SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING A COILED STRIP OF DUNNAGE
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Abstract
A system, and associated components and methodology, having a dunnage supply with an outlet through which one or more crumpled strips are supplied, a positioning device that positions in juxtaposition portions of the one or more strips of dunnage, and a stapler for connecting the juxtaposed portions to hold them together. In a particular system, the system includes a converter that has a conversion assembly that converts a sheet stock material into a crumpled strip of dunnage and has an outlet through which the strip of dunnage is emitted. The system also includes a coiler that rolls the strip of dunnage into a coil, and a stapler that secures the trailing end portion of the strip of dunnage to at least the next-innermost portion of the strip in the coil by inserting a staple through the trailing end portion and the juxtaposed portion of the coiled strip.
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29 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A dunnage-producing system, comprising:
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a converter that is operable to convert a sheet stock material into a strip of relatively thicker and less dense dunnage having at least two layers that are fixed in an overlapping relationship, the converter having an outlet for dispensing strips of dunnage, a coiler downstream of the outlet that rolls a strip of dunnage into a coil, and a stapler downstream of the outlet and adjacent the coiler for connecting a trailing end portion of the strip of dunnage to an adjacent, next-innermost portion of the strip in the coil. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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