Article cartoning machine

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A CARTONING MACHINE FOR PACKING ARTICLES INTO CARTONS COMPRISING, MAGAZINE MEANS FOR STORIONG SAID CARTONS IN A FLAT FOLDED CONDITION, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID FOLDED CARTONS SEQUENTIALLY FROM SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SID CARTONS IN A PATH OF TRAVEL AFTER THEY ARE FED FROM SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR ERECTING SAID CARTONS AS THEY ARE TRANSPORTED ON SAID CONTINUOUS MOVING MEANS, CONVEYOR MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID ARTICLES IN A CONTINUOUS LINE TOWARD AN ARTICLE PACKING STATION, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CONVEYOR AT A FIRST RATE OF SPEED, A PLURALITY OF RESTRAINING MEMBERS MOVABLE PARALLEL WITH SAID ARTICLE CONVEYOR AT A SLOWER RATE OF SPEED, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBERS LATERALLY INTO A RESTRAINING POSITION IN FRONT OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SAID ARTICLES AS SAID MEMBERS AND SAID ARTICLES MOVE TOWARD SAID ARTICLE HANDLING STATION WHEREBY SAID MEMBERS ENGAGE AND RESTRAIN THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTINUOUS LINE OF ARTICLES, MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY MOVING SAID MEMBERS OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ARTICLES WHEREBY SAID PERDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES RELEASED BY THE WITHDRAWN MEMBERS MOVE AS A GROUP AT SAID FIRST RATE OF SPEED ON SAID CONVEYOR AND A GAP IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE RESTRAINED ARTICLES AND THE UNRESTRAINED ARTICLES. MEANS FOR MOVING SAID GROUPS OF ARTICLES INTO AN OPEN SIDE OF SAID CARTONS, AND MEANS FOR SEALING SAID CARTONS AS SAID CARTONS MOVE AWAY FROM SAID PACKING STATION.