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US 2003/0158025 A1Published application
Pull tab device for a dunnage machine stock supply
OwnerEdward W. Lintala, Joseph J. Hardinginventors
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OwnerEdward W. Lintala, Joseph J. Hardinginventors
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A label-like pull tab device releasably secures a leading end of a sheet stock material to a supply of stock material for a dunnage producing machine. The device has end portions with an adhesive on a back side, and a tab portion between the end portions. In use, one end portion is attached to the leading end of the stock material, the tab portion is placed across the leading edge of the stock material, and the other end portion, on the other side of the tab portion, is attached to the supply of stock material. The device also includes at least one tear line between the tab portion and at least one of the end portions. Pulling on the tab portion tears the device along the tear line, separating the tab portion from at least one end portion, and releasing the leading end of the stock material from the supply.
In combination with a supply of sheet stock material, a pull tab device for releasably securing a leading end of the stock material to the supply, the device having opposite end portions connected to a tab portion interposed therebetween, and at least one tear line between the tab portion and at least one of the end portions, one end portion being attached to a leading end of the stock material and the other end portion being attached to the stock supply, whereby the tab portion may be separated from at least one end portion along the tear line therebetween to release the leading end of the stock material from the stock supply.
A pull tab device for releasably securing a leading end of a supply of sheet stock material, comprising end portions connected to a tab portion interposed between the end portions, and at least one tear line between the tab portion and at least one of the end portions, the end portions each having an adhesive on a back side thereof for attaching one end portion to the leading end of the stock material and the other end portion to the supply of stock material, whereby the tab portion may be separated from at least one end portion along the tear line therebetween to release the leading end of the stock material from the stock supply.
A method of feeding a sheet stock material into a cushioning conversion machine from a supply of sheet stock material having a leading end of the stock material secured to the supply with a device having opposite end portions connected to a tab portion interposed therebetween, and at least one tear line between the tab portion and at least one of the end portions, one end portion being attached to a leading end of the stock material and the other end portion being attached to the stock supply, the method comprising the step of releasing the leading end of the stock material by separating the tab portion from at least one of the end portions along the tear line therebetween.
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