Device for packaging products

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for packaging at least two products with individual weights in a package in a quantity corresponding to a target weight. The device comprises a feed, packaging means, weighing means () and throughfeed means. The device further comprises at least two adding means with associated weighing means () in a weighing unit () for the purpose of selectively adding unrelated products or groups thereof to the packaging, and with selection and control means for selecting at least one of the at least two unrelated products or groups on the basis of the weight of the initial group, the target weight and the weights of the at least two unrelated products or groups determined with the weighing means () associated with the adding means for the purpose of actuating the adding means in order to add at least one selected of the at least two unrelated products or groups thereof to the packaging. The device is distinguished in that the at least two adding means with associated weighing means are oriented in a set adjacently of each other in a direction transversely of the throughfeed path at a single position of the packaging in the throughfeed path thereof.