Boxing machine

Claim 1

AN APPRATUS FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES IN CARTONS OF THE TYPE HAVING FOUR INTERCONNECTED SIDE WALLS AND END CLOSURE FLAPS ON AT LEAST SOME OF THE SIDE WALLS COMPRISING, MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING ERECTED CARTONS WITH THE AXIS OF THE ERECTED CARTONS EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY, CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING SPACED CARTON ENGAGING MEMBERS FOR ADVANCING THE ERECTED CARTONS IN ONE DIRECTION IN A PATH ALONG SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID CARTON SUPPORT MEANS HAVING A CARTON LOADING STATION, A MAGAZINE FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF CARTONS IN FLATTENED CONDITION ABOVE SAID LOADING STATION, CARTON FEED MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING A FLATTENED CARTON FROM THE END OF THE STACK; OPENING THE FLATTENED CARTON; AND DEPOSITING THE OPENED CARTON ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AT SAID LOADING STATION, A FIRST CARTON END CLOSING MEANS MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF POSITION AT A FIRST END OF THE OPENED CARTON AT THE LOADING STATION TO CLOSE SAID FIRST END OF THE CARTON SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT ARTICLES FROM PASSING OUTWARDLY THERETHROUGH, LOADING MEANS FOR LOADING ARTICLES INTO THE CARTON AT SAID LOADING STATION THROUGH A SECOND END THEREOF, A FIRST OPERATING MEANS FOR OPERATING STATION, CARTON FEED MEANS TO FEED A CARTON TO SAID LOADING STATION, A SECOND OPERATING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID FIRST END CLOSING MEANS TO CLOSE SAID FIRST END TO THE CARTON AT THE LOADING STATION, A THIRD OPERATING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO ADVANCE TO LOADED CARTON AWAY FROM SAID LOADING STATION AND ALONG SAID PATH AND MEANS FOR INFOLDING CERTAIN FLAPS ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND ENDS OF THE CARTONS AS THEY ARE MOVED ALONG SAID PATH CONVEYOR MEANS.