Packaging machine

A packaging machine for boxing products (P), which have been brought together to form a group (G), into a box (6), comprising:

• a) a first conveyor device (1) on which the products (P) are conveyed one behind the other to a collecting station (A), wherein a stop (2), a clamp (12), and a slider (11) are provided, which cooperate with one another so that the first conveyor device (1) conveys products (P) against the stop (2) and then a defined number products (P1 to P5) come into contact with one another, and the clamp (12) is provided to hold at least a product (Pi) immediately following the defined number of products (P1 to P5) so that the products (P) cannot be conveyed any further despite uninterrupted operation of the first conveyor device (1) passing under the products (P);
• b) a second conveyor device (5) by means of which the boxes (6) that are prepared in a loading station (B) for filling them with products (P) are conveyed away after being filled;
• c) a collecting table (7) which is provided in the collecting station (A) and on which the group (G) of products (P) is brought together, wherein the slider (11) repeatedly pushes the defined number products (P1 to P5) onto the collecting table (7), each time while the clamp (12) is clamping the product (Pi) and until the group (G) of products (P) is complete;
• d) an intermediate layer magazine (8) on a side of the second conveyor device (5) opposite from the collecting table (7);
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• e) an inserting tool (3) that is situated above the collecting table (7) and the loading station (B) and that picks up the group (G) of products (P) that has been brought together on the collecting table (7) and inserts the group into a box (6) provided in the loading station (B), wherein the inserting tool is movable over the intermediate layer magazine (8).