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Compact dunnage converter

  • US 8,419,606 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2010
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dunnage converter for converting a sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product, comprising a converging chute having a first pair of opposed side walls that generally converge towards each other in a downstream direction and a second pair of opposed top and bottom walls that interconnect the side walls, the top and bottom walls defining a constriction adjacent an upstream end of the chute where the top and bottom walls gradually converge toward each other to define a minimum distance therebetween, wherein the top and bottom walls have protrusions that gradually curve toward each other at an upstream end of the converging chute to form the constriction.

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