US 11,780,203 B2
Paper crumpling machine
Owen Patrick Greenwell, Brandenburg, KY (US)
Assigned to Bluegrass Business Products, Inc., Brandenburg, KY (US)
Filed by BLUEGRASS BUSINESS PRODUCTS, INC., Bradenburg, KY (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/11,972.
Application 17/011,972 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/558,734, filed on Sep. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,590,724.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/895,400, filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0122133 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B31D 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC B31D 5/0052 (2013.01) [B31D 2205/0023 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0047 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0082 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0088 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paper crumpling apparatus comprising:
a support stand extending from a base; a frame
pivotally attaching to said support stand;
said frame including a housing;
said frame including a vertical support plate disposed within said housing;
said support plate including a first side including an electric motor and means of controlling said motor;
said support plate including a roller assembly affixed to a second side in cooperative engagement with said electric motor, said roller assembly including a pressure plate pivotally mounting to said second side of said support plate, said pressure plate exerting downward pressure due to biasing means in cooperative engagement therewith mounting to said support plate;
a rocker plate pivotally mounting below said pressure plate supports said roller assembly;
said roller assembly including a front idler roller mounting thereto and a rear idler roller spaced apart therefrom, a drive roller spaced apart from and disposed between said rear idler roller and said front idler roller, and a diverter plate mounting to said rocker plate between said rear idler roller and said front idler roller spaced a selected distance above said drive roller;
said housing including a front feed chute and a rear discharge chute on flow communication with said roller assembly;
a detachable paper feed dampener projecting forward and tilting downward at a selected angle from said housing below said feed chute, said detachable paper feed dampener having an inwardly curving end portion for supporting and guiding a feed paper sheet into said feed chute, said feed dampener imparting frictional drag to said feed paper sheet; and
a paper tray for supporting a roll of paper spaced apart from and in alignment with said detachable paper feed dampener.