Apparatus for making carrier bags

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING HANDLED BAGS, MEANS PROVIDING FOR A TRAVELING PAPER WEB DESTINED TO FORM THE BODY OF THE BAGS AND UPON WHICH HANDLES AND SECURING PATCHES ARE TO BE DEPOSITED AND ADHESIVELY SECURED THERETO AT SPACED INTERVALS, A REVOLUBLE, HANDLE FORMING DRUM OPERATIVELY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE TRAVELING WEB, A PATCH RECEIVING STATION ON SAID DRUM, MEANS FOR FEEDING THERETO CUT PATCHES WHICH MAY BEAR THEREON GLUE FOR SUBSEQUENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HANDLE LEGS, AND MEANS FOR RETAINING THEM THEREON, A HANDLE CORD RECEIVING STATION UPON SAID DRUM AXIALLY REMOVED FROM SAID PATCH RECEIVING STATION AND OPERATIVELY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT THERETO, MEANS FOR FEEDING CUT LENGTHS OF CORD TO SAID CORD RECEIVING STATION AND FOR RETAINING SAME IN PLACE OPPOSITE SAID PATCH RECEIVING STATION, A HANDLE FORMING DIE ON SAID DRUM, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAME TO FORM THE CORD LENGTHS INTO HANDLES WITH THE LEGS OF EACH HANDLE PROJECTED OVER UPON A PATCH WHEREBY, UPON CONTINUED ROTATION OF SAID DRUM, SAID HANDLE AND PATCH ARE DEPOSITED AS A UNIT UPON SAID WEB WITH THE HANDLE LEGS BETWEEN THE WEB AND THE PATCH.