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Abstract

In order to introduce stacks of horizontally aligned flat, preferably disk-shaped, groups of items (23) formed by one or more items (18) into tubular bags (16) by means of a vertical tubular bag machine (1), it is proposed that a vertical filling pipe (6) is adapted with respect to its cross section to the horizontal dimensions of the group of items (23), the width (19) and the depth (20) of the filling pipe (6) being made to match the width (21) and the depth (22) of a group of items (23) and the group of items (23) being placed above the filling pipe (6) in such a way that a first equal spacing (26) in the direction of the width (19) and similarly a second equal spacing (27) in the direction of the depth (20) of the filling pipe (6) is provided on opposite sides of the group of items (23), in each case between an outer edge (24) of the group of items (23) and the inner surface (25) of the filling pipe (6), that these spacings (26, 27) do not all have the value zero, that the filling pipe (6) has a cross section that is symmetrical to axes of symmetry (28, 29) of the group of items (23), and that two pipe segments (30, 31) of the filling pipe (6) that are opposite and parallel to each other, extend in the transporting direction (10) and on which film takeoffs (8) of the tubular bag machine (1) act are provided.

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