METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AIR CUSHION

摘要

Two sheets of film (23, 24) are fed in a laminated state, and fused thermally in the widthwise direction and film feeding direction by a heat drum roll (30). Hollow bag portions (63) and communication portions (62) extending through the widthwise sealed portions so that the bag portions communicate with one another are formed by air introduction grooves (32) and bag forming recesses (33) in a circumferential surface of the roll (30), and the air from an air blowing nozzle (40) is packed in the hollow bag portions (63) through the communication portions (62) so as to inflate the same, the communication portions (62) via which the inflated bag portions communicate with one another being sealed by a point sealer (50). This enables an air cushion sheet (60) having a plurality of widthwise elongated large-sized independent bubbles (65) to be produced simply and reliably.