Patent ID: 8720169

Claim:
A packaging machine comprising: a plurality of work stations, each of the work stations are operable in synchronism with one another and the work stations are sequentially arranged to define a production direction of the packaging machine, each of the work stations including at least one movable tool member, each work station acting upon a packaging material that is conveyed through the plurality of workstations, a rotationally driven shaft arranged to extend generally parallel to the production direction of said packaging machine, and at least one transfer mechanism associated with each of the movable tool members, each of the at least one transfer mechanisms being operatively connected to the driven shaft for converting the movement of the driven shaft into the movement of the respective tool member, wherein the at least one tool member of a first work station acts upon the packaging material on a first conveying plane and the at least one tool member of a second workstation acts upon the packaging material on a second conveying plane and at least one of the first and second work stations is adapted to be displaced in the production direction of the packaging machine to vary a distance that the packaging material is conveyed between the first and second workstations.