Carton folding and closing machine

Claim 1

IN A CARTON FOLDING AND CLOSING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO FOLD AND CLOSE A CARTON HAVING A HINGED LID, A FLAP EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM AND OPPOSITELY EXTENDING SIDE FLAPS EXTENDING IN THE PLANE OF THE LID, CARTON CONVEYING MEANS, MEANS FOLDING THE LID OF THE CARTON DOWNWARDLY OVER THE CARTON WITH THE FLAPS THEREOF EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY, A GLUE ROLLER DISPOSED BENEATH THE FORWARDLY EXTENDING FLAP, MEANS ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID GLUE ROLLER TO TRAVEL IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE CARTON, A PRESSURE ROLLER DISPOSED ABOVE SAID GLUE ROLLER IN VERTICALLY ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, MEANS NORMALLY HOLDING THE FORWARDLY EXTENDING FLAP OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLUE ROLLER, AND POWER MEANS OPERABLE IN TIMED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO TRAVEL OF THE CARTON, FOR MOVING SAID PRESSURE ROLLER DOWN INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLAP AT INTERVALS AND PRESSING SAID FLAP TOWARD SAID GLUE ROLLER AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG SAID FLAP, TO EFFECT THE APPLICATION OF GLUE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FLAP AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG SAID FLAP, FOR GLUING SAID FLAP TO THE BODY OF THE CARTON.