Patents Assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
  • Patent number: 11871322
    Abstract: A method, for a mobile computing device, of installing a sensor device, the method including the steps of obtaining, from the sensor device, information indicative of an identification of the sensor device; obtaining information indicative of a location of a piece of hygiene equipment with which the sensor device is to be associated; and associating the information indicative of an identification of the sensor device with the information indicative of a location of the piece of hygiene equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Magnus Nordin, Jonas Kuylenstierna, Annie Sporre Thorburn, Hakan Lindstrom, Gunilla Himmelmann, Robert Kling
  • Patent number: 11857399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transferring cut-out nonwoven material members, the method including feeding a continuous web of a nonwoven material towards cutter and anvil roll, passing the continuous web between the cutter and anvil roll, the cutter roll having knives protruding from the circumferential surface, the knives having an edge with a first outline shape seen in a circumferential direction of the cutter roll, cutting the continuous web thereby forming cut-out nonwoven material members having a second outline shape corresponding to the first outline shape of the respective edge of the knives, and transferring the cut-out members to a vacuum roll having an outer circumferential surface that includes a plurality of vacuum ports arranged in a pattern, the pattern including pattern units each having a third outline shape, the pattern units fitting within the second outline shape of the cut-out members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Sofia Ekstedt, Caj Hanson
  • Patent number: 11850132
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first body portion, a second body portion and a crotch portion located between the first body portion and the second body portion. At least one of the first body portion or the second body portion includes at least one side panel having a multilayered portion. The multilayered portion includes at least a first layer and a second layer. The multilayered portion is obtained by folding the at least one side panel. The first and the second layer of the multilayered portion are connected to each other and the multilayered portion is provided with surface protrusions at one surface of the multilayered portion. The surface protrusions are integrally made of material of the multilayered portion. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to manufacturing such an absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Anders Silfverstrand, Maria Swedberg
  • Patent number: 11844468
    Abstract: A dispenser is provided for dispensing a hygiene product. The dispenser includes, comprising a time-of-flight sensor for measuring a position of an object relative to the dispenser; and a controller configured to selectively operate at least one function of the dispenser based on the measured position of the object relative to the dispenser. A method of operating at least one function of a dispenser for dispensing a hygiene product is also provided. The method includes measuring with a time-of-flight sensor a position of an object relative to the dispenser; and using a controller to selectively operate the at least one function of the dispenser based on the measured position of the object relative to the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Boris Allan Elfstrom
  • Patent number: 11833015
    Abstract: An absorbent article including an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, the article defining a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion, wherein the absorbent core includes an absorbent component enclosed by a core cover including an upper side and a lower side, and a sealing arrangement for joining the upper and lower core cover sides and including two channel sealings, in the crotch portion, defining a first channel sealing width and a second channel sealing width, and also including two side seams along the sides of the core, wherein a centre segment having a first width is defined in the absorbent component between the channel sealings and two side segments each having a second width are defined in the absorbent component outside each channel sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Filip Sillerström, Helena Corneliusson, Edward Guidotti
  • Patent number: 11830374
    Abstract: Providing to a human operator a view of displayed images and a view of a piece of hygiene equipment, the apparatus comprising an interface to a sensor which is configured to generate a motion sensor output indicating a movement of a human operator, an access to a data repository which stores base data for generating images representing views of an environment in which tasks by said human operator can be performed, an image generation section configured to generate the images to be displayed based on said base data and said motion sensor output, a sequencer section configured to determine a sequence of situations in relation to a view by said human operator, and an event section which is configured to determine an event in relation to said piece of hygiene equipment and to allocate said determined event in relation to the sequence of situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Hakan Lindstrom, Jenny Logenius, Gunilla Himmelmann, Maria Zevgren Sundberg
  • Patent number: 11812899
    Abstract: A dispenser and a stack combination. A dispenser that contains a stack of sheet products and which defines a dispensing path from a product reservoir containing and holding the stack to a dispensing opening through which the sheet products are dispensed. A stack of interfolded webs wherein the lines of weakness of one web are offset from the lines of weakness of another web in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Björn Larsson
  • Patent number: 11806986
    Abstract: A flexographic printing device and a method are provided for simultaneously printing at least two material webs having different thicknesses in the printing device. The flexographic printing device includes a printing unit having a printing roller carrying on a surface thereof an image to be printed, an impression roller and an anilox roller adapted to feed printing ink from a printing ink chamber onto a printing cliché mounted on the printing roller. The printing unit is configured for simultaneously printing the material webs having different thicknesses, by adjusting the radial extension of the surface of the printing roller, impression cylinder and/or anilox roller to be adapted to the respective material web to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Philip Blomstrom, Lisa Palmqvist
  • Patent number: 11805950
    Abstract: An adaptor assembly for use in a dispenser for a replaceable fluid container comprising a fluid pump. The adapter assembly is used in the dispenser to allow using a fluid container having a pump being actuated by laterally compressing it. The adaptor assembly comprises a fluid container support for supporting the fluid container in a desired position in the dispenser and actuation parts having actuation heads being movable between non-actuated and actuated positions. The actuation heads have contact surfaces for abutting dolly surfaces and the pump. The contact surfaces abut against the dolly surfaces in the non-actuated and actuated positions. A moving part is displaceable between a lower and upper position. A horizontal plane through the actuation heads in their fully actuated positions intersects portions of the dolly surfaces that are in contact with the contact surfaces. A fluid dispensing system and a dispenser are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Sofia Hodossy, Agne Svedberg
  • Patent number: 11807986
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for producing nonwoven materials are disclosed. The process includes the following steps: a) providing a three-phase (gas-liquid-solid) suspension containing air, water, fibrous material and a surfactant, b) depositing the suspension onto a moving carrier sieve to produce a fibrous web on the carrier sieve, c) removing aqueous residue of the suspension through the carrier sieve, d) conveying the aqueous residue through one or more phase separation tanks in an essentially horizontal direction while providing a depressurised headspace above the aqueous residue, e) recycling the aqueous residue conveyed in step d) to step a), f) preferably pre-integrating the fibrous web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Arie Venema, Gaatze Wijbenga, Hannu Ahoniemi, Mikael Strandqvist
  • Patent number: 11801173
    Abstract: An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid absorbent top layer and a backing layer, the top layer and the backing layer being made from roll materials and being joined together. The top layer is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres, the mixture including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled cellulosic fibrous web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Anna Bagger-Sjöbäck, Magdalena Hörle, Philip Blomström, Lars Fingal, Anna Nihlstrand
  • Patent number: 11793683
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, wherein the absorbent core includes an absorbent component enclosed by a core cover including an upper side and a lower side, each side having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, and a sealing arrangement for joining the upper and lower sides and including two channel sealings in the crotch portion defining a first channel sealing width and a second channel sealing width. The channel sealings are formed by an ultrasonic welding pattern including a plurality of welding spots and the garment facing surface of the upper core cover side and the body facing surface of the lower core cover side are coated with adhesive, provided that the areas of the channel sealings are free from adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Filip Sillerström, Yasha Asayesh
  • Patent number: 11769109
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of determining resource usage information for a facility such as an office, conference suite or bathroom; a data collection device for determining resource usage information for the facility; a data collection system; and a method for determining resource usage information for the facility. In the disclosure, resource usage data relating to a location in the facility is received via a first communications channel. A criterion associated with a predetermined usage event is applied to the resource usage data to identify usage data associated with a predetermined usage event. On the basis of the identification, data indicating the occurrence of the predetermined usage event is transmitted via a second communications channel. Thereby, the amount of data needed to be transmitted via the second communications channel may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Andreas Wass, Erik Larfars
  • Patent number: 11759373
    Abstract: A method for producing a chassis web for a disposable pant article, the method including feeding a first continuous base web in a machine direction; attaching a continuous elastic waistband component to the first base web in an attachment area extending in the machine direction; attaching a second continuous base web to the first continuous base web and the continuous waistband component, covering at least the continuous waistband component, thereby forming a compound base web having first and second side edges, the attachment area being spaced apart from at least one of the first and second side edges of the compound base web; severing the compound base web and the attached waistband component by cutting; shifting positions of the first panel web and the second panel web in a cross machine direction; forming a coherent chassis web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Lucas Bäck, Karin Ljungberg
  • Patent number: 11756407
    Abstract: A method of associating a hygiene monitoring device to a station device, the hygiene monitoring device being configured to monitor a hygienic state of a user, the method comprising: the hygiene monitoring device obtaining, when in use, an station identifier from the station device; and the hygiene monitoring device storing the station identifier. A hygiene monitoring device for this method and a system comprising the hygiene monitoring device and the station device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Timothy Ahong, Shyam Mali, Danny Porthiyas, Joel Ironstone, Jacob Edding, Martin Rozee
  • Patent number: 11753225
    Abstract: A package including a stack of absorbent tissue paper material and a packaging, wherein, in the stack, the absorbent tissue paper material forms panels having a length, and a width perpendicular to the length, the panels being piled on top of each other to form a height extending between a first end surface and a second end surface of the stack; the absorbent tissue paper material including at least a structured tissue material, the stack, when in the package, having a selected packing density D0 of 0.20 to 0.65 kg/dm3, and exerting a force along the height of the stack towards the packaging, the packaging encircling the stack so as to maintain the stack in a compressed condition with the selected packing density D0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Hans Wallenius, Fredrik Welander
  • Patent number: D995123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Anita Hedbratt, Johanna Bengtsson, Raquel Carbonari
  • Patent number: D1002147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Marie Gente, Oscar Lipschutz, Sofia Hagman
  • Patent number: D1006483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Sofia Hodossy, Agne Svedberg
  • Patent number: D1007893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Sofia Hodossy, Agne Svedberg