Cushioning conversion system with universal output chute

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EP 0 903 219 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12

(21)	Application number: 98306567.3

(22)	Date of filing: 18.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B31D 5/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.08.1997 US 56175 P

(71)	Applicant: Ranpak Corp.
	Concord Township, Ohio 44077-972 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kobben,Pierre H.G. 6466 CW Kerkrade (NL)

(74)	Representative: Powell, Timothy John et al
	Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	Cushioning conversion system with universal output chute

(57) A cushioning conversion machine system includes a stock supply assembly, a conversion assembly for converting the stock material into a cushioning product and providing it through a machine outlet, and a cushioning product transferring system including first and second series of drive elements spaced to form therebetween a passageway for the cushioning product and to effect the transfer of the cushioning product along the passageway, each of the first and second series of drive elements being adjustably interconnected for varying the path of the passageway.

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