Abstract: An apparatus for applying closures to filled bottles. A slide cam cooperating with interchangeable roll-on and crimp-on closure applying heads which are mounted in a rotating turret so as to raise and lower the heads with respect to the bottles. Interchangeable slide cam inserts for the slide cam are provided to modify the slide cam depending upon whether roll-on or crimp-on closure applying heads are mounted in the turret.

Abstract: A packaging machine includes oscillatable feeding means for withdrawing cartons from a hopper in sequence together with pusher means which engages withdrawn cartons and moves the cartons in sequence into cooperative relationship with conveyor means having transversely disposed spaced apart flight bars which move the cartons along a predetermined path so that leading end flaps of transversely disposed open ended cartons are disposed for engagement by static plows and so that a folding arm movable in a horizontal plane and through a clearance notch formed in each leading end flap may engage the immediately preceding trailing end flap so as to impart closing movement thereto. The machine may be readily converted for use with cartons of different sizes by suction means disposed on the oscillatable feeding means and arranged to provide suction pressure during every cycle or during alternate cycles only.

Abstract: A filling machine which in its original construction includes a first number of filling units and which is adapted to be converted into a filling machine with a second number of filling units greater than the first number; to that end the actuating drives of two filling units on the same side of the machine are interconnected by the use of a linking bar detachably mounted over the eccentrics thereof while bearing sleeve housings and bearing bushings are detachably secured on the linking bar in a predetermined number and at predetermined locations for installing thereon the lower ends of the filling units; the pump post mounting members for the upper ends of the respective filling units are removed and in lieu thereof an upper mounting bar is fastened to the filling machine by the use of the same threaded holes in the filling machine which were originally used for fastening the pump post mounting members; the upper mounting bar is provided with a number of pump post members detachably secured thereto which cor

Abstract: In a coin packaging apparatus of the type comprising a stacking cylinder for stacking a prescribed number of coins of the same denomination, a cutter blade for severing a wrapper strip as the same is unwound from its roll, wrapping rolls for winding the severed piece of wrapper strip around the circumference of the stack of coins, and a pair of crimping hooks for crimping the opposite marginal edges of the wrapper strip over both ends of the coin stack, several wrapper rolls of different widths are used interchangeably in accordance with the denomination of coins to be packaged, and each time a new wrapper roll is installed in position on the apparatus, its width is sensed by a wrapper width sensing member which correspondingly actuates a mechanism for adjustably moving one of the crimping hooks in the direction of the other hook and a mechanism for adjustably changing the position of the cutter blade in the transverse direction of the wrapper strip which will extend therepast from its roll.