extending between the head and neck member to the support stand whereby pull on the control line causes simultaneous pivotal movement of the main body member relative to the support stand and the head and neck member relative to the main body member.

Abstract: The present invention provides pliers for safely gripping the lower lip of a fish in a manner which protects the fish from harm and enables handling of the fish by tending to compress a pressure point common in many fish and by enabling the mouth of the fish to be propped open for hook removal without direct contact between the fish and the fisherman, the fish gripping pliers having uniquely shaped handles which are secure and comfortable in the hand of the fisherman when in use and having C-shaped upper jaw with a tip which is perpendicular to the lower jaw upon closure and a lower jaw with an engaging surface that progresses toward its tip from a cylindrical portion to a convex forward portion with the tip thereof being rounded for engaging the flesh central to the mandible of the fish without injuring the same.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transferring marine creatures from one pressure environment to another. The apparatus includes a rigid container having at least one access opening, and a fluid-tight closure for the access opening. Structure is provided for gradually permitting the escape of fluid from within the container, and thereby the release of pressure. Pressure-indicating structure is also provided to facilitate the release of pressure within the container at a controlled rate. At least a portion of the container preferably is transparent to permit viewing of the marine animal within the container. A method for transferring marine animals from one pressure environment to another is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improved fishing sinker device which includes an elongate flattened body having a central longitudinal aperture to slideably receive a fishing line therethrough, and a slot-like aperture at one end of the body of the sinker to receive and releaseably retain the eye and shaft of a fishing hook used in conjunction with the sinker device of the invention. The elongate flattened configuration of the preferred embodiment of the sinker device provides a cam action to properly position a fishing hook retained in the slot-like aperture of the sinker for setting the point of the hook in the mouth of a fish, and the retention of the hook within the slot-like aperture of the sinker will be released upon attempts by a fish to throw the hook, removing the weight of the sinker from the hook and reducing the probability of withdrawal of the hook from the mouth of the fish.

Abstract: A tandem double offset fishhook includes first and second hooks, each having a shank, an offset bend curving concavely from one end of the shank and a point at the end of the bend. The shanks of the first and second hooks are of equal lengths. The offset bends of the first and second hooks are disposed at equal inverted angles on opposite sides of a vertical plane through the first and second shanks to generate forces which cause the fishhook to rotate and spin as it is drawn through the water while being reeled in. In one embodiment, the first and second shanks are integrally formed from a single elongated wire, with the eye disposed between the ends of the shank at one end and the shanks disposed side-by-side in parallel. A flotation member may be mounted about the shanks of each hook and is formed to fit between the hook points of the first and second hooks.

Abstract: A fish holder including a handle having a lower jaw extending transversely therefrom. A trigger is pivotally positioned inside of the handle and includes an upper jaw that extends transversely to the trigger and overlies the lower jaw arm. A biasing spring internally engages the trigger and the handle to maintain the jaw in an open position. When the handle and the trigger are grasped by a hand and squeezed, the jaw will close.

Abstract: A pest trapping and extermination system comprising an elongated enclosed conduit member having attachment members for securing same against a wall in an area where pests are to be trapped. A directing device is secured to the conduit member for directing pests entering the conduit in a predetermined direction. One or more entrances are provided in the conduit for access to the interior thereof. Closures are provided to cut off access to the entrances from the interior of the conduit. An extermination device is associated with the conduit to destroy the pests trapped therein.

Abstract: Dimensionally-stable porous materials such as porous plastic are used in a variety of ways to provide uniform distribution and application of liquids to vegetation. Porous plastic can be readily cut, sawed and drilled to provide liquid distribution channels and various applicator shapes. Porous plastic is easily glued or welded for joining to other materials. Rods, tubes and handles are easily inserted into the porous plastic, and selected areas of the porous surfaces are readily sealed with glue or by melting to confine liquid application to selected areas. The pore size, preferably in the range of 5 to 200 microns, can be selected in accordance with the viscosity of the liquid and the desired rate of flow and pressure. Porous plastic can be highly abrasion resistant, which is especially useful for constructing applicators which rest upon the ground or pavement. Where abrasion is not a problem, the porous plastic may serve to distribute liquid to a soft absorbent applicator such as a sponge.

Abstract: A trellis wire support assembly for use with metal grape stakes including aa metal trellis wire support clip and a fastener which secures the clip to the grape stake. The clip is formed with a securement portion having a clip shoulder which engages a vertically extending stake shoulder. Extending from the ends of the securement portion of the clip are trellis wire support portions which are preferably slotted to movably receive trellis wires. The slots are formed so that the trellis wires will not be lifted out of the clip during growing of the grapewine foliage. A method of adapting metal grape stakes to vertical trellising using the clip is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hydroponic culture system comprising an angle panel having a plurality of holes for supporting plants with roots projecting through the holes, and a hydroponic solution feeding means comprising a hydroponic solution spraying means for supplying a hydroponic solution onto the roots of the plants and a hydroponic solution pumping means for supplying the hydroponic solution to the hydroponic solution spraying means, in which the hydroponic solution spraying mechanism is movable along the longitudinal direction of the angle panel, or the angle panel is disposed in a plant cultivation structure which is supplied with carbon dioxide through a duct for controlling the environment within the structure, or a plurality of angle panels are disposed in a plurality of rows and top edges of the adjacent angle panel rows are connected with canopies to form substantially triangular-sectioned spaces between the adjacent angle panel rows for enhanced lighting efficiency, thereby cultivating the plants systematically and almo

Abstract: A support and watering system for a plant pot in which a support module is formed by a strip of plastic material having panels which are folded relative to each other so that the end panels interlock and form a generally triangular support module. The lower set of panels edges rest on the bottom of a container for holding water. A capillary wick is inserted into the bottom of the plant pot which rests on the top edges of the module panels, with the wick extending into the container and the plant is watered by capillary action. A plurality of the modules can be interlocked to increase the size of the support.

Abstract: A portable apparatus for drilling and shaping tile at a worksite has a base assembly with a support arm extending upright therefrom. A horizontal housing, rotatably connected at one end to the support arm, houses a slide assembly which supports a router; the slide assembly including a set of wheels for rolling and guiding the router radially in relation to the support arm. An adjustable annular collar about the support arm fixes the height of the horizontal housing and the associated router with respect to the support arm. Further adjustment of the height of the router in relation to the base assembly is accomplished by using a turnbuckle assembly which lowers the support arm into and withdraws it from the base assembly. A work tray supported on the base assembly has markings to position and guide the tile with respect to cutting tools rotatably fixed to the router for drilling holes in and linearly and arcuately shaping the tile. The cutting tools are cooled and lubricated by a liquid recirculating system.

Abstract: Grinding head for surfacing and polishing stone, marbles and other hard materials including a rotating housing supporting a number of oscillating grinding blocks which during rotation of said housing are pressed against the surface to be treated during simulataneous supply of water to the working zone of said grinding blocks. The apparatus includes a new excenter mechanism for imparting to said grinding blocks an oscillatory tangential movement with respect to said grinding head during rotation thereof. The apparatus also renders possible a forced self-lubrication of bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A grinding body for working surfaces, in particular wood surfaces, has a support part carrying grinding material. The support part is movable relative to the working surface and has suction ducts ending on a working side for vacuuming off the grinding dust by means of an external suction system. For improving the suction performance, the inlets of the suction ducts are arranged in first surface areas of the working side. These areas are recessed inwardly compared with grinding second surface areas of the working side. Thus, each first surface area has the inlet of the suction ducts at the bottom of a recess in the working side.

Abstract: Apparatus for polishing spherical objects includes first and second plates having smooth facing surfaces. A first plate comprises ceramic material which is rotatably supported, and the first plate includes a transparent plate. Spherical objects to be polished are placed between the two plates along with an abrasive slurry, and magnets are positioned on a top surface of the first plate to magnetically limit the path of travel of the spherical objects as the second plate is rotated. The first plate includes at least one radially concave groove in which this spherical objects are mixed during a polishing operation.

Abstract: In contrast with the known method of cleansing surfaces by the projection of sand particles in an air stream against the surface, the present invention proposes to project particles of ice or other frozen liquid at the surface with the result that the spent particles will thereafter melt at the ambient temperature and be readily removed from the site and separated, if necessary, from contaminants dislodged from the surface.Apparatus according to the invention comprises means for the introduction of ice particles continuously into a stream of pressurised air, preferably mixed with water. The means may comprise a plurality of containers, each successively passing between a position where they receive ice particles from a supply and a position where they release the particles to the stream.

Abstract: A gutter guard formed of a flexible strip of lattice-like plastic or expanded metal material has an upper edge insertable beneath the lower ends of the lowermost course of shingles overlying the gutter of a sloped roof, and has a lower edge which extends over and around the upper outer gutter edge. Tabs cut into material above the lower edge of the strip can be easily depressed downwardly by hand during installation to engage from below the underside of the inwardly facing lip at the outer gutter edge. Alternating flaps formed between the tabs, or a continuous outer edge extending along the tabs, project beyond the tabs and fold in line with the lower tab ends to hook over and around the gutter lip. The hooked outer edge is either flat initially and plastically deformable at installation over the gutter edge, or it is preformed into a hook extending below the tab ends. The material is sufficiently flexible so as to package in a roll.

Abstract: A prefabricated building structure having a dome-shaped configuration and which is made from a plurality of insulating panels is described. Adjacent panels are connected together by means of a locking device and supporting gasket located at the edges of adjacent panels.

Abstract: A roof mounting 1 for use in giving a rise pipe 2 access through a roof 3 comprising a plate 4, 22 having a circular hole 5 therein, a connector 6 embodying a spherical formation 7 which fits closely in the circular hole in the plate, the connector having a passage therethrough and being shaped to receive the rise pipe, and, mounting means 9, 16 for mounting the connector to the plate in a manner permitting the connector to be pivotted relative to the plate, the roof mounting in an operative position being located with the plate parallel to the pitch of the roof and with the connector aligned with the rise pipe.

Abstract: A combined deck and cellular raceway unit. The deck has at least a pair of parallel extending crests, each with a top member and a pair of webs together with a valley between the crests. The cellular raceway is formed by an assembly including a hat-shaped member mounted on a base, the assembly being placed inside one of the crests with its top wall engaging the underside of the crests and its base extending across the open end of the crest and welded to the deck unit.

Abstract: To improve the utilization of the volume of the material in the middle of the cross-section of load carrying construction, for example, laminated wooden beams, and to increase the stiffness and bending strength, combinations of structural components, such as laminated wooden beams and lamells, which are curved in presses while the components are assembled, may be used. After being removed from the presses, planned and permanent pre-stresses will be introduced into the entire construction units. Reinforcing components, such as steel, can also be used in combination with the above described methods of construction.

Abstract: A modular steel utility structure and a method of assembly is disclosed. The construction employs a plurality of vertical steel columns and horizontal frames. Each column has capital and basal steel erection plates secured at respective upper and lower ends. The capital plate has from one to four pins extending upwardly therefrom and laterally off-set from the column. Each basal plate has a corresponding number of apertures similarly spaced from the column. Each frame has a top and bottom erection plate secured at each corner thereof. The bottom erection plate has an aperture spaced from the frame members for receiving the pin from a capital plate of a column immediately therebeneath for registration therewith. The top erection plate has an upwardly projecting pin which is received in register by the aperture on a basal plate of a column in the story or level immediately above it.

Abstract: Means for erecting a wall of preferably disc-like wall blocks, particularly glass blocks, having marginal support portions adjacent the wall surfaces limiting the bearing sides of the blocks, an offset surface being located between the support portions. A flat strip is located between the offset surfaces of superimposed or adjacent wall blocks which is made preferably of tension material. Support pieces are connected to the flat strip or are integrally formed therewith, the support pieces having a suitable support section adapted to be located between superimposed or adjacent support portions.

Abstract: An end cap is disclosed for terminating the end of a joint cover for sealing an elongated expansion joint between adjacent dynamic structures in such a manner as to permit movement of the joint while sealing the end of the joint against water and debris. The end cap includes an elongated convex elastomeric cover having portions thereon attached to each of the adjacent dynamic structures such that the convex cover spans the expansion joint between the adjacent structures to seal the joint. The end cap further comprises a transverse end wall member transverse to the direction of elongation of the expansion joint. The transverse wall member has at least one pleat formed therein transverse to the direction of movement of the joint, such that the transverse wall member folds and unfolds along the pleat as the expansion joint closes and opens.

Abstract: A panelized roof system comprises a plurality of panels for positioning on a roof substrate. The panels comprise a foam insulation board with a rubber-modified bitumen-saturated synthetic fiber mat bonded to the top surface thereof. A plurality of fasteners penetrates the sides of the panels and secure the panels to the roof substrate. The panelized roof system is completed and rendered waterproof by a plurality of rubber-modified bitumen-saturated synthetic fiber strips which are applied with hot-mopped asphalt or other non-torched adhesive to the joints between the panels so as to overlap the adjacent fasteners securing the panels to the roof substrate.

Abstract: The spacer for the construction of walls from superimposed blocks which have at least one opening on their horizontal sides is provided with a supporting member consisting of four spacing members which are radially symmetrically attached to a holding ring and which are located outside the opening of the block when laid, and with centering means consisting of centering tabs attached to the holding ring. In the case of the spacer for the construction of dry walls, the spacing members are attached to a connecting ring which is linked to the holding ring, the two rings together having a T-shaped cross-section. The centering tabs are each provided with a reinforcement tab extending inwards, which has a T-shaped cross-section together with the centering tab.Such a spacer enables a safe, motionless and torsionally stiff support of the wall blocks and is well suited for mass production.

Abstract: A concrete block wall that has blocks with arcuate faces that are laid in alternating courses to form a woven effect. The blocks are laid without mortar and held together by a combination of recesses and protrusions in the upper and lower faces thereof along with a locking piece that engages the radiused end walls of adjacent blocks.

Abstract: An anchoring bracket for use in attaching substantially parallel boards to a generally transverse member or joist and in spacing the boards generally comprises a rain-spacer side and a joist attachment side. The rain spacer side has a spacing portion for placement on the top of the joist for spacing a board from the joist and an extended portion attached to the spacing portion for extending over the edge of the joist. A board spacer tab, affixed to the rain-spacer side, projects generally perpendicularly upward therefrom for positioning directly adjacent a board for controlling the spacing thereof. The joist attachment side includes an attachment portion disposed generally perpendicular to the rain-spacer side for attachment to the side of the joist and an angled portion connecting the attachment portion to the outer end of the extended portion. The angled portion includes holes for receiving a fastener for fastening a board to the bracket.

Abstract: A shifting apparatus for objects such as eggs comprises a plurality of holders slidably carried on a substantially horizontal holder guide which is vertically movable. When the holder guide assumes an upper position, the holders are maximally spaced from each other for receiving a corresponding number of objects from above. A pitch changing mechanism causes the holders to slide on the holder guide, so that the holders are minimally spaced from each other when the holder guide assumes a lower position. In the lower position of the holder guide, a discharging mechanism causes the holders to discharge the received objects into a container located below.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for loading delicate fruit into standard sized fruit bins is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage, a cradle, a distributing conveyor which are controlled to automatically lower fruit into a bin in such a way as to minimize damage to fruit and to maximize efficiency of loading. The distributing conveyor includes a twisted conveyor belt that gently guides fruit to a discharge opening as the fruit moves along the belt.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are described for making individual strips and feeding the strips to a packaging machine for the strips, in particular to a sealing machine, for sealing the strips into a sheet or foil. The individual strips are cut simultaneously from card-like material and by continuous constrained guiding led from the cutting means to the packaging machine. The constrained guiding is provided by magazines with receiving compartments for the strips and clocked transfer means. This makes it possible to obtain a high cutting output and a correspondingly high and exact packaging output. The invention is intended in particular for processing diagnostic test strips.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles, such as french fried potatoes, includes a bucket for receiving a charge of the articles. Configured with the bucket is a conveyor having an endless belt with a plurality of spaced flights that each receive a portion of the charge. The articles are aligned by the conveyor and presented to a collector bucket configured to store the aligned charge portions prior to discharge to a bagging machine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sealing and closing an end of a sleeve, more particularly an apparatus and method for bag making, filling, and packaging for intermittently delivering a packaging film of a predetermined length, while forming the film into a tubular shape by a bag making cylindrical body; filling the tubular packaging film with a material to be packaged; and clamping the tubular film by closing a pair of opposed sealing devices to heat seal the tubular film. Apparatus is provided for cooling the heat sealed end of the tubular film by a device which is independent of the sealing device. The heat sealed end of the tubular sleeve is positioned and directly engaged by the cooling members which serves to shorten the cooling time, yet provides an improved seal with an improved appearance.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for forming, filling and sealing bag-type packages. For certain filling products it is advantageous to "strip" or flatten the bag-type package prior to sealing, i.e. to ensure that the bag is volumetrically displaced. As a result all bag-type packages are tightly filled despite varying specific weight of the filling product. This object of the invention is achieved by return conveyance or feed of the bag hose or tube and passage of the latter through a constrictive location. An advantage of the apparatus resides in the possibility of achieving high production speeds by virtue of small moved masses.