Method and apparatus for making a flat bottom pillow pouch

US8572932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Frito-Lay North America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Patrick Joseph Bierschenk · Dallas, US
• Martin Bernhard Dierl · Allen, US
• Chad Arthur Huebner · Plano, US
• Jerry Mike Reaves · Midlothian, US
• Steven Kenneth Tucker · Hurst, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B9/2056
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a flat bottom pillow pouch that can stand upright on its bottom transverse seal. The flat bottom pillow bag can be made from the same film as a standard pillow pouch and requires less film than prior art stand up packages. The flat bottom pillow pouch disclosed herein has no gussets.