Carton forming and filling machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR FORMING AND FILLING A TUBULAR CARTON COMPRISING: (A) A FRAME STRUCTURE; (B) A TURNTABLE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID STRUCTURE AND INCLUDING MOTIVE MEANS ADAPTED TO ROTATE SAID TURNTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE ABOUT AN AXIS OF ROTATION IN AN ARCUATE STEPPED MOVEMENT; (C) A PLURALITY OF SPACED MANDRELS MOUNTED ON SAID TURNTABLE WITH THEIR LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE TURNTABLE; (D) A PLURALITY OF WORK SPACE STATIONS POSITIONED ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE AROUND AND ADJACENT TURNTABLES WITH THE MANDRELS THEREON; (E) A CARTON BLANK, DISPENSING AND LOADING MEANS POSITIONED AT THE FIRST OF SAID STATIONS AND OPERATIVE TO ERECT THE FLAP CARTON BLANK AND ADVANCE THE ERECTED CARTON BLANK ONTO A MANDREL ON THE TURNTABLE; (F) CARTON BLANK BREAK MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID FIRST STATION AND OPERATIVE TO PRE-BEND BOTTOM FLAPS OF SAID CARTON BLANK AT SAID FIRST STATION; (G) HEATING MEANS POSITIONED AT A SECOND OF SAID STATIONS AND OPERATIVE TO HEAT THE PRE-BENT BOTTOM FLAPS OF THE CARTON BLANK; (H) PRESSURE SEALING MEANS POSITIONED AT THE THIRD OF SAID STATIONS AND OPERATIVE TO SEAL THE PRE-BENT AND HEATED BOTTOM FLAPS OF THE CARTON TO SEAL THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTON POSITIONED INVERTED ON THE MANDRELS; (I) TOP FLAP PRE-BREAK MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID THIRD STATION AND OPERATIVE TO FOLD TOP FLAPS OF SAID CARTON BLANK POSITIONED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MANDREL; (J) CARTON REMOVAL AND INVERTING MEANS POSITIONED AT THE FOURTH OF SAID STATIONS AND OPERATIVE TO REMOVE