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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Robert C. Cheich, Independence, OH (US);
Dennis J. Wagner, Painesville, OH (US);
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
A dunnage conversion assembly includes a supply of expandable sheet material and a dunnage conversion apparatus configured to expand the expandable sheet material. The apparatus includes a frame, a supply support mounted to the frame to support a supply of sheet material, and first and second expansion members rotatably mounted to the frame downstream of the supply support to receive the sheet material therebetween. At least one of the first expansion member or the second expansion member is rotatably driven. A drive assembly of the apparatus includes a drive member and a motive device that drives rotation of the drive member to dispense the sheet material from the supply. The drive member is movable between an operating position adjacent the supply support and a disengaged position spaced from the supply support. The drive member in the operating position is biased toward the supply support.