Packaging apparatus wherein one or more packaging devices are on sliding 'drawers' and can be moved to facilitate servicing.

摘要

Disclosed herein is a packaging apparatus (10) for producing packages of variable lengths from rolls of plastic film wherein the apparatus produces packages to be accessed at a first, or front, end (22) of the apparatus (10) and the apparatus may be serviced from a second, or rear, end (24) of the apparatus. The apparatus (10) comprises a frame (12) wherein a plurality of packaging devices, two being shown, (14, 16) are slidably mounted on a sliding roller mounting mechanism (18, 20). Each packaging device (14, 16) can be pulled backwards from the frame (12) along a sliding roller mounting mechanism (18, 20) such that each packaging device (14, 16) may be serviced at the rear of the frame (12) without interfering with the operation of the other packaging devices.