Packing method and packaging device for implementing packing method

A packaging device, which packs goods from a cylinder into a bag formed in a tube shape using a former, laterally seals an upper sealing portion of the bag in which the goods are packed and a lower sealing portion of a continuous bag which is continuous with the upper sealing portion of the bag at the same time using a lateral sealing means, and forms a sealed bag by separating the border of the sealing portions, comprising:

• a chute with a funnel shape arranged above the cylinder and configured to accommodate the goods which are dropped from above;
• a gate configured to open and close a lower end discharge opening in the chute;
• a raising and lowering mechanism configured to raise and lower the chute vertically between a raised position and a lowered position;
• and
• a control section controlling the opening and closing of the gate and the raising and lowering of the raising and lowering mechanism,
• wherein
• the control section is configured to lower the chute from the raised position to the lowered position in which the goods are accommodated into the cylinder while accelerating movement of the chute downward in a state where the gate is open and then immediately reversing direction of movement of the chute thereby raising the chute to the raised position.