Fruit-packaging machine

A fruit-packaging machine comprising:

• a frame;
• a plastic bag web outputting device mounted to the frame which supplies a plastic bag web;
• a side-enclosing device which encloses two lateral sides of the plastic bag web to form a tubular structure;
• a fruit-conveying device which conveys fruit to be packaged to the tubular structure that has been enclosed at a bottom side thereof;
• a final closing device comprising two eccentric wheel assemblies, each said eccentric wheel assembly including a crank and an enclosing seat reciprocated by the crank, said enclosing seats enclosing and cutting the tubular structure at a top side thereof above the fruit to release a sealed bag of fruit from a succeeding tubular structure;
• an operative plate secured to a bottom of one of the enclosing seats;
• a receiving plate located under the final closing device and pivotally connected to the frame by a pivotal shaft, the pivotal shaft including a shaft extension;
• and
• an actuating plate pivotally mounted to the frame by an axle parallel to and spaced from the pivotal shaft, the actuating plate including a rotating wheel mounted thereon and a follower rod, such that the rotating wheel is operably engaged by the operative plate secured to the enclosing seat as the enclosing seats are reciprocated causing the actuating plate to pivot about the axle, which pivoting of the actuating plate in turn causes the shaft extension of the pivotal shaft to be engaged by the follower rod on the pivoting actuating plate in order to raise the receiving plate for reception thereon of the sealed bag as the sealed bag is released by the enclosing seats.