Article cartoning machine

Claim 1

A CARTONING MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND ERECTING CARTONS AND FOR LOADING ARTICLES INTO THE SAID CARTONS, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING MAGAZINE MEANS FOR STORING SAID CARTONS IN A FLAT FOLDED CONDITION, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID CARTONS SEQUENTIALLY FROM SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID CARTONS IN A PATH OF TRAVEL AFTER THEY ARE FED FROM SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR ERECTING SAID CARTONS AS THEY ARE TRANSPORTED ON SAID CONTINUOUS MOVING MEANS, SAID ERECTED CARTONS HAVING FORU SIDE WALLS FROM WHICH EXTEND SIDE WALL FLAPS, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SIDE WALL FLAPS TO FORM TWO OPPOSITE OPEN SIDES ON SAID ERECTED CARTONS, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING TWO CONTINUOUS STREAMS OF ARTICLES IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARTONS ADJACENT THE OPEN SIDES OF SAID CARTONS, FEED SCREW MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STREAMS OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CONTINUOUS ARTICLE MOVING MEANS TOWARD THE OPEN SIDES OF SAID CARTONS AND FOR SEGREGATING SAID ARTICLES INTO GROUPS, SAID FEED SCREW MEANS HAVING A SPIRAL VANE OF INCREASING WIDTH THEREON OPERABLE TO SPACE SAID ARTICLES INTO GROUPS OF ARTICLES SPACED APART AN INCREASING DISTANCE AS THEY ARE MOVED ALONG SAID FEED SCREW BY SAID SPIRAL VANE, EACH OF SAID GROUPS CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES, MEANS FOR MOVING A GROUP OF ARTICLES INTO EACH OPEN SIDE OF SAID CARTONS AND MEANS FOR MOVING AND SEALING SAID SIDE WALL FLAPS.