Apparatus for the manufacture of a package

In an apparatus for manufacturing a package in a deep-drawing station positioned along a packaging line wherein the apparatus receives a web of foil extending in a transporting direction for performing a deep-drawing operation thereon prior to advancing the web of foil in the transporting direction, the apparatus including a frame and a mold secured to the frame, the mold having a stationary upper part with a contoured die projecting downwardly therefrom, a moveable lower part positioned below said upper part which is moveable upwardly during the deep-drawing operation and is moveable downwardly during an opening of the mold, the lower part including an upwardly facing matrix disposed therein and having an opposingly contoured surface for receiving the contoured die, the opposingly contoured surface of the matrix including first and second sidewalls extending transverse to and spaced-apart in the transporting direction, the first sidewall having a transition surface oriented along a first axis extending other than perpendicular to a plane of the web of foil extending in the transporting direciton and forming an undercut region in the matrix, and the second sidewall extending parallel to the transition surface, the apparatus further including a lifting means for facilitating a movement of the lower part in a direction along the first axis during the deep-drawing operation, the improvement wherein the lifting means includes at least one first guide means secured to the lower part and oriented in the transporting direction, and at least on second guide means relatively moveably coupled to and supporting said at least one first guide means, and a lifting device limited to movement substantially along a second axis extending perpendicular to the plane of the web of foil, said at least one second guide means being mounted on said lifting device and moveable therewith.