Apparatus for continuously feeding and controlling wraparound carrier for packaging a plurality of articles or containers is disclosed. The carriers are of the type having at least two draw-down and feed openings, one opening formed on each side thereof. Each carrier is initially partially wrapped about a plurality of containers. The carrier and container assemblies move along a guide track to the entrance of the carton draw-down (tightening) conveyor line of the present invention. The conveyor ...

A carton packaging apparatus for use in wrapping open-ended sleeve type carton blanks around a pre-formed group of articles being moved along a path of travel through a packaging machine as disclosed. The apparatus includes a series of spaced guide members (30) which move along the path of travel and are adapted to engage one of the side panels (12, 13) of a successive series of carton blanks (10) being moved along the path of travel. The guide members are spaced so as to engage the leading edge...

An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in a predetermined orientation by a belt. Such belt may be of pliable construction and may define a predetermined spacing in between adjacent ones of the syringe bodies, such predetermined spacing corresponding with a distance between ho...

An apparatus for automatically closing the end panels or flaps of cartons or carriers of the type which are in the form of a tube disposed over an assembly of bottles or the like, specifically, bottom loaded beverage bottle carriers or cartons, in which there is a conveyor means for advancing the carton and bottle assemblies along a path between oppositely disposed runs of horizontally disposed, traveling conveyors having panel engaging fingers which co-operate with associated plow members in cl...

An article rotating assembly and process for rotating articles to a predetermined orientation on a moving conveyor. The assembly comprises movable article control structures and cooperating vertical motion and rotational motion assemblies which are synchronized with the conveyor. Each article control structure is constructed and arranged for vertical and rotational movement above the moving conveyor and is controlled by cam follower and guide track structures to engage and rotate articles on the...

There is provided a paperboard wrap and a tightening section for a paperboard wrapping apparatus for applying a paperboard wrap around a plurality of articles, said tightening section comprising an endless drive member having at least one straight line section and having a series of engaging members which project outwardly from the drive member, the engaging members each having a substantially straight edge such that the edges of the engaging members form a substantially straight combined edge a...

A machine is disclosed for packaging a group of beverage bottles, or similar articles, in a wrap-around type blank of foldable sheet material which machine is characterized by a traveling conveyor onto which successive cut and scored blanks are fed and advanced through successive work areas where there are mechanisms for partially folding handle and wall forming panels into which the blanks are divided, which mechanisms include continuously traveling pairs of forming die members which are arrang...

A poultry loading apparatus has an inclined conveyor having an upper end pivotally mounted at one end of a horizontal conveyor which is raised and lowered by power operated scissor linkages to position the horizontal conveyor at an elevation corresponding to cages being loaded with poultry. Belts on the inclined conveyor and on the horizontal conveyor are driven to move poultry up the inclined conveyor onto the horizontal conveyor and therealong where the poultry is manually removed and placed i...

This invention relates to an apparatus for forming a package from a plurality of containers and a wrap-around carrier blank. The apparatus includes a mechanism for transferring a blank from a hopper to a mechanism which applies the same to a group of bottles. The mechanism includes means for at least partially separating a lowermost blank from immediately adjacent blanks and a pair of articulately mounted gripping heads which prevent slippage between each gripped blank and the heads, as well as ...

A carton flap folding assembly (10) and a method of folding carton flaps is disclosed. The carton flap folding assembly includes a modular housing (12) positioned on the framework (22) of a packaging machine, and along the path of travel of articles of product moved along the packaging machine. The carton flap folding assembly includes a drive gear (26) which moves a drive pulley (28) and a star wheel assembly (29) in a timed relationship with respect to one another and with the groups of articl...