A weighing and packaging system comprising: a combination weighing apparatus including a plurality of weighing units for accumulating and weighing supplied articles, a combination calculator adapted to perform combination calculation using weighing values weighed by the weighing units and select a combination of corresponding articles, and a collecting chute for collecting and discharging the articles pertaining to the combination; and a packaging apparatus including a former for receiving the articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus disposed on an upper side and forming a belt-shaped package into a cylindrical shape such that the articles may fill an inside thereof, a seal portion disposed below the former adapted to seal the cylindrical package, thereby forming a bag, and a discharge portion for discharging the bag formed by the seal portion , wherein a first opening (β1, β2) that opens to a lateral side of a discharge direction of the bag and exposes the collecting chute and the former on the lateral side is provided, and wherein the weighing and packing system further comprises: a main body frame supporting the weighing units; a plurality of first supporting legs disposed along a vertical direction to support the main body frame ; a plurality of second supporting legs disposed along the vertical direction to support the former ; and a plurality of horizontal beams connecting the plurality of first supporting legs to each other, characterized in that the horizontal beams are not disposed in the first opening (β1, β2) and in that one of the horizontal beams connects two first supporting legs disposed at two diagonally positioned corners to each other. a combination weighing apparatus including a plurality of weighing units for accumulating and weighing supplied articles, a combination calculator adapted to perform combination calculation using weighing values weighed by the weighing units and select a combination of corresponding articles, and a collecting chute for collecting and discharging the articles pertaining to the combination; and a packaging apparatus including a former for receiving the articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus disposed on an upper side and forming a belt-shaped package into a cylindrical shape such that the articles may fill an inside thereof, a seal portion disposed below the former adapted to seal the cylindrical package, thereby forming a bag, and a discharge portion for discharging the bag formed by the seal portion , wherein a first opening (β1, β2) that opens to a lateral side of a discharge direction of the bag and exposes the collecting chute and the former on the lateral side is provided, and wherein the weighing and packing system further comprises: a main body frame supporting the weighing units; a plurality of first supporting legs disposed along a vertical direction to support the main body frame ; a plurality of second supporting legs disposed along the vertical direction to support the former ; and a plurality of horizontal beams connecting the plurality of first supporting legs to each other, characterized in that the horizontal beams are not disposed in the first opening (β1, β2) and in that one of the horizontal beams connects two first supporting legs disposed at two diagonally positioned corners to each other. a main body frame supporting the weighing units; a plurality of first supporting legs disposed along a vertical direction to support the main body frame ; a plurality of second supporting legs disposed along the vertical direction to support the former ; and a plurality of horizontal beams connecting the plurality of first supporting legs to each other, characterized in that the horizontal beams are not disposed in the first opening (β1, β2) and in that one of the horizontal beams connects two first supporting legs disposed at two diagonally positioned corners to each other. <EOS>