Patents by Inventor Inge Nilsson

Inge Nilsson 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).

  • Pressure device for exerting pressure on an opening device fitted to a package of a food product pourable into a tube of packaging material
    Patent number: 8920297
    Abstract: A pressure device for exerting pressure on an opening device fitted to a package of a food product pourable into a tube of packaging material, the device having a first pressure member movable between a first work position, in which it presses a first area of the opening device against the package, and a first rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; and a second pressure member movable between a second work position, in which it presses a second area of the opening device against the package, and a second rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; the first and second area being crosswise to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Maccagnani, Inge Nilsson, Urban Johansson
  • Method and assembly for separating opening devices supplied jointly in the form of a sheet and applied individually to respective packages of pourable food products
    Patent number: 8333312
    Abstract: A method of separating opening devices supplied jointly in the form of a sheet and applied individually to respective packages of pourable food products involves feeding the sheet, which has a number of parallel rows of opening devices integral with one another, to a first station where a first row is detached from the rest of the sheet. The first row is fed to a second station where it is divided into individual opening devices, and a following second row of the sheet is fed to the first station as the preceding first row is being fed to the second station and/or is being at least partly divided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Jonas Dickner, Inge Nilsson, Stefan Bokander
  • PRESSURE DEVICE FOR EXERTING PRESSURE ON AN OPENING DEVICE FITTED TO A PACKAGE OF A FOOD PRODUCT POURABLE INTO A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110203223
    Abstract: A pressure device for exerting pressure on an opening device fitted to a package of a food product pourable into a tube of packaging material, the device having a first pressure member movable between a first work position, in which it presses a first area of the opening device against the package, and a first rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; and a second pressure member movable between a second work position, in which it presses a second area of the opening device against the package, and a second rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; the first and second area being crosswise to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Maccagnani, Inge Nilsson, Urban Johansson
  • METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR SEPARATING OPENING DEVICES SUPPLIED JOINTLY IN THE FORM OF A SHEET AND APPLIED INDIVIDUALLY TO RESPECTIVE PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20100154358
    Abstract: A method of separating opening devices supplied jointly in the form of a sheet and applied individually to respective packages of pourable food products involves feeding the sheet, which has a number of parallel rows of opening devices integral with one another, to a first station where a first row is detached from the rest of the sheet. The first row is fed to a second station where it is divided into individual opening devices, and a following second row of the sheet is fed to the first station as the preceding first row is being fed to the second station and/or is being at least partly divided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Jonas Dickner, Inge Nilsson, Stefan Bokander