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A cartoner for elongated articles including a source of a series of unshaped bundles thereof, a first conveyor having first article buckets thereon with a first reach adjacent to the source of articles so that each first article bucket receives an unshaped bundle of articles therein, a second convey

A cartoner for elongated articles including a source of a series of unshaped bundles thereof, a first conveyor having first article buckets thereon with a first reach adjacent to the source of articles so that each first article bucket receives an unshaped bundle of articles therein, a second conveyor having a set of second article buckets each having at least one wall shiftable between receiving and shaping positions with a first reach of the second conveyor adjacent to the first reach of the first conveyor so that each of the second article buckets receive an unshaped bundle of articles from one of the first article buckets, a leveling plate for leveling the contents of the second article bucket with the wall in the shaping position thereof, a set of filler members on the second conveyor for pushing the elongated articles from the second article bucket into a carton on an adjacent carton conveyor, and suitable control mechanism for causing the proper interaction of the various conveyors and parts thereof.

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Handling mechanism for predetermined unshaped bundles of elongated articles comprising a source of a series of predetermined unshaped bundles of elongated articles, a first continuous conveyor having a set of first article buckets thereon, said first conveyor having a first reach adjacent to said so

Handling mechanism for predetermined unshaped bundles of elongated articles comprising a source of a series of predetermined unshaped bundles of elongated articles, a first continuous conveyor having a set of first article buckets thereon, said first conveyor having a first reach adjacent to said source of unshaped bundles of articles, said set of first article buckets while traveling along said first reach of said first conveyor each receiving an unshaped bundle of articles therein, a second continuous conveyor having thereon a set of second article buckets each including a bottom wall and two opposed side walls, each of said second article buckets having at least one of said side walls shiftable with respect to the other side wall between a retracted receiving position and a closed shaping position, said second conveyor having a first reach adjacent to said first reach of said first conveyor, said set of second article buckets while traveling along said first reach of said second conveyor each receiving an unshaped bundle of articles therein from an associated one of said first buckets, and control mechanism for said second article buckets for placing said one side wall in the retracted receiving position while receiving an unshaped bundle of articles in the associated second article bucket and for thereafter moving said one side wall to the closed shaping position thereof to arrange the unshaped bundle into a bundle having a predetermined desired shape.