摘要 |
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus of packaging tea bags in cardboard boxes wherein the tea bags are transported along a guide in groups each of which will form the contents of one box, a folded and glued box blank is withdrawn from a stack and erected into an open-ended tubular configuration, a main flap at the top of the tubular box is folded over to form a floor of an inverted box, and the inverted box is then carried forwardly and downwardly to enclose the advancing group of articles. Advantageously a further main flap at the bottom of the box is then folded from a horizontal configuration underneath the box to a closed configuration enclosing the guide along which the box passes, the box then being advanced off the end of the guide to a delivery station.
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