Dunnage supply daisy chain stabilizer
AssigneePregis Innovative Packaging LLC
InventorsThomas D. Wetsch, Christopher M. Rains, Christine S. Laub
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Abstract
A rolled sheet-material supply handling-system that comprises a drawing device that can be configured to draw sheet material from a supply station and a stabilizer at the supply station. The stabilizer can define a generally tubular roll-receiving space in which a roll of the sheet material can be received and can have a support surface that can define an axial opening leading from the roll-receiving space to receive the sheet material drawn therefrom by the drawing device. The support surface can be sufficiently extensive to stabilize the outer layer of a roll against collapsing when the remainder of the roll has been extracted from the axial opening.
Claims24
A rolled sheet-material supply handling-system, comprising:
- a drawing device configured to draw sheet material from a supply station;
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- a stabilizer at the supply station defining a generally tubular roll-receiving space in which a roll of the sheet material is receivable and having a support surface that defines an axial opening leading from the roll-receiving space to receive the sheet material drawn therefrom by the drawing device, the support surface being sufficiently extensive to stabilize the an outer layer of a roll against collapsing when the remainder of the roll has been extracted from the axial opening.
A dunnage apparatus, comprising:
- a converting station comprising:
- a drawing device configured to draw sheet material from a supply station;
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- a converter having a rotating drum configured for pulling and crushing the sheet material for converting the sheet material into dunnage;
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- a stabilizer at the supply station defining a roll-receiving space in which a roll of the sheet material is receivable and having a support surface that defines an axial opening leading from the roll-receiving space to receive the sheet material drawn therefrom by the drawing device, the support surface being sufficiently extensive to stabilize the an outer layer of a roll to maintain a generally rolled configuration when the remainder of the roll has been extracted from the axial opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.