Semi-automatic bagging machine

A semi-automatic bagging machine for assisting an operator in bagging clothing garments is disclosed. The bags are formed from a polyethylene material supplied in continuous, tubular form from a roll, by transversely sealing the material at a desired location and severing it near the seal, thereby closing the top of one bag and leaving an open end of the continuous material for the bottom of the next bag. A series of perforated, hollow plastic spheres, of the type known as "wiffle balls", is supported by the apparatus, within the path of the tubular material, for spreading and maintaining the material apart, thereby greatly facilitating the operator in manually drawing the material over the garment.