Packaging machine and method

Claim 1

A METHOD OF FORMING A PACKAGE FROM A COLLAPSED, SLEEVE-TYPE CARTON BLANK THAT HAS SERIALLY CONNECTED TOP, BOTTOM AND OPPOSED SIDE WALL PANELS DISPOSED IN AN INITIALLY COLLAPSED CONDITION IN WHICH THE SIDE WALL PANELS LIE FLAT WITH ONE SIDE WALL PANEL UNDERLYING THE TOP WALL PANEL AND THE OTHER SIDE WALL PANEL OVERLYING THE BOTTOM WALL PANEL AND WITH END FLAPS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH END OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALL PANELS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FOLDING BOTH SAID UNDERLYING SIDE WALL PANEL AND THE PORTION OF THE TOP WALL PANEL THEREABOVE TO A GENERALLY UPRIGHT DISPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO BOTH THE BOTTOM WALL PANEL AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TOP WALL PANEL, RETAINING SAID UNDERLYING SIDE WALL PANEL IN SAID GENERALLY UPRIGHT DISPOSITION WHILE UNFOLDING SAID TOP WALL PANEL PORTION ABOUT THE JUNCTURE WITH SAID UNDERLYING SIDE WALL PANEL TO A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DISPOSITION AND THEREBY RAISING SAID TOP WALL PANEL ABOVE THE BOTTOM WALL PANEL AND ERECTING SAID OVERLYING SIDE WALL PANEL, LOADING CONTENTS ENDWISE INTO THE CARTON BLANK BETWEEN THE SEPARATED TOP AND BOTTOM WALL PANELS, FOLDING ONE END FLAP AT EACH END INTO AN END CLOSING DISPOSITION, MEASURING AMOUNTS OF GLUE IN BEAD FORM FOR APPLICATION TO SAID FOLDED END FLAPS, APPLYING SAID MEASURED AMOUNTS OF GLUE BY CONTACT TO SAID FOLDED END FLAPS TO SECURE THE FLAPS TOGETHER AND THEREBY SEAL THE ENDS OF THE PACKAGE.