A METHOD OF FORMING A RECLOSEABLE BAG AND/OR A RECLOSEABLE BAG

摘要

The invention comprises a method of forming a recloseable bag comprising the steps of providing a tape or tapes or strip or strips such as a reclosure tape (10) in the form of an elongated base member having thereon substantially parallel spaced apart elongated co-operating closure members (12, 13) and providing packaging material in the form of a sheet of flexible material (4). The reclosure tape (10) and the packaging material (4) are engaged so that the longitudinal axes of the reclosure tape (10) and the packaging material are substantially parallel; and the packaging material (4) with the reclosure tape (10) attached is then formed into individual bags, each bag having the reclosure tape (10) thereon. The attachment is made in the preferred form on form fill packaging apparatus (2).