Packaging machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAPER CURRENCY, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR HAVING UPPER AND LOWER FLIGHTS, A PLURALITY OF TRAYS MOUNTED ON SAID CONVEYOR, EACH TRAY HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF PAPER CURRENCY WITH THE LONG AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF CONVEYOR MOVEMENT, SIDE, FRONT AND REAR WALLS ON EACH TRAY, CENTRAL RECESSED PORTIONS IN THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS, A BAND FEEDING STATION AT ONE END OF THE UPPER FLIGHT OF SAID CONVEYOR ADAPTED TO FEED FLAT PAPER BANDS IN SINGLE SUCCESSION ONTO SAID TRAYS IN THE DIRECTION OF CONVEYOR MOVEMENT, SAID BANDS EXTENDING BEYOND SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLS THROUGH SAID RECESSED PORTIONS, A FORWARD EXTENSION ON EACH TRAY IN THE PLANE OF THE TRAY BOTTOM AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRONT RECESSED PORTION, AN UPWARD EXTENSION ON THE OUTER END OF SAID FORWARD EXTENSION, WHEREBY THE FORWARD EXTENSION IS ADAPTED TO LOCATE A BAND, A BAND WRAPPING STATION AT THE OTHER END OF SAID UPPER CONVEYOR FLIGHT, FINGERS AT SAID BAND WRAPPING STATION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FINGERS UPWARDLY AND WITHIN THE SAID RECESSED PORTIONS TO FOLD THE ENDS OF SAID BANDS OVER CURRENCY PLACED THEREON IN SAID TRAY.