Forming and filing device for cardboard package

An apparatus for forming, filling and closing packages especially made from cardboard, having a plurality of serially arranged processing stations, said apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of sets of cassettes with each set having different sizes of cassettes corresponding to predetermine different package formats, each cassette being adapted for receiving therein flat one side open package having a format corresponding to said cassette format for spreading said flat package within said cassette, detachable means for moving each of said cassette with package spread therein or transportation of said packages between said processing stations, wherein said cassettes are substantiallay U-shaped, each cassette including two vertical plates which face one another, and a common bottom plate extending therebetween;
• said apparatus further comprising a spreading device for spreading said package apart, said spreading device including movable profile plates, which press the package against the interior sides of vertical plates of said cassette, and form bottom flaps that extend laterally from the edge of the bottom of the package;
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• pressure pads moving with the cassettes along a portion of their path and movable along the sides of said vertical plates, and equipped for fixing or holding down said bottom flaps.