Patent ID: 7146784

Claim:
A packaging machine, for loading a plurality of articles into a carton which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for part erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell, means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, means for separating said grouped articles from an adjacent like group of articles, means for loading said grouped articles into said first article receiving cell through an open end thereof in the packaged carton and a means for completing the construction of the carton characterised in that said carton erecting means comprises complementary die members, each said die member being mounted to a rotating wheel wherein each said complementary die member is adapted to inter engage when a carton blank is positioned between the two members, such that said die members cause the blank to be folded to define said article receiving cells, one of said complementary die members having a protruding portion extending from a working face thereof and the other of said complementary die members having a recessed portion adapted to receive said protruding portion, when said blank is placed on said receiving member the protruding portion forces part of the blank into said receiving portion.