Patents by Inventor Thom Aspgren
Thom Aspgren 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).
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Publication number: 20180271146Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Thom ASPGREN, Thord HASSLER, Christian WERDINIUS
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Publication number: 20180271139Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Thom Aspgren, Thord Hassler, Christian Werdinius
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Publication number: 20180140007Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Thom ASPGREN, Thord HASSLER, Christian WERDINIUS
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Patent number: 9560880Abstract: The present invention provides a container comprising portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff, wherein the portion packets are held in place on an interior surface of the container by an adhesive, a method for packing portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff in a container, as well as use of an adhesive in such container for removable adhesion of said portion packets.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventor: Thom Aspgren
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Patent number: 9527611Abstract: An arrangement for manufacturing of portion packets of a product for oral use, includes a forming arrangement configured to form portion packets of a bulk material. The arrangement includes a device for placing the portion packets into a container, wherein the device includes a portion packet transporting unit and a portion packet positioning unit. The transporting unit is configured to transport individual portion packets to the positioning unit, and the positioning unit is configured to position the portion packets in a certain pattern during operation of the device. The transporting unit includes a product channel for transporting the portion packets, the product channel having an inlet and an outlet, the transporting unit further including a gas channel for connection to a source of pressurized gas, the gas channel arranged to, when connected to the source, guide pressurized gas into the product channel in a direction towards the product channel outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventors: Lars-Olof Lofman, Thom Aspgren, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
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Patent number: 9487313Abstract: A device for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container includes a portion packet positioning unit configured to position the portion packets in relation to each other in the container, wherein the positioning unit includes a set of portion packet receiving compartments arranged in a certain pattern, each of the compartments having an entrance end allowing a portion packet to enter the compartment and, at an opposite side of the compartment, a retaining end preventing a portion packet from exiting the compartment in that direction. The positioning unit further includes a discharging member configured to discharge portion packets from the compartments to the container, wherein the compartments are associated with a supporting structure that retains the compartment pattern during operation of the device. A method an arrangement for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container using such device is described.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventors: Thom Aspgren, Lars-Olof Lofman, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
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Publication number: 20150122675Abstract: The present invention provides a container comprising portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff, wherein the portion packets are held in place on an interior surface of the container by an adhesive, a method for packing portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff in a container, as well as use of an adhesive in such container for removable adhesion of said portion packets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Thom Aspgren
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Publication number: 20130239517Abstract: An arrangement for manufacturing of portion packets of a product for oral use, includes a forming arrangement configured to form portion packets of a bulk material. The arrangement includes a device for placing the portion packets into a container, wherein the device includes a portion packet transporting unit and a portion packet positioning unit. The transporting unit is configured to transport individual portion packets to the positioning unit, and the positioning unit is configured to position the portion packets in a certain pattern during operation of the device. The transporting unit includes a product channel for transporting the portion packets, the product channel having an inlet and an outlet, the transporting unit further including a gas channel for connection to a source of pressurized gas, the gas channel arranged to, when connected to the source, guide pressurized gas into the product channel in a direction towards the product channel outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE ABInventors: Lars-Olof Lofman, Thom Aspgren, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
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Publication number: 20130232922Abstract: A device for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container includes a portion packet positioning unit configured to position the portion packets in relation to each other in the container, wherein the positioning unit includes a set of portion packet receiving compartments arranged in a certain pattern, each of the compartments having an entrance end allowing a portion packet to enter the compartment and, at an opposite side of the compartment, a retaining end preventing a portion packet from exiting the compartment in that direction. The positioning unit further includes a discharging member configured to discharge portion packets from the compartments to the container, wherein the compartments are associated with a supporting structure that retains the compartment pattern during operation of the device. A method an arrangement for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container using such device is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE ABInventors: Thom Aspgren, Lars-Olof Lofman, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
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Patent number: D753871Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventor: Thom Aspgren
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Patent number: D775415Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventors: Philip Beardsall, Thom Aspgren
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Patent number: D837447Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe ABInventor: Thom Aspgren