ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,161, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Bagmaking and packaging apparatus" was invented by Ryota Nagashima (Ritto, Japan) and Satoshi Hashimoto (Ritto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bagmaking and packaging apparatus includes a film conveyance mechanism, a former mechanism, a transverse sealing mechanism, and a first partition member. The film conveyance mechanism conveys a film. The former mechanism includes a product feed chute and a former. The product feed chute has a product fed to it. The former forms in a tubular shape the film conveyed by the film conveyance mechanism. The transverse s...