Patent ID: 11858232
Assignee: INTERTAPE POLYMER CORP.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A dunnage machine assembly comprising:
an internal mounting frame module including at least a pair of mounting fins, and a holding notch disposed atop each of the mounting fins;
a gear module removably mounted to the internal mounting frame, the gear module having at least a pair of opposite mounting sidewalls and a holding stud protruding outwardly from each of the mounting sidewalls, each of the holding studs being positioned on a rearward portion of the gear module, and each of the holding studs being aligned with a corresponding holding notch on one of the mounting fins to hang the gear module from the internal mounting frame module;
an expander module including a top base plate and a bottom base plate, wherein a rear end of the bottom base plate protrudes outwardly in a rearward direction beyond a rear end of the top base plate such that a surface are of the bottom base plate exceeds a surface are of the top base plate, wherein the bottom base plate leads to an entrance of the expander module, wherein the expander module is removably mounted to the internal mounting frame, the expander module being removable from the internal mounting frame separately from the gear module; and
wherein a rear facing portion of the gear module abuts against a front frame member of the internal mounting frame module to stop the gear module from pivoting in a rearward direction.