US 7,585,268 B2
Motor free dunnage converting system
Robert C. Cheich, Independence, Ohio (US); Hubertus Y. Cals, Maastricht (Netherlands); Erwin Riga, Sittard (Netherlands); Donald Gorg, Mentor, Ohio (US); Daniel L. Carlson, Ravenna, Ohio (US); Shawn M. Baiers, Sheffield Lake, Ohio (US); Edward S. Martis, Jr., Kirtland, Ohio (US); and Carrie A. Schlegel, Ashtabula, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, Ohio (US)
Appl. No. 11/577,949
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2005, PCT No. PCT/US2005/038811
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 28, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/047696, PCT Pub. Date May 04, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/667752, filed on Apr. 01, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/655093, filed on Feb. 22, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/624695, filed on Nov. 03, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/621829, filed on Oct. 25, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0125300 A1, May 29, 2008
Int. Cl. B31B 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 493—464  [493/967; 206/233; 206/395; 206/408; 206/494] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor-free dunnage system for converting sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product, comprising a forming member having a converging side wall or walls that terminate at a reduced-size outlet through which a user can draw sheet stock material and thereby crumple the sheet stock material as it is drawn therethrough to form a relatively less dense strip of dunnage, and a stand to which the forming member is mounted, wherein the stand includes a base and an extension mounted to the base for supporting the forming member at a position removed from the base, wherein the forming member is mounted to the stand, the stand including a first generally U-shape member having a pair of arms projecting from a central portion, and a second generally U-shape member having a pair of legs projecting from a central portion, the arms of the first U-shape member being attached to and extending from respective legs of the second U-shape member, and the forming member is mounted to the central portion of the first U-shape member.