Patents by Inventor Stefan Forss

Stefan Forss has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8662751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for gas filling and sealing of a duct intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container of a collapsible type. The duct is defined by two opposite side walls which are joined along a connecting portion and comprises an inlet arranged in one of the side walls. A part of the container that comprises the inlet is clamped between an abutment and a gas module which is axially movable towards the abutment. Clamping occurs in such a manner that one off the two side walls included in the duct is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module and entering the duct through said inlet, to bulge to form a free passage into the duct for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank having a duct which is specially developed for the method and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolean AB
    Inventor: Stefan Forss
  • Patent number: 7891160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for gas filling and sealing of a duct intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container of a collapsible type. The duct is defined by two opposite side walls which are joined along a connecting portion and comprises an inlet arranged in one of the side walls. A part of the container that comprises the inlet is clamped between an abutment and a gas module which is axially movable towards the abutment. Clamping occurs in such a manner that one of the two side walls included in the duct is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module and entering the duct through said inlet, to bulge to form a free passage into the duct for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank having a duct which is specially developed for the method and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Eco Lean Research & Development A/S
    Inventor: Stefan Forss
  • Publication number: 20100061664
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a container and method of manufacturing a manually openable container of a collapsible type for fluid contents, including making a container with a defined compartment from a web of material. A top corner portion of the container is designed to define a product channel and an opening initiation is formed across the product channel, along which opening initiation a tab is to be separated. The opening initiation includes a starting portion, a stop portion and a terminating portion. The starting portion requiring a first separating force, and the terminating portion requiring a second separating force. The distance between the starting portion and the terminating portion forms the stop portion, which requires a third separating force. The third separating force is greater than the first and the second separating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: ECOLEAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT A/S
    Inventors: Per Gustafsson, Bengt Jonsson, Stefan Forss
  • Patent number: 7654063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (16) for gas filling and sealing of a duct (7) intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container (1) of a collapsible type. The duct (7) is defined by two opposite side walls (2) which are joined along a connecting portion (4) and comprises an inlet (15) arranged in one of the side walls (2). A part of the container (1) that comprises the inlet (15) is clamped between an abutment (17) and a gas module (20) which is axially movable towards the abutment (17). Clamping occurs in such a manner that one of the two side walls (2) included in the duct (7) is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module (20) and entering the duct (7) through said inlet (15), to bulge to form a free passage into the duct (7) for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct (7) is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank (10) having a duct (7) which is specially developed for the method and the device (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: ECO Lean Reasearch & Development A/S
    Inventor: Stefan Forss
  • Publication number: 20090249745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for gas filling and sealing of a duct intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container of a collapsible type. The duct is defined by two opposite side walls which are joined along a connecting portion and comprises an inlet arranged in one of the side walls. A part of the container that comprises the inlet is clamped between an abutment and a gas module which is axially movable towards the abutment. Clamping occurs in such a manner that one of the two side walls included in the duct is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module and entering the duct through said inlet, to bulge to form a free passage into the duct for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank having a duct which is specially developed for the method and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Stefan Forss
  • Publication number: 20090078337
    Abstract: A device for filling a container of a collapsible type with a product in the form of powder or liquid, the container having a compartment which is defined by flexible walls and whose volume is dependent on the relative position of the walls and which communicates with the surroundings through a filling duct of the container. The device comprises a filling tube (2) with an end portion (5), which is insertable into the filling duct of the container to supply a product to the compartment of the container through the filling tube 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Eco Lean Research & Development
    Inventors: Per Gustafsson, Lennart Friberg, Stefan Forss, Rikard Wiren
  • Publication number: 20080314898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for gas filling and sealing of a duct intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container of a collapsible type. The duct is defined by two opposite side walls which are joined along a connecting portion and comprises an inlet arranged in one of the side walls. A part of the container that comprises the inlet is clamped between an abutment and a gas module which is axially movable towards the abutment. Clamping occurs in such a manner that one off the two side walls included in the duct is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module and entering the duct through said inlet, to bulge to form a free passage into the duct for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank having a duct which is specially developed for the method and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Stefan FORSS
  • Publication number: 20070068118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (16) for gas filling and sealing of a duct (7) intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container (1) of a collapsible type. The duct (7) is defined by two opposite side walls (2) which are joined along a connecting portion (4) and comprises an inlet (15) arranged in one of the side walls (2). A part of the container (1) that comprises the inlet (15) is clamped between an abutment (17) and a gas module (20) which is axially movable towards the abutment (17). Clamping occurs in such a manner that one of the two side walls (2) included in the duct (7) is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module (20) and entering the duct (7) through said inlet (15), to bulge to form a free passage into the duct (7) for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct (7) is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank (10) having a duct (7) which is specially developed for the method and the device (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Stefan Forss
  • Publication number: 20050001355
    Abstract: In a method for producing plastic parts, which comprises the step that the plastic parts are injection-moulded by means of a moulding tool (5; 107), the moulding tool (5; 107) is displaced after the injection-moulding together with the plastic part. An apparatus for the production of plastic parts is also described. The apparatus has an injection-moulding nozzle (23) and a moulding tool (5; 107) with co-operating mould parts or halves (6), the tool having an open and a closed position. Further, the apparatus has means (2; 100) for displacing each plastic part in relation to an injection-moulding position where injection-moulding takes place and means (2; 108, 109) for displacing the moulding tool (5; 107) in the closed state together with the plastic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Per Gustafsson, Stefan Forss