Patent ID: 8375689

Claim:
A packaging machine using heat sealable film, suitable for packaging products with a heat sealable film or net comprising: a working unit that is rotatable as a whole, the working unit having mounted thereon a reel from which said film or net is unwound during use, a forming tunnel for shaping said film or net during use, heat sealing rollers for making a longitudinal edge of a package during use, and cut-and-sew blades for making two transverse edges of said package during use, the working unit being configured to keep the reel, the tunnel, the rollers, and the blades in the same position relative to each other despite the position of the working unit; the packaging machine further including a pin housed in a support fixed to a base of said packaging machine; wherein said a working unit is rotatably coupled to said pin and rotatable as a whole unit into a plurality of user-selected working positions relative to the base; whereby said working unit may be rotated to a user-selected working position to permit entry of the products to be packaged from directions corresponding to an angular orientation of the working unit relative to the base of the packaging machine.