Apparatus having laminating rolls for laminating continuous strips of
different kinds of material together wherein all of the continuous strips
enter the nip between the laminating rolls from one side of a plane
tangent to each of the laminating rolls at the nip. Also, apparatus having
rotary cutting and creasing rolls located before the laminating rolls form
most of the cut lines for the carton blank without changing the continuity
of a continuous strip of a relatively rigid material so that it can be
pulled through the laminating rolls. In those instances wherein two carton
blanks are formed at the same time, scrap removal apparatus is provided
for removing scrap located between the two carton blanks.