Patents Assigned to Dolea Oy
  • Publication number: 20250256478
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a drinking straw includes means for transferring a continuous material web through the apparatus, means for bending the continuous material web into a U-shape, a mandrel for receiving the U-shaped continuous material web, means for shaping the continuous U-shaped material web into a O-shape with an overlapping edge section around the tool, fastening means for fastening the overlapping edge section and a transverse cutter. The fastening means has a plurality of heated rollers in a row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: DOLEA OY
    Inventor: Mika SALOMÄKI
  • Publication number: 20230145726
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for making a corrugated zone to a bendable drinking straw. The drinking straw is made of a web that is moved along a guided path in a wanted speed and the corrugated zone is created by clamping the web with a clamping mechanism against the guided path for a wanted period of time to stop the motion of the second part of the web after the clamping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: DOLEA OY
    Inventors: Mika SALOMÄKI, Markku SALOMÄKI
  • Publication number: 20210037999
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a drinking straw, which comprises a liquid channel (3) and one edge section (4), which liquid channel (3) is essentially parallel with the edge section (4). The drinking straw (1) material is sustainable, recyclable and biodegradable coated. cardboard, and in that the drinking straw (1) is formed of one essentially rectangular sheet-like piece (2) of the coated cardboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Dolea Oy
    Inventors: Mika Salomäki, Eija Elonen