Stripping means for a container pack forming machine

Claim 1

FOR USE IN A MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING CONTAINERS INTO PACKS HELD TOGETHER BY GENERALLY FLAT, SOMEWHAT ELASTIC CARRIERS, SAID MACHINE INCLUDING MEANS FOR DIRECTING A PROCESSION OF CONTAINERS TO A CARRIER AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLY STATION, THEIR BEING ROTOR MEANS PROXIMATE TO SAID ASSEMBLY STATION AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A SUCCESSION OF CARRIERS TO SAID ROTOR MEANS AT A LOCATION CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED FROM SAID ASSEMBLY STATION, SAID ROTOR MEANS INCLUDING SHOE MEANS ON THE PERIPHERY THEREOF FOR PICKING UP SUCCESSIVE CARRIERS FROM SAID CARRIER SUPPLYING MEANS AND APPLYING THE CARRIERS INTO EMBRACING RELATIONS TO CONTAINERS IN SAID ASSEMBLY STATION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING STRIPPER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ROTOR MEANS FOR ASSOCIATION WITH SAID SHOE MEANS, SAID STRIPPER MEANS HAVING A STRIPPING POSITION AND A RECESSED POSITION, THERE BEING BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID STRIPPING MEANS FROM ITS RECESSED POSITION TO ITS STRIPPING POSITION AT SAID CARRIER AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLY STATION.