摘要 |
<p>A packaging machine for packaging a collation of deformable packets 12 has two longitudinally-extending endless belts 16, 18 spaced apart by a distance less than the width of any one of the packets, the collation of packets 12 being received between the belts 16,18 with each packet upright, feed means 20,22 for guiding and shaping a web material from a web feed over and around an end portion of the belts 16,18 with the packets therebetween, means for drawing together and sealing the opposed sides of the web to form a tube closely surrounding the collation of packets 12 as it emerges from between the belts 16,18, and transverse sealing and cutting means 26 for sealing and separating the tube between each collation of packets 12. The packets may contain potato crisps.</p> |