Packaging machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED FOR REMOVING FLAT, COLLASPED CARTONS FROM A PILE, SETTING THEM UP AND FILLING THEM WITH CONTAINERS AT A LOADING STATION, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS FOR PROVIDING FLAT, COLLAPSED CARTONS IN A PILE SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE PILE IS ON THE LOWERMOST CARTON, A FIRST MEMBER EGAGEABLE WITH THE LOWERMOST CARTON, MEANS TO MOVE SAID FIRST MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE FLAT SURFACES OF SAID CARTON TO SLIDABLY REMOVE SAID CARTON FROM UNDER SAID PILE AND MEANS TO AT THE SAME TIME RESTRAIN THE PILE FROM LIKE MOVEMENT, ROLLER MEANS TO CAUSE THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID LOWERMOST CARTON TO UNDERGO ROLLING FRICTION RATHER THAN SLIDING FRICTION WHILE REMOVING SAID LOWERMOST CARTON FROM UNDER SAID PILE, AT LEAST ONE ADDTIONAL AND SEPARATE MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID LOWERMOST CARTON AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME IT IS ENGAGED BY SAID FIRST MEMBER, TO MOVE SAID CARTON FOR A SHORT DISTANCE IN A DIRECTON AT LEAST NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID CARTON TO AID IN SEPARATING SAID CARTON FROM SAID PILE AND A PLURALITY OF LIFTING MEMBERS TO ENGAGE THE SIDE OF SAID PILE TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY LIFT A PORTION OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID PILE FROM SAID LOWERMOST CARTON WHILE SAID LOWERMOST CARTON IS SLIDABLY REMOVED FROM UNDER SAID PILE.