PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING DUAL COMPARTMENT POUCHES FROM A CONTINUOUS WEB

摘要

A process and apparatus for forming a dual compartment package includes forming an elongated rectangular U-shaped package (10) having an inside (14A) and outside wall (14B) configured to form an open bottom end (20). The U-shaped package (10) is filled product. A zipper assembly (36) having inter-locking members is separated into a first zipper component (24) and a second zipper component (40). The first zipper component (24) is attached to the inner side of the open top end walls (18) thereby sealing the top end of the first zipper component. The open bottom end walls are placed adjacent to the first zipper component, and the second zipper component is reattached to the first zipper component thereby locking the open bottom end walls between the interlocking members of the zipper assembly. The U-shaped package (10) forms two compartments that are separately filled with a product, in which the product is dispensed from the bottom end of the package after one of the interlocking members is released for the sealing/release assembly. The dual compartment package can also be formed with two separate compartments.