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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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
Richard O Ratzel, Westlake, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493 22 ; 493 27 ; 493464 ; 493967 ;
Abstract
A cushioning conversion machine, and method of using such a machine, in which stock material is converted into a cushioning product. The machine and method are characterized by providing stock material having information encoded thereon and then retrieving the encoded information from the stock material for machine control, diagnostic, inventory, and other purposes.