Abstract: A plant cup element comprising a number of adjoining plant cups positioned in parallel lines. Each cup includes four planar walls each connected to two adjacent walls along foldable side edges and each cup is of a square cross-section. Two opposite walls of each cup are provided each with a folding line positioned in the middle between the side edges of the wall. Adjoining cups are connected to each other at the corner points of the walls provided with the folding lines. The walls of each cup provided with folding lines collapse in V-form when the plant cup element is pressed together in a direction perpendicular to the remaining unfoldable walls of the cups.

Abstract: A machine for filling a sack and closing the mouth opening of the sack. The machine comprises a sorting apparatus for stacking goods in a desired shape and a closing apparatus for folding and seaming of the mouth end of the sack. The sorting apparatus and closing apparatus are arranged after each other on the same operation line. A revolving apparatus provided with filling racks for supporting the sack is provided to be displaced in a plane perpendicular to said operation line between a first position in which said filling rack is positioned outside said line in order to receive an empty sack and a second position in which the filling rack is positioned on said line in order to be filled with goods and pushed to said closing apparatus for closing the mouth opening of the filled sack.