the distance of the slit it would exactly follow the configuration of the periphery of the cup this would result in pointed ends being formed on the respective support finger defined by such slits in each of the embodiments which are illustrated in the figures the ends of the respective support fingers are square it is evident that round or even a further shaped could be acheived by making an appropriate shaped slit in the lips to define the finger shape referring now to fig5 and 6 a packaging machine utilized to form the packaging cups 10 or the packaging cup 80 has a conveyor belt having a series of support plates 100 linked together to form a continuous belt a preformed as for instance a vacuum formed matrix of connected packaging cups 102 is positioned in one of the support plates 100 and the individual cups are then filled with a condiment or other material by a fill head 104 a lid material 106 is sealed to the matrix 102 of the individual cups and then a die or other cutting mechanism as for instance a plurality of cutting knives is utilized to separate the individual packaging cups 10 from the matrix 102 as is seen in fig6 in a fragmentary close up view of the support plate 100 the support plate 100 has a plurality of channels formed therein these channels include longitudinal channels 108 which go along the length of the support plate 100 in the direction of movement of the plate 100 and cross channels 110 which are perpendicular to the longitudinal channels 108 the support plate 100 illustrated in fig6.