Patent ID: 8646248

Claim:
A packaging apparatus comprising: a collection unit configured and arranged to overlay a plurality of packaged objects on adjacent packaged objects; and a conveyance unit configured and arranged to convey, as a group of packaged objects, the packaged objects which are overlaid on the adjacent packaged objects at the collection unit, the conveyance unit being formed as a plurality of belt conveyors provided in parallel to one another such that a gap is formed when viewed in a plan view the conveyance unit including a position control component that is formed as a plate component inserted into the gap between the belt conveyors, and at least one portion of the position control component being positioned below a conveyance plane of the conveyance unit and the other portion of the position control component being positioned above the conveyance plane of the conveyance unit before positions of the packaged objects are adjusted, the one portion and the other portion of the position control component being provided sequentially.