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Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY SETTING UP A CARTON BLANK HAVING A FIRST PANEL WITH OPPOSITE LENGTHWISE EXTENDING EDGES TO WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY HINGEDLY COUPLED SECOND AND THIRD PANELS, EACH OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD PANELS HAVING A RESPECTIVE END FLAP HINGED ON CORRESPONDING PANEL ENDS WITH THE SAID SECOND PANEL FLAP HAVING A SLOT INTO WHICH IS INSERTABLE, WHEN THE SAID SECOND AND THIRD PANELS ARE FOLDED TO A POSITION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION FROM SAID THIRD PANEL, A TAB OF SAID THIRD PANEL FLAP TO HOLD SAID SECOND AND THIRD PANELS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID FOLDED POSITION, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A FEMALE DIE, A MALE DIE HAVING A FIRST SIDE CONFORMING TO SAID FIRST PANEL FOR PUSHING SAID CARTON BLANK INTO SAID FEMALE DIE FIRST PANEL FORWARD, AND FOR SAID SECOND PANEL, A SECOND SIDE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FIRST SIDE AND AT AN ACUTE ANGLE THERETO AT LEAST AT THE CORNER THEREBETWEEN, SAID FEMALE DIE HAVING FOLDING MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID MALE DIE IN SAID FEMALE DIE AND INCLUDING FIRST MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID END FLAPS GENERALLY PERPENDICULRALY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PANELS, SECOND MEANS FOR FOLDING SAID SECOND PANEL AT LEAST AT ITS FLAP END OVER ONTO SAID SECOND MALE DIE SIDE TO EFFECT SUBSTANTIALLY SAID ACUTE ANGLE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PANELS, AND THIRD MEANS FOR FOLDING SAID THIRD PANEL TO CAUSE SAID TAB TO BE INSERTED INTO SAID SLOT TO HOLD SAID SECOND AND THIRD PANELS AS AFORESAID.