HIGH SPEED POUCHER

摘要

An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches (100) filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate (12), with or without flavor film (14) thereon, is formed into a tubular shape (29) with a longitudinal seam (106). The tube (29) is cut to individual lengths (10V), and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end (102), filled and crimp-closed at the other end (104) to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends (102, 104) of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam (106) of the pouch (100) is midway between the sides of the pouch (100) and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends (102, 104) of the pouch (100).