Patent ID: 8393132

Claim:
A packaging station having a packaging machine filling containers with products, comprising: a conveyor device feeding the products along a feed path; a first loading path, disposed parallel to the feed path, the first loading path including a first transporting device transporting the containers from a first erecting device to a first filling device and a closing device that closes the containers after the first filling device inserts the products into the containers; a second loading path, disposed parallel to the first loading path, the second loading path including a second transporting device transporting containers of a same type as the first loading path from a second erecting device to the filling device and a second closing device; and the filling device grasping one or more products from the feed path and inserting grasped products into one or more containers selectively to either of the first loading path and the second loading path, and wherein the transporting device of the first loading path is operated in an opposing direction than that of the second loading path.