Method and machine for packaging articles

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR APPLYING A WRAP-AROUND CARTON TO CONTAINERS AND THE LIKE ARRANGED IN ROWS, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE CARTON BLANKS INTO THE MACHINE INCLUDING CARTON BLANK CONVEYING MEANS OPERATING IN THE DIRECTION OF AND OVERLYING THE CONTAINERS BEING DELIVERED INTO THE MACHINE, SAID MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE CARTON BLANKS TERMINATING SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE LOCATION WHERE SAID FOLDED CARTON BLANKS ARE DROPPED ONTO THE CONTAINER AND MEANS FOR DROPPING THE FOLDED CARTON BLANKS ONTO THE CONTAINERS INCLUDING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE FOLDED CARTON BLANK TOWARD SAID CONTAINERS, ROLLER MEANS MOUNTED IN A ROTATING SUPPORT, THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SUPPORT BEING POSITIONED BEYOND THE TERMINATION OF SAID CARTON BLANK CONVEYING MEANS AND EXTENDING ABOVE AND ACROSS THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE CONTAINERS BEING DELIVERED INTO THE MACHINE, SAID ROLLER MEANS COMPLETING THE DOWNWARD FOLDING OF THE CARTON BLANK SIDE PANELS, AND PRESSING THE FOLDED CARTON BLANK DOWN UPON THE UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID CONTAINERS BY THE ROLLING ACTION OF SAID ROLLERS, AND RESILIENT FINGER MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID ROTATING SUPPORT AND HAVING AN ARCUATE END PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL TO THE CIRCULAR PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID FINGER MEANS, SAID RESILIENT FINGER MEANS ADDITIONALLY PRESSING THE FOLDED CARTON BLANK AGAINST THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE CONTAINERS.