IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PACKAGING MACHINES

摘要

A packaging machine comprising: a) an intermittently rotatable pouch filling turret (1) having a plurality of pouch receiving stations; b) a pouch supplier (4); c) a pouch transfer unit (5) for taking empty pouches in sequence or in pairs from said pouch supplier and delivering the pouches in pairs to a first receiving position of the filling turret; d) means (2, 3) for supplying material to be packaged in measured portions to said turret at a second receiving position of said turret; e) means (33) for discharging the measured portions from the turret into said pouches in pairs, and f) a pouch take-off device (6) for taking off the pairs of filled pouches at a delivery position of said turret.