PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bag filling and packaging apparatus in which a plurality of grippers are moved continuously along a racetrack-shaped annular track, and in the process of one cycle of the grippers, packaging operations including filling of bags with product to be filled, and sealing of the bag mouth are performed, which is controlled to automatically clear the clogging without decreasing productivity even in the case clogging occurs inside a hopper.
SOLUTION: A bag filling and packaging apparatus includes hollow guide members 42 that are disposed below ascending/descending hoppers 41 and guide the product dropping from hoppers 41 into the interior of bags 9, the guide members being raised/lowered and moved together with the hoppers 41 in a filling region A. The guide members 42 comprise a pair of opening and closing guide frames 43 and 44 that are disposed to face each other; and when clogging is detected in a guide member by first detection means 57, its guide frames 43 and 44 are repeatedly opened and closed while moving through a non-filling region B, thus promoting the dropping of the product. Directly below the guide members 42 is provided a receiving member 40 that receives the product.
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