Patent ID: 6883294

Claim:
A method for packaging flat objects ( 4 ), the method comprising the steps of: continuously forming a quasi-endless web of a packaging material ( 7 ) into a string of bags ( 7 ′) the bags of said string are formed into rotating conveying compartments ( 3 ), or are formed outside of said compartments and are then supplied to said compartments, each bag of said string of bags having three open sides and one closed side, wherein the three open sides comprise an opposite open side, opposite to the one closed side, and two lateral open sides, conveying the string of bags in a conveying direction, during conveyance, charging each of the bags ( 7 ′) with at least one flat object ( 4 ), severing the bags ( 7 ′) from the string of bags, and sealing the bags ( 7 ′) by seams corresponding to the open bag sides, wherein, during all method steps, the opposite open side and a corresponding seam keep a position that is independent of a format of the object to be packaged ( 4 ), wherein, at least one of a depth of the bags ( 7 ′), in the step of forming the string of bags, and a distance between two seams corresponding to the lateral open sides of the bag, in the step of sealing the bags, are adjusted to one of the format of the object to be packaged ( 4 ) or to the width of the packaging material respectively, and wherein the bags ( 7 ′) are sealed while positioned in the conveying compartments ( 3 ) rotating in the conveying direction, wherein the bags ( 7 ′) are formed in or supplied to the conveying compartments ( 3 ) and wherein the bags are charged with the objects to be packaged ( 4 ) in the conveying compartments ( 3 ) or before the bags are supplied to the conveying compartments ( 3 ).