Claims
- 1. A method of making reclosable packages, said method comprising the steps of:feeding a supply of forming film in a package forming direction; forming said forming film into a chain of bottom package portions, each of said bottom package portions having a lip on one side thereof along an edge of said forming film; advancing said chain of bottom package portions in said package forming direction; feeding a supply of interlocked reclosable zipper in said package forming direction; sealing a length of said reclosable zipper to the lip of each of said bottom portions; providing a supply of sliders, each of said sliders being insertable on to said reclosable zipper and adapted to open and close said reclosable zipper as said slider is moved along said zipper in opening and closing directions, respectively; for each of said bottom portions, removing a slider from said slider supply and inserting said slider on to said length of reclosable zipper with said length of reclosable zipper remaining fully interlocked during insertion of said slider; feeding a supply of top film in said package forming direction; and sealing said top film to each bottom package portion and its corresponding length of reclosable zipper to form a chain of packages, each of said packages having a length of reclosable zipper and a slider.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 including the step of stomping the ends of said reclosable zipper lengths.
- 3. The method according to claim 1 including the step of cutting each of said packages from said package chain.
- 4. The method according to claim 1 wherein each of said packages includes a peel seal adjacent its reclosable zipper.
- 5. The method according to claim 1 wherein halves of said reclosable zipper are insulated from one another during said sealing steps.
- 6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said chain of bottom package portions is comprised of at least two parallel joined chains and wherein said top film is separated along pre-applied perforations and sealed to each of said parallel chains.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/316,866 filed on May 21, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,439.
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