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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2006
Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
A dunnage conversion machine () has an output chute () with a guard () that inhibits access to internal areas of the machine () through the output chute (). Upstream of the output chute () the conversion machine () has a conversion assembly () that converts a stock material () into a strip of dunnage () as the stock material passes therethrough in a downstream direction. The output chute (), through which the strip of dunnage () is discharged downstream of the conversion assembly (), includes the pivotably-mounted guard () extending into the chute (). The guard () has at its free end () both a forward glide surface () operative to glide along an outer surface of the strip of dunnage () as the strip moves in the downstream direction and a rearward glide surface () operative to glide along an outer surface of the strip of dunnage () as the strip moves in an upstream direction opposite the downstream direction.