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A container assembling machine operable successively to form and insert first container components into second container components at an assembly station to form containers, the machine having as an integral part or as an attachment a second component ready station adjoining the assembly station; a

A container assembling machine operable successively to form and insert first container components into second container components at an assembly station to form containers, the machine having as an integral part or as an attachment a second component ready station adjoining the assembly station; a second component grasping arm reciprocally mounted on the machine for movement between the ready station and the assembly station; first component inserting members pivotally mounted on the machine in introducing relation to a second component in the assembly station; a container discharge arm pivotally mounted on the machine for movement through the assembly station; and a synchronous drive mechanism operably interconnecting the machine and the grasping and discharge arms for fully automatic sequential assembly and discharge of containers from the machine. The invention is suitable for embodiment in auxiliary attachments for existing container assembling machines.

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In a container assembling machine having a die assembly, a container assembly position and being adapted successively to forM first components in said die assembly and subsequently to thrust said components through the die assembly along a predefined path of travel into the assembly position and hav

In a container assembling machine having a die assembly, a container assembly position and being adapted successively to forM first components in said die assembly and subsequently to thrust said components through the die assembly along a predefined path of travel into the assembly position and having a source of second components disposed in feeding relation to the assembly position, said second components having endwardly interconnected walls with extended flaps having slots between the flaps and the components folded into a substantially flat configuration to position selected walls in leading and trailing relation and in substantial facing engagement with predetermined slots in offset relation, an improvement comprising guide members pivotally mounted intermediate the die assembly and the assembly position for movement between positions substantially transverse to said path of travel and positions substantially parallel to the path of travel; finger means borne by the machine in the assembly position adjacent to the source and in juxtaposition to a predetermined slot of the adjacent second component; and means, including a grasping member mounted on the machine for movement between an extended, wall engaging position and a retracted component erecting position, for grasping a selected leading wall of said second component and drawing said wall into the assembly position and the predetermined slot about the finger means for engagement of said finger means with the flap of the trailing wall to unfold said second component into first component receiving relation in the assembly position.