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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Pregis Innovative Packaging Llc, Deerfield, IL (US);
Thomas D. Wetsch, St. Charles, IL (US);
Eric Charles Wright, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC, Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a dunnage conversion machine for converting stock material to dunnage. The dunnage conversion machine includes a converting station and a drive mechanism positioned downstream of the converting station. The converting station includes a dunnage intake and a shaping member. The intake member includes an opening that constricts stock material as the stock material is pulled into and through the intake. The shaping member is positioned upstream of the intake member. The shaping member manipulates the path of the stock material in a way that causes the stock material to begin to bend or curl prior to being pulled into the intake. The drive mechanism receives the stock material and pulls the stock material over the shaping member.