Patent ID: 7069707

Claim:
A vertical tubular bagging machine comprising a foil web unwound from a storage roller, a forming shoulder for reshaping the foil web into a foil tube, a foil-removing means for the further transport of the foil web and of the foil tube in a transport direction, a vertically aligned fill pipe comprising first and second troughs for receiving and filling the foil tube, a longitudinal-sealing device for welding of edges of the foil web and thus for the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam of the foil tube, a cross-sealing device with welding jaws, which can be moved against one another and weld the foil tube transversely with respect to its transport direction, for creating of top seams and bottom seams on tubular bags, and a separating device for separating of the tubular bags from the foil tube, wherein the forming shoulder has a curved guiding edge on an upper edge of a shoulder connection surrounding the fill pipe and a shoulder sleeve joined to the curved guiding edge and pointing outwardly away from the guiding edge, wherein the shoulder sleeve is formed of two separate sleeve parts, the shoulder connection is formed of two separate connection parts, each one said sleeve part and an adjoining said connection part form a component, wherein one said component can be removed from the other component in order to be able to remove the fill pipe from the forming shoulder transversely with respect to the transport direction, and wherein one said component is connected to the other said component via a swivel joint, and a fastening device is provided for locking of the component, which can be swung away, in a position supported by the other component.