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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

May. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);

Inventors:

Robert C. Cheich, Independence, OH (US);

Brian H. Stewartson, Hunterville, NC (US);

Assignee:

Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31D 5/00 (2017.01); B65H 1/28 (2006.01); B65H 20/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31D 5/0039 (2013.01); B65H 1/28 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0035 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0047 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0082 (2013.01); B65H 20/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A supply of single-ply, fan-folded sheet stock material includes a holder that facilitates simultaneously loading multiple plies of sheet stock material into a dunnage conversion machine for conversion into a dunnage product. The holder has inclined support surfaces and intersecting support walls that support the support surfaces in their inclined orientations. The holder has a W-shape cross-section, with inclined outer support surfaces and inclined inner support surfaces that may meet in the middle. The inner support surfaces generally are perpendicular to adjacent outer support surfaces to support a generally rectangular stack and sub-stacks of single-ply, fan-folded sheet stock material. The inclined support surfaces of the holder facilitate splitting the stack in half and supporting the two sub-stacks so that pages on top of the two stacks, connected by a center fold line, can be drawn into the conversion machine simultaneously.


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