US 12,459,225 B2
Slit sheet tensioning device
David Paul Goodrich, Sedona, AZ (US)
Assigned to HexcelPack, LLC, Sedona, AZ (US)
Filed by David Paul Goodrich, Sedona, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,928.
Application 17/572,174 is a division of application No. 15/820,514, filed on Nov. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,220,395, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 17/959,928 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/572,174, filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Application 17/959,928 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/290,016, filed on Mar. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,479,009.
Application 16/290,016 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/820,514, filed on Nov. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,220,395, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 17/959,928 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/428,144, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 11,608,222.
Application 16/290,016 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/428,144, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 11,608,222.
Application 15/820,514 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/001,168, filed on Jan. 19, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,352, filed on Mar. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,382, filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/435,037, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/425,200, filed on Nov. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/292,727, filed on Feb. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022433 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B31D 5/00 (2017.01); B65H 16/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/06 (2006.01); B65H 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC B31D 5/0065 (2013.01) [B65H 16/005 (2013.01); B65H 23/063 (2013.01); B65H 23/08 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0023 (2013.01); B31D 2205/0047 (2013.01)] 55 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination:
A) a device for dispensing expandable slit sheet paper, comprising:
a rod member adapted to mount an assembly of an interior core member with a roll of expandable slit sheet paper wound on the interior core member,
said rod member having a first rod member end region,
a support member,
said first rod member end region being secured to said support member,
said rod member having a second rod member end region at an opposite end of said rod member from said first rod member end region,
said rod member being adapted to receive the assembly of the interior core member with the slit sheet paper wound on the interior core member,
a pressing member that is movable to apply a frictional resistance to inhibit rotation of the core member, and a spring arranged to apply a spring force against said pressing member,
further including a manually adjusted member that is arranged to apply a pressure against said spring such as to adjust the spring force applied by the spring against said pressing member; and
B) an assembly of an interior core member with a roll of expandable slit sheet paper wound on the interior core member;
wherein said interior core member is a hollow cylindrical tube made with paper,
wherein said rod member extends through an interior of said hollow cylindrical tube, and
wherein said pressing member is configured to contact a cylindrical surface of said hollow cylindrical tube such as to apply a pressure force against said cylindrical surface of said hollow cylindrical tube to apply said frictional resistance to inhibit rotation of the core member; and
wherein said rod member includes two elongated portions extending parallel to an axis of and entirely through a length of said core member, said two elongated portions being adapted to support the core member at two respective points of contact at opposite sides of said axis of the core member.