Feed station for folding boxes

In a feed station for placing goods into folded boxes having first and second side edge flaps thereon comprising a transport device including a first conveyor belt for the folded boxes, which boxes are each open on at least one end, the first side edge flap, as the box moves in a selected direction of movement, leading the second side edge flap, a second conveyor belt for supplying the goods to be placed into the boxes, which second conveyor belt is arranged parallel to the first conveyor belt and is moved synchronously therewith, a bridging belt oriented between the first and second conveyor belts and extending parallel thereto and driven synchronously therewith, which bridging belt has upstanding leading and trailing partitioning guide plates for laterally limiting a slide-in path of the goods into the folded boxes, and a slide-in device for moving the goods into the folded boxes, the improvement wherein the feed station has a flap-retaining means comprising a guide stationarily arranged in front of and upstream of the bridging belt for swinging the first and second side edge flaps of the folded box, during abutment therewith, to a position oriented parallel with respect to the direction of movement of the boxes and wherein said flap retaining means further includes a moving guide plate oriented in a processing position downstream to the stationary guide, which moving guide plate holds the second side edge flap of the folded box, which second side edge flap is a trailing flap, away from the box opening until the respective trailing partitioning guide plate for the goods lies in front of the corresponding second side edge flap.