Patent ID: 9205621
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B31D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for converting a stock material into a packaging product, comprising: a supply of sheet stock material having first and second plies, each ply having a cohesive on at least a portion of at least one face; at least one crumpling assembly downstream of the supply that can advance the first ply of sheet stock material and cause the first ply of sheet stock material to randomly crumple; and a joining assembly at a downstream end of the crumpling assembly that can bring the crumpled first ply of sheet stock material together with the second ply of sheet stock material, the joining assembly bringing the cohesive faces of the crumpled first ply of sheet stock material and the second ply of sheet stock material together to secure the crumpled first ply of sheet stock material to the second ply of sheet stock material.