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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Gmbh & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Martin Drechsler, Trunkelsberg, DE;
Johannes Mühlschlegel, Aitrach, DE;
Christoph Vetter, Altusried, DE;
Matthias Storhas, Babenhausen, DE;
MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a thermo-forming packaging machine comprising a product feeder for feeding a product to a loading stretch of the packaging machine, and a film web having trays formed therein wherein the trays are configured to receive a product. The product feeder may be arranged at least partially parallel to the loading stretch of the packaging machine. The thermo-forming packaging machine also includes a side panel disposed along the loading stretch that is formed such that it also forms part of the product feeder.