Dunnage-creating machine with plugless paper roll and method

Abstract

A cushioning conversion machine of the type that converts sheet-like stock material into resilient-like dunnage product has associated therewith a stock roll holder and loading method characterized by a pair of laterally spaced apart mounts and a stock roll holder having opposite end portions removably supported on the mounts. The stock roll holder includes first and second holder portions each including a spindle member having an axially outer portion forming a respective one of the opposite end portions of the holder, a core insert rotatably supported on and axially carried by the spindle member for telescopic insertion into the hollow core of the stock roll at an adjacent end thereof thereby to support the stock roll for rotation with the core insert, and an axial abutment axially carried on the spindle member axially outwardly of the core insert and projecting radially outwardly beyond the core insert to form an abutment for engaging the adjacent axial end of the stock roll thereby to limit axial outward movement of the stock roll relative to the spindle member.