Patent ID: 6910997

Claim:
A dunnage making machine, comprising: an upstanding support post, means for rotatively supporting a roll of paper in a horizontal position on one side of the post, a forming bar at the upper end of the post with pair of downwardly curved end sections which are spaced apart by a distance less than the width of the paper for rolling down the edge portions of the paper as the paper is drawn over the bar, an arm extending from the side of the post opposite the paper, a crumpling head mounted on the arm, a throat section with a pair of vertically extending side bars mounted on the arm between the post and the crumpling head for receiving the paper from the forming bar and urging the edge portions of the paper toward each other and causing them to gather, a roller within the head for pressing the gathered paper to crumple it, and a knife within the head for perforating the crumpled paper along a serrated tear line.