Machine for compressing and subsequently packing compressible articles such as pulp egg trays

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A MACHINE FOR COMPRESSING AND SUBSEQUENTLY PACKING COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION FEEDING MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID MATERIAL AND HAVING A DELIVERY END, PACKAGE HOLDING MEANS FOR HOLDING A PACKAGE IN ITS OPEN STATE, SAID PACKAGE HOLDING MEANS BEING PLACED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID DELIVERY END OF SAID FEEDING MEANS AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, TRANSFERRING MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID MATERIAL FROM SAID FEEDING MEANS TO SAID PACKAGE, SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IS APPROXIMATELY ALIGNED WITH SAID FEEDING MEANS AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FEEDING MEANS AND IS ADJACENT TO THE OPEN END OF SAID PACKAGE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MATERIAL FROM SAID FEEDING MEANS TO SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF, STOP MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN A PACKAGE OPENING BLOCKING POSITION AND A NON-BLOCKING POSITION WHEN SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IS IN ITS SECOND POSITION, MEANS MOVABLE TOWARDS SAID STOP MEANS IN ITS BLOCKING POSITION AND IN A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH SAID MATERIAL ON SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IN THE SECOND POSITION THEREOF AS TO COMPRESS SAID MATERIAL AGAINST SAID STOP MEANS IN ITS BLOCKING POSITION AND TO SUBSEQUENTLY PACK SAID COMPRESSED MATERIAL BY PUSHING IT FROM SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS INTO SAID PACKAGE WHEN SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS IS IN ITS SECOND POSITION.