摘要 |
A packaging device for grouping product items, especially semi-soft tissue paper packs (7), to a bundle of layered rows (L1, L2, L3) of said product items (7) includes - a supply line (1) including a main conveyor belt (5) constituently carrying and supply-ing a stream of product items (7) in a defined orientation along an infeed main path (6) to a transfer position (18), - an elevator means (2) including a plurality of stack-forming receptacles (23) each re-ceiving a grouped row (L1, L2, L3) of a specified number of said product items (7) in a chopped manner from the transfer position of said supply line (1) at an input end of the elevator means (2), wherein the elevator means (2) is adapted to successively dis-place the stacked grouped rows of product items (7) in a side-by-side relationship or-thogonally to the infeed main path (6) to an output end of the elevator means (2), and - an outfeed unit (3) engaging with the elevator means (2), commonly removing a specified number stacked grouped rows (L1, L2, L3) of said product items (7) in the side-by-side relationship from the output end of the elevator means (2) to form said bundle of product items (7).
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