Reduced footprint dunnage conversion system and method
AssigneeRanpak Corp.
InventorsRobert C. Cheich, David V. Murphy, Richard L. Gwynne, Steven M. Toneff
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Abstract
A method of converting a supply of sheet stock into a relatively less dense dunnage product, including the following steps of (i) providing a stack of fan-folded sheet material having fold lines parallel to a width dimension; and (ii) drawing sheet stock material from the stack in a direction parallel to the width dimension.
Claims23
An apparatus for converting a supply of sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product, the supply including a stack of fan-folded sheet stock material having a width dimension and fold lines generally parallel to the width dimension;
- the apparatus comprising a housing enclosing a feed mechanism, and a support for a supply of sheet stock material upstream of the housing to support a stack of fan-folded sheet stock material with the width dimension being aligned with a downstream direction through the housing.
A method of converting a supply of sheet stock into a relatively less dense dunnage product, comprising the following steps:
- (i) providing a stack of fan-folded sheet material having fold lines parallel to a width dimension;
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- (ii) drawing sheet stock material from the stack in a direction parallel to the width dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.