Abstract: A carton conveyor means for receiving cartons directly from a carton erecting and forming machine, and conveying the cartons along a linear path through a series of work stations for filling and sealing the cartons. The conveyor includes a pair of roller chains. Each of the roller chains has attached thereto a plurality of spaced apart metal lug carrier clips which are detachably mounted on the chain. A non-metallic conveyor lug is assembled to each of the lug carrier clips in a snap-in-fashion. The conveyor lugs function to transport the cartons along a pair of carton support rails. The conveyor lugs also function as guide means and bearing means for supporting the conveyor chains.

Abstract: A continuous motion pre-form reheat oven for use with a continuous motion stretch blow molding apparatus. The pre-form reheat oven receives pre-forms, reheats the pre-forms, and then discharges the pre-forms onto a moving stretch pin means operatively mounted on a continuous motion stretch blow molding apparatus, as a rotary type stretch blow molding machine. The oven has a pre-form heating zone and a pre-form conditioning zone, and it is adapted to be mounted adjacent a continuous motion stretch blow molding apparatus. The oven includes a plurality of longitudinal tunnels with heater means along each side of each of the tunnels in the pre-form heating zone. The heater means each includes a plurality of heater rods which are separated by heat reflectors and which are each individually temperature controlled. The oven pre-form conditioning zone includes cooling means for cooling the bodies of pre-forms, and heating means for controlling the heat in the neck areas of the pre-forms.