Patent ID: 9604741
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B65B

Claim:
1. Thermo-forming packaging machine comprising: a loading stretch, wherein in operation of the thermo-forming packaging machine, one or more containers formed in a packaging film are filled in the loading stretch; a product feeder for conveying a plurality of products, a portion of a length of said product feeder being arranged parallel to said loading stretch of said thermo-forming packaging machine; said product feeder comprising a side panel, wherein said side panel is an inner side wall of said product feeder, and wherein at least a portion of said inner side wall is disposed laterally adjacent to said loading stretch to reduce a distance between the products conveyed on the product feeder and the containers formed in the film web to a minimum; and one or more axles and/or one or more spacers provided as connecting elements between said inner side wall and an outer sidewall of said product feeder.