| 摘要 |
An apparatus for use in filling and closing egg cartons which comprises a frame mounted above a horizontal table onto which a cellular carton with a hinged cover member is adapted to be deposited in open position, so that eggs may be placed therein by an operator, the frame having a cross bar assembly carrying a series of radial fingers mounted at the front thereof which is adapted to be rotated to engage the fingers with a hinged locking panel at the front edge of the carton and to swing the panel into position for locking engagement inside the front wall of the cover member when the latter is closed, the cross bar assembly being movable to advance the filled carton beneath a cover closing assembly which is spaced rearwardly of the front cross bar assembly and above the table and which includes a plate member with the forward edge disposed in the path of the cover member so as to swing it down into closed position and having spring fingers arranged to bear on the cover member and insure engagement of co-operating locking elements on the cover front wall and the locking panel as the carton is advanced by pressure of a succeeding carton which is subsequently advanced beneath the cover closing assembly.
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