Feeding mechanism for a container forming machine

Claim 1

IN A FEEDING MECHANISM FOR A CONTAINER FORMING MACHINE, A MACHINE FRAME, A MAGAZINE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF PRE-CUT BLANKS IN AN EDGEWISE POSITION; A CONTAINER FORMING MECHANISM SECURED TO SAID MACHINE FRAME AND INCLUDING A FORMING DIE AND PLUNGER; A BLANK PICK-UP MECHANISM COMPRISING A MAIN TRANSVERSE SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID MACHINE FRAME, PARALLEL ARMS HAVING THEIR OUTER ENDS SECURED TO SAID MAIN TRANSVERSE SHAFT, AN OSCILLATING ROD SECURED TO THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PARALLEL ARMS, SUPPORTING ARMS HAVING THEIR OUTER ENDS SECURED TO THE ENDS OF SAID OSCILLATING TRANSVERSE ROD, AN AUXILIARY TRANSVERSE SHAFT SECURED TO SAID MACHINE FRAME, LEVER ARMS HAVING THEIR INNER ENDS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SUPPORTING ARMS AND THEIR OUTER ENDS SECURED TO SAID AUXILIARY TRANSVERSE SHAFT AND EXTENDING THEREBEYOND TO FORM OFFSET ENDS, OFFSET BRACKET ARMS SECURED TO SAID SUPPORTING ARMS, A BLANK PICK-UP MEMBER SECURED TO SAID OFFSET BRACKET ARMS, AND ECCENTRICALLY OPERATED AND OSCILLATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER ARMS AND ADAPTED TO OSCILLATE SAID TRANSVERSE ROD THROUGH THE JACKNIFING OF SAID PIVOTED SUPPORTING ARMS AND SAID LEVERS SO AS TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENTS OF SAID BLANK PICK-UP MEMBER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE BLANK IT IS CARRYING SAID SUPPORTING ARMS WILL BE MAINTAINED IN APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL POSITIONS IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER FROM THE TIME OF REMOVING THE BLANK FROM THE MAGAZINE AND UNITL IT HAS BEEN PLACED FLATWISE ON THE FORMING DIE.