Patents by Inventor Lars Olof Lofman

Lars Olof Lofman 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).

  • 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: 9487313
    Abstract: A device for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container includes a portion packet positioning unit configured to position the portion packets in relation to each other in the container, wherein the positioning unit includes a set of portion packet receiving compartments arranged in a certain pattern, each of the compartments having an entrance end allowing a portion packet to enter the compartment and, at an opposite side of the compartment, a retaining end preventing a portion packet from exiting the compartment in that direction. The positioning unit further includes a discharging member configured to discharge portion packets from the compartments to the container, wherein the compartments are associated with a supporting structure that retains the compartment pattern during operation of the device. A method an arrangement for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container using such device is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Thom Aspgren, Lars-Olof Lofman, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
  • Publication number: 20130239517
    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: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB
    Inventors: Lars-Olof Lofman, Thom Aspgren, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
  • Publication number: 20130232922
    Abstract: A device for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container includes a portion packet positioning unit configured to position the portion packets in relation to each other in the container, wherein the positioning unit includes a set of portion packet receiving compartments arranged in a certain pattern, each of the compartments having an entrance end allowing a portion packet to enter the compartment and, at an opposite side of the compartment, a retaining end preventing a portion packet from exiting the compartment in that direction. The positioning unit further includes a discharging member configured to discharge portion packets from the compartments to the container, wherein the compartments are associated with a supporting structure that retains the compartment pattern during operation of the device. A method an arrangement for placing portion packets of a product for oral use into a container using such device is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB
    Inventors: Thom Aspgren, Lars-Olof Lofman, Dennis Eriksson, Tomas Larsson
  • Patent number: 6135120
    Abstract: A device (1) for packaging finely divided, moistened tobacco material in individual portion packages, comprising a means (2) for feeding the material into pockets (4) formed in a rotary portioning wheel (3) for portioning the material into portions. The device further comprises at least one compression means (10, 11, 12) for compressing these portions, a unit (23, 27) for advancing a packaging material (17) in synchrony with the compressed portions, at least one means (14, 15, 16) for discharging the portions from the pockets and advancing them the packaging material, and a unit (28, 29, 30, 31, 33) for forming individual portion packages from the discharged portions and the packaging material. At the intended point of discharge of the portions to the packaging material, said material has the form of a tape (17), the compression means (10, 11, 12) being arranged to compress the portions in a direction which differs from the discharging and the feeding directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Swedish Match Sverige AB
    Inventors: Lars Olof Lofman, Kenth Gamhed, Kenneth Ek
  • Patent number: D528433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Lars Olof Löfman
  • Patent number: D489606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Sweish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Lars Olof Löfman