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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Richard O. Ratzel, Westlake, OH (US);
James A. Simmons, Jr., Painesville Township, OH (US);
Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
Edward W. Lintala, Concord, OH (US);
Thomas E. Manley, Mentor, OH (US);
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
A cushioning conversion system ( ) and method for making a coil of cushioning product, including a cushioning conversion machine ( ) and a coiler ( ). As a strip of cushioning product (S) is emitted from the cushioning conversion machine ( ), the coiler ( ) rolls the strip of cushioning product (S) into a coiled configuration to form a coil of cushioning product (C). The coiler ( ) is adapted to allow the coil of cushioning product (C) to be removed in its coiled configuration. The cushioning conversion system may also include a guide device ( ), which guides the strip of cushioning product from the cushioning conversion machine's outlet ( ) to the coiler ( ), and/or a controller ( ), which controls the coiler ( ) based on the production of the cushioning conversion machine ( ).