Patent ID: 8568128

Claim:
An apparatus for providing packaging material comprising, means for reshaping the packaging material rotatably mounted in a housing support for creating filler material dispensed at an output opening of said housing support, said housing support comprising: a feeder funnel, to which a receiver for a packaging material reservoir can be attached and through which the packaging material is fed to said means for reshaping, a dispenser orifice restricting said output opening, and a mounting structure disposed in a transport direction between said feeder funnel and said dispenser orifice within which said means for reshaping can be rotated, wherein said feeder funnel, said dispenser orifice and said mounting structure are arranged next to each other in such a way that a continuous transport path having a straight transport direction axis is formed, said transport path being restricted in the area of said feeder funnel and said dispensing orifice by a pair of recesses laterally extending away from opposing sides of the transport path, said recesses being provided in the area of an interior center wall of said mounting structure, said interior center wall limiting the transport path, said recesses leading up to the transport path at a respective slot hole formed in the interior center wall, said recesses receiving said means for reshaping rotatably mounted at the mounting structure in such a way that the reshaping device partially extends into the transport path through a respective said slot hole for reshaping the packaging material, and said slot holes have a shape complimentary to a section of said means for reshaping adjacent said slot holes and are dimensioned such that a clearance gap is formed allowing contactless rotation of said means for reshaping with respect to said mounting structure.