Packaging machine

A packaging machine (10) for inserting objects (30, 35) into fold boxes (15) having an integrated support frame (25) with openings formed therein, which is initially disposed lying flat within the fold box, said machine comprising:

• a horizontal conveying path, pushers (12) conveying the fold boxes (15) at equal distances along said horizontal conveying path;
• product bowls (38) which feed the objects (30, 35) to be packaged and move along a portion of the conveying path of the fold boxes (15) and are aligned with them;
• inserting slides (45, 45a) also moving along in alignment with the product bowls (38) and the pushers (12) over a portion of the conveying path and on a side of the fold boxes (15), which push respectively at least one object (30, 35) out of a product bowl (38) into a frame opening in a fold box (5) while they are aligned with the product bowl (38) and the fold boxes (15) and which thereafter return into their initial position;
• raising elements (47, 47a) disposed to move along on the side opposite the inserting slides (45, 45a) in alignment with the fold boxes and which, during said alignment with the fold boxes (15), are disposed to be moved crosswise to the conveying direction of the fold boxes (15) prior to and/or during the insertion of the objects (30, 35) by the inserting slides into the fold boxes (15) and which raise the initially flat-lying support frames (25) inside the raised fold boxes (15) so that said openings (28) formed in the support flames (25) are aligned flush with the objects (30, 35) during their insertion.