Patent ID: 11926119
Assignee: PREGIS INNOVATIVE PACKAGING LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A dunnage apparatus, comprising:
a converting station that converts a line of a first density supply material into second density dunnage having a substantially lower density than the first density supply material, and wherein the converting station ejects the dunnage at an exit into an exit trajectory along a path; and
a deflector mounted repositionably with respect to the exit, the deflector being repositionable between:
a first position, in which the deflector is interposed into the path of the exit trajectory to deflect the ejected dunnage traveling along the exit trajectory into a first deflected trajectory, and
a second position, in which the deflector is interposed into the path of the exit trajectory to deflect the ejected dunnage traveling along the exit trajectory to a second deflected trajectory,
wherein the deflector is mounted with respect to the converting station such that the deflector is selectively retained in each of the first position or the second position to withstand impact by the dunnage against the deflector to maintain a direction of the first deflected trajectory and the second deflected trajectory, respectively;

wherein the deflector is mounted pivotally with respect to the exit for pivoting about a pivot axis between the first and second positions, such that the deflector in the first position is oriented at a different angle than in the second position for deflecting the ejected dunnage travelling along the exit trajectory at a different downward angle when the deflector is positioned at the first position than when the deflector is positioned at the second position;
the deflector is mounted movably with respect to the exit such that the pivot axis is repositionable between a first distance downstream from the exit and a second distance downstream from the exit, such that the deflector is interposed into the path of the exit trajectory to deflect the exit trajectory at different distances when the pivot axis is positioned at the first distance from the exit than at the second distance from the exit; and
in one or both of the first and second positions, an underside of the deflector is interposed into a top side of the path to deflect the dunnage downwards with respect to the trajectory of the dunnage at the exit.