Bag making and packaging apparatus

Abstract

A bag making and packaging apparatus is adapted to bend a film and to form a packaging bag. The bag making and packaging apparatus includes a former and a supporting member. The former is configured and arranged to form the film into a tubular shape. The supporting member removably supports the former. The supporting member is configured and arranged to allow movement of the former from a first position, in which a packaging operation is performed, to a second position, which is lower than the first position.

1 . A bag making and packaging apparatus adapted to bend a film and to form a packaging bag, the bag making and packaging apparatus comprising:
 a former configured and arranged to form the film into a tubular shape; and   a supporting member removably supporting the former, and configured and arranged to allow movement of the former from a first position, in which a packaging operation is performed, to a second position, which is lower than the first position.   
   
   
       2 . The bag making and packaging apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the supporting member includes
 a sliding member configured and arranged to slide the former horizontally, 
 a rotational member configured and arranged to pivot the former about a prescribed pivot point to allow a vertical movement of the former, and 
   the sliding member and the rotational member are configured and arranged to move the former from the first position to the second position by a sliding motion of the sliding member and a pivoting motion of the rotational member.