Process and device for insertion of two rows of objects into a package

A process for inserting two rows of articles such as bottles, cans or the like into a container which is formed from a one-piece planar blank of foldable material having a one-piece undivided rectilinear top wall, side walls integral with said top wall on both sides thereof, bottom walls integral with the side walls and edge flaps integral with the bottom walls comprising folding the bottom walls and edge flaps simultaneously relative to said top wall and side walls so as to dispose said bottom walls and edge flaps at right angles to said top wall and side walls, initially spreading the two rows of articles relative to each other, placing the folded blank on the two rows of articles with the top wall of the blank in engagement with the tops of the articles, simultaneously further spreading the bottoms of the two rows of articles apart and folding the side walls of the container relative to the top wall of the container until said side walls contact the sides of the articles and the previously folded bottom walls of the container contact the bottoms of the articles, bending the edge flaps upwardly between the two rows into engagement with the opposed sides of the two rows of articles, pressing the edge flaps together by bringing the two rows of articles together and adhesively securing the flaps together.