41 patents
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Utility
Supply of Sheet Stock Material for a Dunnage Conversion Machine and a Method of Converting Same into a Dunnage Product
6 Jan 22
A supply (22) of sheet stock material (24, 34) for a dunnage conversion machine (26) that is readily spliced to another supply includes (a) one or more plies of sheet material (24, 34) having (i) multiple longitudinally-extending sections, including a center section (42) bounded by lateral sections (40), where the lateral sections (40) are folded over a common face of the center section (42) along longitudinal fold lines (44) at lateral edges of the folded sheet material, and (ii) a leading end (60) and a trailing end (62) at respective longitudinally-opposite ends of the sheet material, where the lateral sections (40) are separated from the center section (42) adjacent the leading end (60) and adjacent the trailing end (62) along respective lines of separation; and (b) a splicing adhesive (76) applied to the sheet material adjacent the leading end (60) or the trailing end (62) on both the center section (42) and each of the lateral WO 2020/092578 A1 sections (40) to facilitate splicing each section to respective sections of two supplies.
Robert C. CHEICH, Dennis J. WAGNER, Brian STINARD, Hugo VAN OOL, Leon HANSSEN, Mike TIMMERS
Filed: 30 Oct 19
Utility
Dunnage System with Coiler, Automated Taping and Ejecting Apparatus and Method
28 Oct 21
A dunnage conversion system includes a machine for converting a stock material into a strip of relatively lower-density dunnage, a coiling mechanism for winding the strip into a coil, a taping mechanism for automatically securing a trailing end of the strip to the coil, and a coil ejecting mechanism for automatically removing the coil from the coiling mechanism.
Pedro E. Winkens, Ad H. Veldt
Filed: 7 Jul 21
Utility
Packaging Product and Methods of Making and Using
5 Aug 21
A bundle of packing material includes at least two strips of packing material folded into a compact configuration.
Craig L. Lenart, Shawn M. Baiers, Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner
Filed: 11 Jul 18
Utility
CorrectedStand for Self Contained Cartridge and Method for Manually Dispensing an Expandable Cushioning Wrap
8 Jul 21
An unpowered, manually operable apparatus for dispensing cushioning wrap material drawn concurrently from a roll of separator material and a self-contained cartridge that includes a roll of expandable sheet material.
Brandon Page, Marcelo Passos
Filed: 25 Jan 19
Utility
Compact Manual Dunnage Conversion Apparatus
6 May 21
A manually-operated dunnage conversion apparatus includes a housing, a support mounted in the housing and configured to support a supply of sheet material for dispensing from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and one or both of (a) a guide member mounted in the housing downstream of the support and providing a resilient surface across which the sheet material may be drawn to restrict tearing of the sheet material as it is drawn from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and (b) a tensioning assembly mounted in the housing and configured to apply a compressive force between opposite axial sides of the housing to control the force necessary to dispense the supply of sheet material.
Dennis J. Wagner, Robert C. Cheich
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
Expandable Slit-sheet Stock Material, Dunnage Conversion System and Method for Expanding
8 Apr 21
An improved expandable slit-sheet stock material is configured to aid in temporarily restricting opening of a plurality of slits of the slit-sheet stock material, such as during winding of the unexpanded stock material or during expansion of the stock material.
Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner
Filed: 28 Mar 18
Utility
Method of Loading a Dunnage Conversion Machine and Sheet Stock Material Useful Therein
18 Mar 21
A supply of stock material for a dunnage conversion machine includes two plies of sheet stock material wound into a roll or fan-folded into a stack.
Stephen Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders
Filed: 25 Nov 20
Utility
Automatic Dunnage Conforming Apparatus and Method
11 Feb 21
An apparatus for conforming a dunnage element about contents in a container includes an array of pushers having biased end portions that are movable relative to one another and having end faces for engaging the dunnage element.
Jean-Yves Sia, Uwe Klärner, Rémi Parisse
Filed: 6 Feb 19
Utility
Powered Outlet Chute for Dunnage Conversion Machine
28 Jan 21
A dunnage conversion machine that converts a stock material into a less dense dunnage product includes an outlet chute having a housing with a passage therethrough from an inlet at an inlet end downstream to an outlet at an outlet end spaced from the inlet end.
Raimond P.M. Demers
Filed: 28 Sep 18
Utility
Quick-change Cutting Blade Assembly and Method
30 Dec 20
A quick-change cutting assembly includes a base having a support surface for supporting a cutting blade, a clamping arm having a clamping surface, a spring interposed between the base and the clamping arm, and a pivot defining a pivot axis between the spring and the clamping surface that couples the clamping arm to the base.
Rémi PARISSE, Uwe KLARNER, Jean-Yves SIA
Filed: 22 Jan 19
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine and Method
30 Sep 20
A method of making a dunnage product includes the following steps: (a) converting a sheet stock material into a lower density strip of dunnage having a width and a height that is less than the width; and (b) cutting the strip of dunnage to form a discrete dunnage product of a desired length by cutting across less than the width of the strip of dunnage to maintain a connection between the strip of dunnage and the discrete dunnage product.
Shawnasee E. Burns, William D. Bruck
Filed: 1 May 17
Utility
System and Method for Optimizing the Height of a Box for Shipping
9 Sep 20
A system for closing a shipping container that has a rectangular bottom wall, upstanding side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom wall, and an open top end, includes a sled capable of moving the container between a first station and a second station spaced from the first station, and a flap-folding assembly movable with the sled.
Uwe Klarner, Remi Parisse, Jean-Yves Sia
Filed: 26 Nov 18
Utility
Dunnage Conversion System and Method for Expanding Expandable Sheet Material
5 Aug 20
A dunnage conversion assembly includes a supply of expandable sheet material and a dunnage conversion apparatus configured to expand the expandable sheet material.
Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner
Filed: 30 Aug 18
Utility
Packaging System and Method with Controlled Dunnage Dispensing
24 Jun 20
A packaging method includes the steps of (a) detecting whether a height (104) of contents (105) in a container (106) exceeds a predetermined height (112), and (b) indicating how much dunnage to dispense based on predetermined criteria, including whether a detected height exceeds a predetermined height that is less than a height of the container.
Daniel L. Carlson, Paul F. Deimling, Kevin W. Park, Derek M. Gabrielsen
Filed: 10 Jun 18
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine and Method
10 Jun 20
A dunnage conversion machine converts a sheet stock material into a dunnage product that is relatively thicker and less dense than the stock material.
Robert C. Cheich, Jiri Sip
Filed: 30 Oct 17
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine and Method
10 Jun 20
A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members.
Robert C. Cheich, Steven M. Toneff, Hubertus J.M. Cals, Raimond P.M. Demers, Ronny Hubertus Joseph Hendrix, Johannes Hermanus Wilhelmus Driehuijs, Stephan Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders, Carrie A. Schlegel, Thomas Bayt, Kevin W. Park, Dennis Wagner
Filed: 29 Jun 17
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine, Helically-crumpled Dunnage Product and Method
13 May 20
A machine for converting a sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes both (a) a helical pre-form assembly having a cylindrical mandrel with a longitudinal axis and a guide member for guiding the sheet stock material from a supply thereof into a helical path along and around the mandrel so as to form a helical pre-form that rotates around the longitudinal axis and advances parallel to the longitudinal axis; and (b) a restriction in the path of the pre-form that slows the advance and rotation of the pre-form past the restriction, the restriction causing the pre-form to retard longitudinal advancement, to twist upon itself, and to permanently deform as it moves past the restriction, thereby longitudinally and helically crumpling the pre-form.
Mike J. Timmers, Raimond P.M. Demers
Filed: 12 Jan 20
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine and Method
6 May 20
A dunnage conversion machine converts a sheet stock material into a dunnage product that is relatively thicker and less dense than the stock material.
Douglas C. Corbin, Michael A. Steimle, Kevin Park
Filed: 18 Jul 18
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine, Method, and Product with a Polygonal Cross-section
5 Feb 20
A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly.
Robert C. Cheich, Dennis Wagner
Filed: 27 Feb 18
Utility
Dunnage Conversion Machine Having a Variable Spacing for Expandable Slit-sheet Stock Material
15 Jan 20
A dunnage conversion machine for converting an expandable pre-slit sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes an improved expansion assembly that provides means for adjusting the spacing between axes of rotation of components through which the sheet stock material is drawn.
Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner
Filed: 21 Mar 18