Patent ID: 8015782
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A machine for packing groups of products into boxes, comprising: a frame mounted on a base; a box feed unit supplying flat blanks; a packing station at which the boxes are filled; a product feed unit by which products are directed along a predetermined path substantially perpendicular to a predetermined feed path followed by the blanks; a first folding and closing assembly by which a top end face of a box is formed, and a second folding and closing assembly by which a bottom end face of the box is formed; a plurality of mounting points to which the product feed unit, the first folding and closing assembly and the second folding and closing assembly can be mounted, the mounting points arranged symmetrically on both sides of a vertical median plane passing through the base, such that the product feed unit can be mounted in a position which is mirror image reversible relative to the vertical median plane, and the positions occupied by the first folding and closing assembly and by the second folding and closing assembly are also interchangeable relative to the vertical median plane.