Patent ID: 11884037
Assignee: HEXCELPACK, LLC
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A method for making a padded envelope, comprising:
conveying a first sheet of paper in a conveying direction;
expanding an expandable sheet of slit sheet paper into an expanded state and conveying the expandable sheet of slit sheet paper in the expanded state in said conveying direction with one side of said expandable slit sheet paper facing said first sheet of paper;
conveying a second sheet of paper in said conveying direction with an opposite side of said expandable slit sheet paper in the expanded state facing said second sheet of paper;
while continuing conveying movement during said conveying of said first sheet of paper, said expandable sheet of slit sheet paper in said expanded state and said second sheet of paper in said conveying direction, pressing together a region of said first sheet of paper, said expandable sheet of slit sheet paper and said second sheet of paper which region extends along a direction transverse to the conveying direction and causing said expandable sheet of paper to collapse within said region and said first sheet of paper, said expandable sheet of slit sheet paper and said second sheet of paper to adhere together within said region; and
while continuing conveying movement during conveying of said first sheet of paper, said expandable sheet of slit sheet paper and said second sheet of paper in said conveying direction, cutting along said region that is pressed together during said pressing together such as to sever said first sheet of paper, said expandable sheet of slit sheet paper and said second sheet of paper.