Patents by Inventor Hannu Aaltonen

Hannu Aaltonen 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).

  • Method and packaging machine for forming a container, a blank web and a filled container
    Patent number: 6722104
    Abstract: The method for forming a container that comprises the following stages: the forming of the sidewall blank from a blank by wrapping it in a form that is closed in its horizontal section and by seaming its opposite edges together; the sealing of the sidewall blank at one end with a lid member, which is equipped with a discharge hole; the sealing of the sidewall blank at the other end with a bottom member; and the filling of the container. At first the lid member, the discharge hole of which is completely sealed with an openable closing member, is inserted into the end of the sidewall blank. Thereafter the container is filled through the end of the sidewall blank that was left open, and the container is sealed to form a tight container by sealing the end that was left open with the bottom member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Häggman, Ensio Mykkänen, Hannu Aaltonen
  • Method and packaging machine for forming a container, a blank web and a filled container
    Patent number: 6581361
    Abstract: The method for forming a container that comprises the following stages: the forming of the sidewall blank from a blank by wrapping it in a form that is closed in its horizontal section and by seaming its opposite edges together; the sealing of the sidewall blank at one end with a lid member, which is equipped with a discharge hole; the sealing of the sidewall blank at the other end with a bottom member; and the filling of the container. At first the lid member, the discharge hole of which is completely sealed with an openable closing member, is inserted into the end of the sidewall blank. Thereafter the container is filled through the end of the sidewall blank that was left open, and the container is sealed to form a tight container by sealing the end that was left open with the bottom member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Häggman, Ensio Mykkänen, Hannu Aaltonen
  • Container shaped as an upwardly tapering cone
    Patent number: 6510979
    Abstract: The method for forming a container that comprises the following stages: the forming of the sidewall blank from a blank by wrapping it in a form that is closed in its horizontal section and by seaming its opposite edges together; the sealing of the sidewall blank at one end with a lid member, which is equipped with a discharge hole; the sealing of the sidewall blank at the other end with a bottom member; and the filling of the container. At first the lid member, the discharge hole of which is completely sealed with an openable closing member, is inserted into the end of the sidewall blank. Thereafter the container is filled through the end of the sidewall blank that was left open, and the container is sealed to form a tight container by sealing the end that was left open with the bottom member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Häggman, Ensio Mykkänen, Hannu Aaltonen
  • Method and packaging machine for forming a container, a blank web and a filled container
    Publication number: 20020053190
    Abstract: The method for forming a container that comprises the following stages: the forming of the sidewall blank from a blank by wrapping it in a form that is closed in its horizontal section and by seaming its opposite edges together; the sealing of the sidewall blank at one end with a lid member, which is equipped with a discharge hole; the sealing of the sidewall blank at the other end with a bottom member; and the filling of the container. At first the lid member, the discharge hole of which is completely sealed with an openable closing member, is inserted into the end of the sidewall blank. Thereafter the container is filled through the end of the sidewall blank that was left open, and the container is sealed to form a tight container by sealing the end that was left open with the bottom member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Haggman, Ensio Mykkanen, Hannu Aaltonen
  • Method and packaging machine for forming a container, a blank web and a filled container
    Publication number: 20020014520
    Abstract: The method for forming a container that comprises the following stages: the forming of the sidewall blank from a blank by wrapping it in a form that is closed in its horizontal section and by seaming its opposite edges together; the sealing of the sidewall blank at one end with a lid member, which is equipped with a discharge hole; the sealing of the sidewall blank at the other end with a bottom member; and the filling of the container. At first the lid member, the discharge hole of which is completely sealed with an openable closing member, is inserted into the end of the sidewall blank. Thereafter the container is filled through the end of the sidewall blank that was left open, and the container is sealed to form a tight container by sealing the end that was left open with the bottom member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Haggman, Ensio Mykkanen, Hannu Aaltonen