Bagging apparatus

A bagging apparatus which feeds an article to be bagged into an open bag, which comprises:

• a feeding device which includes two gripping members disposed in parallel, which are reciprocable in a direction of feeding of the article to be bagged, and a gripping member operator guiding and reciprocating the two gripping members in such a manner that an interval between the gripping members is narrowed, thereby causing the gripping members to grip the article to be bagged and to advance toward the bag when the gripping members are moved towards one another, said gripping members releasing the article and withdrawing from the bag when the interval between the gripping members is widened;
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• a sliding and holding mechanism which holds the gripping member in a lateral direction thereof, said sliding and holding mechanism including an engagement pin and a gripping member guide having a guide groove formed therein guiding said engagement pin, and first and second mechanisms on said gripping member guide which vary positioning of opposite ends of the gripping member guide.

A bagging apparatus which feeds an article to be bagged into an open bag, which comprises:

• a feeding device which includes two gripping members disposed in parallel, which are reciprocable in a direction of feeding of the article to be bagged, and a gripping member operator guiding and reciprocating the two gripping members in such a manner that an interval between the gripping members is narrowed, thereby causing the gripping members to grip the article to be bagged and to advance toward the bag when the gripping members are moved towards one another, said gripping members releasing the article and withdrawing from the bag when the interval between the gripping members is widened;
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• an engagement pin pivotally secured on each of said gripping members so as to be projectable and to engage with the article to be bagged which has been gripped by the gripping members.