Device for packaging products and array of packaged products

A device for packaging products comprising:

• a conveyor for moving individual or grouped products in a transport direction;
• a first transport drive for continuously moving a bottom, planar first sheet in said transport direction;
• a positioning device for positioning said products in spaced-apart relation on the first sheet;
• a second transport drive for continuously moving an upper second sheet that is separate from the first sheet in said transport direction and into alignment substantially plane-parallel to said first sheet and spaced above said products;
• a pre-shaping device for pre-shaping the second sheet before the second sheet contacts said spaced-apart products;
• and a sealing device for sealing the first and second sheets together between said spaced-apart products, said sealing device having sealing ribs extending transversely to the transport direction and disposed between said spaced-apart products ,
• and synchronizing means for moving said sealing device at the same speed as said sheets while sealing said sheets together between said spaced-apart products.