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US 2026/0042272 A1Published application
Post-crumpler jam detector for dunnage device
AssigneePregis LLC
InventorsThomas D. Wetsch, Ken Chess, David Joyce, Michael Marszalek
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Abstract
A device for producing dunnage includes a jam detector located downstream of a crumpler and upstream of an outlet chute of the device and configured to detect a jam of the dunnage between the crumpler and the outlet chute.
Claims20
A device for producing dunnage, comprising:
- an outlet chute configured to receive the dunnage and direct the dunnage to an exit of the device;
- a drive assembly configured to deform a stock material into the dunnage and to drive the dunnage into and through the outlet chute to the exit;
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- an upstream jam detector located along a material path of the dunnage between the drive assembly and the outlet chute and sensitive to detect a dunnage jam between the drive assembly and the outlet chute, wherein the upstream jam detector is associated with the drive assembly to cause the drive assembly to stop driving the dunnage into and through the outlet chute upon detection of the dunnage jam between the drive assembly and the outlet chute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.