Packaging apparatus for small piece goods and method for producing a blister tube comprising a plurality of blister bags

A method for producing a blister tube comprising a plurality of blister bags, the method comprising:

• shaping a packaging material web into a shaped packaging material web;
• joining, by a plurality of joining devices, the shaped packaging material web together at a first joining area and a plurality of second joining areas;
• and
• embossing a palpable pattern in one of the second joining areas by a plurality of embossers extending from and retracting into one of the plurality of joining devices.

A packaging apparatus for small piece goods, comprising:

• a packaging material guiding device configured to shape a packaging material web for receiving small piece goods;
• a first joining device configured to join the shaped packaging material web together in a first joining area;
• a second joining device configured to join the shaped packaging material web together at predetermined intervals in a second joining area, the second joining device comprising first and second joiners;
• and
• a plurality of individually moveable embossers configured to extend out from the first joiner and retract into the first joiner.