Machine for automated packaging of products(s) in a cardboard box

A machine for packaging a product into a cardboard box as part of a boxing cycle, said boxing cycle comprising at least three successive operations for making up, filling and sealing the box, the machine comprising along a longitudinal packaging line of the machine from an upstream end to a downstream end:

• a first, making-up, station which receives a succession, at a given rate, of box blanks intended to be at least partially made up and comprising a conveyor device;
• a second, filling, station at which the product is packed into the box by associated loading means able to deposit the product that is to be packaged in the box, said conveyor device successively transferring in a downstream direction in an outbound path the box which has thus been made up toward said second station;
• and
• a third, box-sealing, station at which the box is sealed before the box is discharged from the machine,
• wherein the conveyor device comprises a carriage which is configured to move longitudinally in reciprocating back and forth movements corresponding to said outbound path and a return path, between an extreme upstream position and an extreme downstream position, said conveyor device including box transfer means comprising at least a first gripper for transferring a made-up box from the first station to the second station and a second gripper for simultaneously transferring another, filled, box from the second station to the third station.