Mechanism for feeding box blanks

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FEEDING BOX BLANKS AT THREE TIMED FREQUENCIES WITH ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY COMPRISING, A RECIPROCATING FEEDER FOR FEEDING BOX BLANKS SUCCESSVELY FROM A STACK TO ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY, AN OUTPUT SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID RECIPROCATING FEEDER AND OPERABLE UPON ROTATION TO RECIRPOCATE SAID FEEDER, AN INPUT SHAFT CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN BY SAID ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY IN TIMED RELATION THERETO, A PRIMARY TRANSMISSION OPERABLE TO CONNECT SAID INPUT SHAFT TO SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FOR RECIPROCATING SAID FEEDER AT A FIFST TIMED FREQUENCY RELATIVE TO ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY, AN AUXILIARY TRANSMISSION OPERABLE IN A FIRST POSITION TO CONNECT SAID INPUT SHAFT TO SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FOR RECIPROACTING SAID FEEDER AT A SECOND TIMED FREQUENCY RELATIVE TO SAID PROCESSING MACHINERY AND IN A SECOND POSITION TO CONNECT SAID INPUT SHAFT TO SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FOR RECIPROCATING SAID FEEDER AT A THIRD TIMED FREQUENCY RELATIVE TO SAID PROCESSING MACHINERY, AND SAID PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY TRANSMISSIONS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED SO THAT IN ALL OF SAID FREQUENCIES SAID RECIPROACTING FEEDER FEEDS BOX BLANKS INTO THE ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY AT A LINEAR VELOCITY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE PERIPHERAL VELOCITY OF A ROTATING MEMBER IN SAID ADJACENT PROCESSING MACHINERY.