Patent ID: 9676586
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B31D,B65H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for converting a supply of sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product, the supply including a stack of fan-folded sheet stock material having a width dimension, and the sheet stock material having fold lines arranged parallel to the width dimension; the apparatus comprising: a housing enclosing a feed mechanism configured to draw fan-folded sheet stock material in a downstream direction parallel to the width dimension, and a support located upstream of the housing, the support having a first side and a second side extending upright from a bottom surface of the support, and a third side perpendicular to the bottom surface, wherein the first, second, and third sides define a rectangular prism volume sized and configured to receive and support the stack with the width dimension aligned parallel with the downstream direction; wherein the bottom surface of the support includes three adjacent portions extending in the downstream direction, the three adjacent portions including laterally-spaced portions configured to support lateral edges of the stack, and an elevated center portion between the laterally-spaced portions, the elevated center portion being configured to support a central portion of the stack at an elevation above the laterally-spaced portions.