Dunnage systems with automated feeding capability
AssigneePregis LLC
InventorsThomas D. Wetsch, David Joyce
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Abstract
A dunnage conversion machine includes a drive mechanism configured to deform a stock material into a continuous length of dunnage. The machine also includes a cutting device configured to sever a piece of the dunnage from the continuous length of dunnage. The cutting device includes a grip configured to move to a closed position at which the grip exerts a force on the piece of dunnage to retain the piece on the machine until the piece is pulled away from the machine, at which point the grip moves to an open position and the machine advances the continuous length of dunnage to commence another cutting cycle.
Claims20
A method for processing dunnage, comprising:
- deforming a stock material into a continuous length of dunnage using a dunnage conversion machine;
- severing a piece of the dunnage from the continuous length of dunnage using the dunnage conversion machine;
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- gripping the piece of dunnage by exerting, with a grip of the dunnage conversion machine, a gripping force on the piece of dunnage against an adjacent surface of the dunnage conversion machine, the gripping force being sufficient to retain the piece of dunnage and low enough to allow the piece of dunnage to be pulled from the dunnage conversion machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.