Patent ID: 7543425

Claim:
A machine for packaging articles into boxes, said machine including: at least one magazine of blanks in flat folded tubular configuration, having lateral flaps and closing wings; an inlet station situated near said magazine of blanks; blank withdrawing means for withdrawing and opening the blanks, so as to obtain boxes with open ends; a conveying line for the boxes, situated with an initial part in correspondence to the inlet station; a feeding line of the articles to be placed into the boxes along said conveying line; article withdrawing means for withdrawing articles from the articles feeding line and for introducing the articles into the boxes; boxes closing means, acting along said conveying line; a box discharge station for discharging the boxes filled with the articles, situated at an end of said conveying line; wherein: said articles feeding line extends beside the machine according to different possible configurations, to allow said machine to couple with working units arranged aligned or perpendicular therewith; said box discharge station for discharging boxes filled with the articles includes a first outlet line, arranged at 90 degrees with respect to the boxes conveying line, and a second additional outlet section, that can be arranged aligned or at 90 degrees with respect to said outlet line, to make the boxes leave in alignment or at right angle to the longitudinal extension of the machine, and, wherein said means for withdrawing and placing the articles act in such a way as to introduce the product into the boxes in a vertical direction.