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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Robert Cheich, Independence, OH (US);
Raimond Demers, Landgraaf, NL;
Cals Hubertus, Lagarde Pareol, FR;
Peter Urban, Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH (US);
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for converting a slit-sheet stock material () into an expanded dunnage product () includes a housing (), a pair of rollers () within the housing extending widthwise across a path of the sheet material, and a plurality of guide strips () extending from an upstream side of the pair of rollers to a downstream side of the pair of rollers at a plurality of locations spaced across the width of the path. The guide strips guide the sheet material between and around the rollers. Exemplary rollers have a plurality of grooves spaced across the width of the path, and the guide strips are received in respective grooves. The guide strips may be connected by a crossbar to form a guide member.