Cutterless dunnage converter and method

Details Cutterless dunnage converter and method Cutterless dunnage converter and method

2007-01-31

2008-08-05

Tawfik, Sameh H. (Department: 3721)

Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi

Bending

Crushing or crumpling

C493S407000, C493S904000, C493S967000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07407471

ABSTRACT:
A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to operate in both a forward direction and a reverse direction. To automatically separate a discrete dunnage product from the strip, a holder grabs and holds the strip of dunnage at a holding location downstream of the feeding assembly. The feeding assembly then operates in a reverse direction and urges the strip away from the holding location. This causes the strip to separate at or between the holding location and the feeding assembly, leaving a discrete dunnage product ready for use. The converter is mounted to a stand that allows the converter to rotate relative to part of the stand about both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.

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