US Patent Issued to Ranpak on March 24 for "Machine and method for producing dunnage having an x-shaped cross-section profile" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,199, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ranpak Corp. (Concord Township, Ohio).

"Machine and method for producing dunnage having an x-shaped cross-section profile" was invented by Robert C. Cheich (Independence, Ohio) and Steven Toneff (Painesville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dunnage conversion machine includes a bunching assembly that randomly crumples at least two plies of sheet stock material into modified plies having a relatively thicker three-dimensional shape, and a feeding assembly that advances and connects together longitudinally-extending portions of the modified plies to form a dunnage strip. A diverter minimi...