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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Raimond Demers, Landgraaf, NL;
Erwin Riga, Sittard, NL;
Dan Coppus, Doenrade, NL;
Patrick Klemke, Plombieres, BE;
Kristien Varrewaere, Eupen, BE;
Raimond Demers, Landgraaf, NL;
Erwin Riga, Sittard, NL;
Dan Coppus, Doenrade, NL;
Patrick Klemke, Plombieres, BE;
Kristien Varrewaere, Eupen, BE;
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to operate in both a forward direction and a reverse direction. To automatically separate a discrete dunnage product from the strip, a holder grabs and holds the strip of dunnage at a holding location downstream of the feeding assembly. The feeding assembly then operates in a reverse direction and urges the strip away from the holding location. This causes the strip to separate at or between the holding location and the feeding assembly, leaving a discrete dunnage product ready for use. The converter is mounted to a stand that allows the converter to rotate relative to part of the stand about both a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.