Tow packaging

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING TOW IN CARTONS, COMPRISING, A MAIN SUPPORT; A ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK SUPPORTED BY SAID MAIN SUPPORT, SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK HAVING A RELATIVELY SHORT LOWER SECTION AND A RELATIVELY LONGER UPPER SECTION OVERHANGING BEYOND SAID LOWER SECTION AT EACH END THEREOF, SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT ITS AXIS OF ROTATION; A PAIR OF SLEEVES EACH SUPPORTED IN THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A PATH EXTENDING BETWEEN A POSITION ADJACENT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK WHERE SAID SLEEVE IS ABOVE A PORTION OF THE LOWER SECTION OF SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK AND A POSITION REMOTE FROM SAID AXIS OF ROTATION WHERE SAID SLEEVE IS BEYOND THE LIMITS OF SAID LOWER SECTION, EACH SLEEVE BEING ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH A CARTON PLACED THEREBELOW TO EFFECTIVELY FORM A TEMPORARY VERTICAL EXTENSION THEREOF; MEANS FOR MOVING EACH OF SAID SLEEVES ALONG ITS SAID PATH; TOW FEEDING AND DIRECTING MEANS FOR FEEDING AND DIRECTING TOW INTO A SLEEVE AND A CARTON PLACED THEREBELOW; AND PRESS MEANS FOR COMPRESSING TOW FROM A SLEEVE INTO THE CARTON PLACED THEREBELOW, SAID TOW FEEDING AND DIRECTING MEANS AND SAID PRESS MEANS BEING DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE FRAMEWORK SO EACH OF SAID MEANS MAY SIMULTANEOUSLY HAVE ONE SLEEVE OF SAID PAIR OF SLEEVES OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.