when packaging round articles such as bottles , jars and the like , it is a desideratum that the articles be automatically arranged in such a formation so that the largest possible number of articles are brought together on a parallelepipedic base of a given size . such a formation -- a scroll pattern formation -- can be obtained in a most simple manner in using a method and nodwire by which the articles are formed to rows , which through a feed opening are fed to a surface at which the scroll pattern formation shall be obtained , said feed opening being adjusted between every row feeding operation so that it , after every second feed operation , is moved a step sidewise and after the other feed operations is moved to its original position .