MACHINE MAKES FILLS AND SEALS BOXES.
Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette , 14 May 1913, Page 7
MACHINE MAKES FILLS AND SEALS BOXES.
A machine that automatically fills a paper bag with a brand of cooking powder, folds the top of the bag-, makes a pasteboard box, places the bag and a printed circular in the box, seals the box and drops it into a large basket, is among the labor-saving devices . used by a large manufacturer, The entire operation requires but a small fraction of time and 15,000 boxes are filled and sealed in a day of 10 hours. The most expert pair of human hands coxild not complete one box in less than three minutes, or 200 boxes in ten hours.