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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
James A. Simmons, Jr., Painesville Township, OH (US);
Richard O. Ratzel, Westlake, OH (US);
Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
James A. Simmons, Jr., Painesville Township, OH (US);
Richard O. Ratzel, Westlake, OH (US);
Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, OH (US);
Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, OH (US);
Abstract
A packaging system for automatically producing dunnage pads and inserting one or more of the pads into a container for packaging an article in the container. The invention includes a pad discharge assembly and/or pad insertion assembly. The discharge assembly includes a gating device for effecting passage of the pad out of a holding zone in a direction transverse to the pad length and onto a working surface, preferably a conveyor. The conveyor conveys the pad into a pad insertion zone in a first direction, and a pusher assembly is operative to push the pad from the pad insertion zone in a direction transverse to the first direction. A plunger is provided for pushing a pad located at the pad insertion zone through an opening over which the pad is conveyed for insertion into a container.