EP4143103A4 - Further methods and apparatuses for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material - Google Patents

Further methods and apparatuses for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material Download PDF

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EP4143103A4
EP4143103A4 EP21797279.3A EP21797279A EP4143103A4 EP 4143103 A4 EP4143103 A4 EP 4143103A4 EP 21797279 A EP21797279 A EP 21797279A EP 4143103 A4 EP4143103 A4 EP 4143103A4
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dispensing
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sheet material
slit sheet
further methods
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David P. Goodrich
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/06—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle
    • B65H23/08—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on web roll being unwound
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D5/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional [3D] articles
    • B31D5/0039—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional [3D] articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D5/0065—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional [3D] articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including slitting and expanding flat material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H16/00—Unwinding, paying-out webs
    • B65H16/005—Dispensers, i.e. machines for unwinding only parts of web roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/06—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle
    • B65H23/10—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by retarding devices, e.g. acting on web-roll spindle acting on running web
    • B65H23/14—Tensioning rollers applying braking forces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D2205/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D2205/0005—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D2205/0011—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including particular additional operations
    • B31D2205/0017—Providing stock material in a particular form
    • B31D2205/0023—Providing stock material in a particular form as web from a roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D2205/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D2205/0005—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D2205/0011—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including particular additional operations
    • B31D2205/0047—Feeding, guiding or shaping the material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/171—Physical features of handled article or web
    • B65H2701/1716—Elastic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1944—Wrapping or packing material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/63—Dunnage conversion
EP21797279.3A 2020-04-26 2021-04-25 Further methods and apparatuses for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material Pending EP4143103A4 (en)

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US202063015610P 2020-04-26 2020-04-26
PCT/US2021/029031 WO2021222048A1 (en) 2020-04-26 2021-04-25 Further methods and apparatuses for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material

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US5782735A (en) * 1994-09-12 1998-07-21 Geopax, Ltd. Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material
US20140027553A1 (en) * 2012-07-24 2014-01-30 Geami Ltd. Apparatus and methods for dispensing cushioning wrap material
US9701091B2 (en) * 2012-07-19 2017-07-11 Ranpak Corp. Apparatus and method for dispensing cushioning wrap material
US20180281336A1 (en) * 2015-10-28 2018-10-04 Ranpak Corp. Low cost manual expanding-dunnage conversion apparatus
US20190193366A1 (en) * 2017-02-08 2019-06-27 David Paul Goodrich Slit Sheet Tensioning Device

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US5688578A (en) * 1992-03-16 1997-11-18 Goodrich; David P. Composite packaging material having an expanded sheet with a separator sheet
SE513917C2 (en) * 1998-10-01 2000-11-27 Sca Hygiene Prod Ab Method of making an extensible paper with a three-dimensional pattern and paper made according to the method
AU2016317060B2 (en) * 2015-08-31 2019-11-21 Ranpak Corporation Dunnage conversion system and method for expanding pre-slit sheet stock material
US11220395B2 (en) * 2016-01-19 2022-01-11 David Paul Goodrich Slit paper expansion method and apparatus
US12115752B2 (en) * 2017-02-08 2024-10-15 HexcelPack, LLC Method and apparatus for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material
US11351750B2 (en) * 2017-04-10 2022-06-07 Ranpak Corp. Expandable slit-sheet stock material, dunnage conversion system and method for expanding

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5782735A (en) * 1994-09-12 1998-07-21 Geopax, Ltd. Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material
US9701091B2 (en) * 2012-07-19 2017-07-11 Ranpak Corp. Apparatus and method for dispensing cushioning wrap material
US20140027553A1 (en) * 2012-07-24 2014-01-30 Geami Ltd. Apparatus and methods for dispensing cushioning wrap material
US20180281336A1 (en) * 2015-10-28 2018-10-04 Ranpak Corp. Low cost manual expanding-dunnage conversion apparatus
US20190193366A1 (en) * 2017-02-08 2019-06-27 David Paul Goodrich Slit Sheet Tensioning Device

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