Machine For Automated Packaging Of Product(S) In A Cardboard Box

A machine (10) for packaging a product or products (28) into a cardboard box (12) in a boxing cycle comprising at least three successive operations for making up, filling and sealing the box (12), the machine comprising boxing means which are arranged along a longitudinal packaging line (16) of the machine comprising, from the upstream end downstream, a first, making-up, station (A) which receives a succession, at a given rate, of box blanks (14) intended to be at least partially made up and comprising a conveyor device (30) for successively transferring in the downstream direction in an outbound path the box (12A) which has thus been made up toward a second, filling, station (B) at which the products (28) are packed into the box by associated loading means able to deposit the products that are to be packaged in the box (12B), and then on to a third, box-sealing, station (C) at which the box (12C) is sealed before it is discharged from the machine (10),

• characterized in that the conveyor device (30) comprises a carriage (32) which is mounted to be able to move longitudinally between an extreme upstream position and an extreme downstream position, and which bears box transfer means (34) comprising at least a first gripper (36) for transferring a made-up box (12A) from the first station (A) to the second station (B) and a second gripper (38) for simultaneously transferring another, filled, box (12B) from the second station (B) to the third station (C).