Automated flowable dunnage dispensing system and method
CA 2585883 C · Owner: Harding, Joseph J. · Inventors: Williams, Scott J.; Still, Rapheal R.; Pierson, David A.
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A system for dispensing dunnage material includes a chute connectable to a supply of flowable dunnage. A container or a bottom of the chute is moved into a , dispensing position where the bottom of the chute is proximate the fill plane of the , container. A controller selectively opens a shutter at the bottom of the chute to , dispense dunnage and then closes the shutter to separate the dispensed dunnage from the dunnage in the chute while also removing the dunnage above the fill plane , of the container. The chute includes at least one substantially horizontal plate , member that is openable to selectively vary the size of an aperture created thereby , at the bottom of the chute …
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- Filed November 2, 2005 and granted January 5, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2025.
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