Carton assembling machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTONS FROM CARDBOARD AND SIMILAR MATERIALS FROM ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS INCLUDING A CARTON BODY HAVING SIDE AND END PANELS TOP SIDE AND END FLAPS AND BOTTOM SIDE TABS A BOTTOM LINER HAVING UPWARDLY BENT END PORTIONS, AND A PARTITIONING INSERT, THE COMBINATION OF A CONVEYOR FOR LOADING AND STEP-ADVANCING CARTON BODIES HAVING A CARTON BODY LOADING STATION, AND ADHESIVE APPLICATOR STATION, A PRESS STATION, AND A CARTON DISCHARGE STATION, EQUALLY SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER A PRESS COMPRISING A RECIPROCABLE RAM MEMBER FORMED TO PRESS AN ASSEMBLED BOTTOM LINER AND PARTITIONING INSERT WITHIN A CARTON BODY LOCATED AT SAID PRESS STATION, SAID CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF BOTTOM GUIDES SUPPORTING SAID BOTTOM FLAPS IN AN INWARDLY FOLDED RIGHT ANGLE POSITION AND PROVIDING ANVIL SURFACES FOR SAID RAM MEMBER AT SAID PRESS STATION OUTWARDLY FLANGED TOP GUIDES AND COVER MEMBER SUPPORTING THEREBETWEEN THE OUTWARDLY FOLDED TOP SIDE FLAPS A CONVEYOR BELT WITH CARTON BODY ENGAGING MEMBERS ATTACHED THERETO HAVING THE SAME SPACING AS SAID STATIONS, AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING SUCCESSIVE STEPPED ADVANCES TO SAID CONVEYOR BELT TO MOVE EACH CARTON BODY TO THE NEXT SUCCEEDING STATION.