Patents Assigned to Swedish Match North Europe AB
  • Patent number: 10647459
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an oral pouched snuff product comprising a filling material (29, 10) and a saliva-permeable pouch (43) enclosing the filling material (29, 10), the product (29, 10) having a moisture content of at most 20% by weight, in particular at most 10% by weight, based on total weight of the product (29, 10), the saliva-permeable pouch (43) having one or more seals (45, 46), and said filling material (29, 10) comprising at least 20% by weight, based on dry weight of the filling material (29, 10), of at least one ingredient having a melting temperature below 180° C., the method comprising ultrasonically welding and cutting an advancing web (32) of packaging material (7) to which the filling material (29, 10) has been supplied. The present disclosure also provides an oral pouched snuff product which is obtainable by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Tony Persson
  • Patent number: 10618707
    Abstract: A snuff container (101), comprising a base part (102) and a closure part (103) and being provided with a locking arrangement (120) for locking the closure part on the base part (102). The base part (102) comprises a bottom wall (105), a base side wall (107) and a compartment wall (117) arranged inward of the base side wall (107) with a space (114) between the base side wall (107) and the compartment wall (117). A portion of the base side wall (107) is formed by a resiliently flexible tongue (133), with an upper part of the tongue (133) being inwardly deflectable in a direction towards the compartment wall (117). The locking arrangement (120) comprising a first locking member (122) is arranged on an upper part (135) of the resiliently flexible tongue (133) and a second locking member (123) is arranged on the closure part (103) at a closure side wall end edge (113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Simon Straughan
  • Patent number: 10609949
    Abstract: There is provided a tobacco product or a non-tobacco snuff product, including a magnesium carbonate, for conferring pH stability to the product and preventing growth of bacteria and fungi therein. The magnesium carbonate may contain hydroxide, oxide, and crystal water. The amount of magnesium carbonate ranges from 0.01 and 30% by weight of the dry bulk material. The product may be combined with additional pH regulators. The magnesium carbonate significantly increase the pH-stability in snus and non-tobacco snuff at the normal pH-range used in these products. The final product, which may be oral snuff or snus, or any tobacco-free snuff product, may be in particulate form, or shaped in a variety of forms. The product may be an oral product. The product may be packaged in a box, can or canister. Use of a magnesium carbonate for producing the products is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Hodin, Jorgen Lundin
  • Patent number: 10463075
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a snuff container (1) comprising a base (2), wherein said base (2) comprises a bottom wall (21) and a base side wall (22), and wherein the base side wall (22) extends in a height direction (h) of the base (2) and circumferentially encloses a storing compartment (3) for snuff. The base side wall (22) comprises at least one first section (23) extending at least partially in the circumference of the base side wall (22), and the base side wall (22) further comprises at least one second section (24) extending at least partially in the circumference of the base side wall (22) between a first (241) and a second (242) circumferential end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB
    Inventor: Philip Beardsall
  • Patent number: 10390557
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition for oral use comprising liberated, delignified tobacco fibers, a method for its manufacturing and use, as well as a pouch comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Bengt Börjesson, Martin Sjögren
  • Patent number: 10278416
    Abstract: A freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product and a method of manufacturing the freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Mårten Kindvall, Lars Jonsson, Mattias Schyberg
  • Patent number: 10112743
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a container (1) having a base (2) and a lid (3), wherein the lid (3) comprises a first plurality of abutment projections (4) positioned circumferentially spaced apart on an inside of the lid (3) and configured to contact an upwardly facing abutment surface (5) of a side wall (6) of the base (2) when the base (2) and lid (3) are arranged parallel to each other and pressed together to form a closed container. The lid (3) further comprises a second plurality of abutment projections (7) positioned circumferentially spaced apart on an inside of the lid (3) and configured to contact an upwardly facing abutment surface (5) of a side wall (6) of the base (2) when the base (2) and the lid (3) are arranged inclined to each other and pressed together. The disclosure concerns a container (1) having a base (2) and a lid (3), wherein the lid (3) comprises an upper wall (12) and at least two depressions (22) positioned spaced apart along the circumference of the upper wall (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Philip Beardsall
  • Publication number: 20170280764
    Abstract: There is provided an oral smokeless moist snuff product comprising: (a) an oral smokeless moist snuff composition comprising: —disintegrated plant material, —one or more salts selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium sulphate, potassium sulphate, sodium lactate, potassium lactate and any combination thereof, and —water, wherein the total amount of the one or more salts is within the range of from about 15% by weight to about 35% by weight based on the total weight of water and total weight of the one or more salts in the oral moist smokeless snuff composition, wherein the total amount of moisture is within the range of from about 35% by weight to about 60% by weight based on the total weight of the oral smokeless moist snuff composition; (b) particles comprising a flavorant and a cellulose-derivatized polymer selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose and any combination thereof, whe
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Henrik Sahlén, Mårten Kindvall, Christian Werdinius, Martin Sjögren
  • Patent number: 9635881
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition comprising at least one type of non-tobacco fibers, wherein the non-tobacco fibers have an average length-to-width ratio equal to or greater than 3.5:1 and equal to or lower than 100:1, and a method for manufacturing the smokeless tobacco composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Martin Sjögren, Thord Hassler, Jörgen Lundin, Bengt Börjesson
  • Patent number: 9560880
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren
  • Patent number: 9527611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Lars-Olof Lofman, Thom Aspgren, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
  • Patent number: D773302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Nina Henriksson
  • Patent number: D775415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Philip Beardsall, Thom Aspgren
  • Patent number: D784136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Nina Henriksson
  • Patent number: D801828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Tony Persson
  • Patent number: D837447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren
  • Patent number: D845790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Simon Straughan
  • Patent number: D860515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Anna Neiås
  • Patent number: D868369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Tony Persson
  • Patent number: D885919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Philip Beardsall