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Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR CLOSING THE FLAP OF A CARTON OR BOX COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CONVEYOR CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF CARTON SUPPORT MEMBERS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND MOUNTED UPON SAID CONVEYOR FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH TO CARRY SAID CARTONS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, A FLAP CLOSING STRUCTURE POSITIONED UPON SAID APPARATUS DIRECTLY OVER THE PATH TAKEN BY SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHEN TRAVELING UPON SAID CONVEYOR INCLUDING AN ENDLESS FLAP CLOSING MEANS MOUNTED UPON SAID FLAP CLOSING STRUCTURE AND ADAPTED TO CONTACT SAID FLAP AS THE LATER MOVES WITH SAID CONTAINER SUPPORT MEMBERS BENEATH SAID ENDLESS MEANS, AND SAID ENDLESS MEANS ALSO INCLUDING AN OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FLAP AS THE ENDLESS MEANS MOVES RELATIVE TO SAID CARTON, DRIVING MEANS FOR SAID ENDLESS MEANS AND FOR SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, TIMED MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR AND SAID ENDLESS MEANS WHEREBY SAID OPENING WILL MOVE RELATIVE TO SAID CARTON TO RECEIVE A TRAILING FLAP THEREOF, A HOOK MEANS PIVOTED TO SAID APPARATUS ABOVE SAID PATH AND POSITIONED RELATIVE TO SAID ENDLESS MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID HOOK BEING ADAPTED TO PIVOT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR, THE LOWER END OF SAID HOOK BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE FREE END OF A LEADING FLAP OF SAID CARTON TO RAISE THE SAME AS THE CARTON PASSES BELOW SAID HOOK, AND A PLOW MEMBER POSITIONED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOOK FROM SAID ENDLESS MEANS AND LOCATED AT A DISTANCE THEREFROM SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE PIVOT RADIUS OF SAID HOOK.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR CLOSING THE FLAP OF A CARTON OR BOX COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CONVEYOR CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF CARTON SUPPORT MEMBERS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND MOUNTED UPON SAID CONVEYOR FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH TO CARRY SAID CARTONS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, A FLAP CLOSING STRUCTURE POSITIONED UPON SAID APPARATUS DIRECTLY OVER THE PATH TAKEN BY SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHEN TRAVELING UPON SAID CONVEYOR INCLUDING AN ENDLESS FLAP CLOSING MEANS MOUNTED UPON SAID FLAP CLOSING STRUCTURE AND ADAPTED TO CONTACT SAID FLAP AS THE LATER MOVES WITH SAID CONTAINER SUPPORT MEMBERS BENEATH SAID ENDLESS MEANS, AND SAID ENDLESS MEANS ALSO INCLUDING AN OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FLAP AS THE ENDLESS MEANS MOVES RELATIVE TO SAID CARTON, DRIVING MEANS FOR SAID ENDLESS MEANS AND FOR SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, TIMED MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR AND SAID ENDLESS MEANS WHEREBY SAID OPENING WILL MOVE RELATIVE TO SAID CARTON TO RECEIVE A TRAILING FLAP THEREOF, A HOOK MEANS PIVOTED TO SAID APPARATUS ABOVE SAID PATH AND POSITIONED RELATIVE TO SAID ENDLESS MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID HOOK BEING ADAPTED TO PIVOT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR, THE LOWER END OF SAID HOOK BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE FREE END OF A LEADING FLAP OF SAID CARTON TO RAISE THE SAME AS THE CARTON PASSES BELOW SAID HOOK, AND A PLOW MEMBER POSITIONED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOOK FROM SAID ENDLESS MEANS AND LOCATED AT A DISTANCE THEREFROM SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE PIVOT RADIUS OF SAID HOOK.