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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven E Armington, Gates Mills, OH (US);
Richard O Ratzel, Westlake, OH (US);
James A Simmons, Painesville Township, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ranpak Corp., Concord, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493 29 ; 493 22 ; 493464 ; 83633 ; 83222 ;
Abstract
A cushioning conversion machine for converting sheet-like material into a cushioning dunnage product. The machine includes a forming assembly which forms the sheet-like stock material into a three-dimensional strip of dunnage, a feed assembly which feeds the stock material to the forming assembly, and a cutting assembly which cuts the strip of dunnage into sections of a desired length. An operating assembly includes a handle member which when moved to a first position activates the feed assembly and which when moved to a second position activates the cutting assembly.