Patents by Inventor Mats Qvarford

Mats Qvarford 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: 11780238
    Abstract: An apparatus for digital printing of carton-based packaging material for packages holding liquid food products is provided. The packaging material has a first side adapted to form outer surfaces of the packages and a second side adapted to form inner surfaces of the packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Mats Åkesson, Anna Harder, Roy Eidebakken, Mats Qvarford, Daniel Cederström
  • Publication number: 20220297449
    Abstract: An apparatus for digital printing of carton-based packaging material for packages holding liquid food products is presented. The packaging material has a first side adapted to form outer surfaces of the packages and a second side adapted to form inner surfaces of the packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mats ÅKESSON, Anna HARDER, Roy EIDEBAKKEN, Daniel CEDERSTRÖM, Mats QVARFORD
  • Publication number: 20220212489
    Abstract: An apparatus for digital printing of carton-based packaging material for packages holding liquid food products is provided. The packaging material has a first side adapted to form outer surfaces of the packages and a second side adapted to form inner surfaces of the packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Mats ÅKESSON, Anna HARDER, Roy EIDEBAKKEN, Mats QVARFORD, Daniel CEDERSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 10954023
    Abstract: A package for pourable food products and method for moulding a polymeric opening portion to a packaging sheet material is provided. The package can include an opening portion and a weakening feature. In some embodiments, the opening portion can be made of a polymer composition. In some embodiments, the weakening feature has a thickness below 200 micrometers and is thinner than parts of the opening portion directly adjacent to said weakening feature. The polymer composition can include sodium sulphite particles. In some embodiments, the sodium sulphite particles have the following size characteristics: (i) 0% having a size above 75 micrometers, and (ii) an average size below 25 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Petra Winberg, Mats Qvarford, Niels Damkjaer
  • Publication number: 20190359370
    Abstract: A package for pourable food products and method for moulding a polymeric opening portion to a packaging sheet material is provided. The package can include an opening portion and a weakening feature. In some embodiments, the opening portion can be made of a polymer composition. In some embodiments, the weakening feature has a thickness below 200 micrometers and is thinner than parts of the opening portion directly adjacent to said weakening feature. The polymer composition can include sodium sulphite particles. In some embodiments, the sodium sulphite particles have the following size characteristics: (i) 0% having a size above 75 micrometers, and (ii) an average size below 25 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Petra Winberg, Mats Qvarford, Niels Damkjaer
  • Patent number: 9096359
    Abstract: A container closure comprising a pouring spout having a neck defining a pour opening and a cover portion closing one end of the neck; a cap fittable to and removable from the spout and having a lateral wall cooperating with the neck and an end wall facing the cover portion; a weakening line on the end of the neck; first opening promoter on the spout; and second opening promoter on the lateral wall of the cap to engage the first opening promoter upon removing the cap from the spout to separate the cover portion from the neck along the weakening line; after separation, the cover portion is held by the second opening promoter in a containing zone of the cap; the closure further comprises flow hampering mechanism for limiting, after separation of the cover portion from the neck, the product flow towards and from the containing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Mats Qvarford, Bo Larsson
  • Patent number: 9079339
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first mold part suitable for receiving an object, a die arrangement arranged for surrounding a zone of the object and a second mold part cooperating with the die arrangement and with the first mold part in order to compression-mold plastics on the object in the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
    Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Balboni, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20150034644
    Abstract: A container closure comprising a pouring spout having a neck defining a pour opening and a cover portion closing one end of the neck; a cap fittable to and removable from the spout and having a lateral wall cooperating with the neck and an end wall facing the cover portion; a weakening line on the end of the neck; first opening promoter on the spout; and second opening promoter on the lateral wall of the cap to engage the first opening promoter upon removing the cap from the spout to separate the cover portion from the neck along the weakening line; after separation, the cover portion is held by the second opening promoter in a containing zone of the cap; the closure further comprises flow hampering mechanism for limiting, after separation of the cover portion from the neck, the product flow towards and from the containing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Mats Qvarford, Bo Larsson
  • Patent number: 8910811
    Abstract: There is described a closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product, comprising a pouring spout defining a pour opening externally closed by a cover portion, a cap fitted to the pouring spout in a removable way, an opening member interposed between the cap and the cover portion of the pouring spout and joined to the cover portion, and a driving mechanism carried by the cap to engage and pull the opening member along a direction transversal thereto upon removal of the cap from the pouring spout so as to detach the cover portion from the neck portion and free the pour opening when the closure is first unsealed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Fabrizio Pucci, Rune Berg, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20140015167
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first mould part suitable for receiving an object, a die arrangement arranged for surrounding a zone of the object and a second mould part cooperating with the die arrangement and with the first mould part in order to compression-mould plastics on the object in the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SACMI Cooperative Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
    Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Balboni, Mats Qvarford
  • Patent number: 8393484
    Abstract: A closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product includes a pouring spout which has at least a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material and a pour opening closed by a cover portion on the side opposite to the side facing, in use, the container, and a cap fittable to, and removable from, the pouring spout; the cover portion has a through cut at its periphery and is joined to a top wall of the cap superimposed on the cover portion, so that the cover portion defines a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material of the cap and can be removed together with the cap from the pouring spout during first unsealing of the closure; a sealant is provided on a given area of the top wall of the cap for cooperating with a region of the pouring spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Benedetti, Mats Qvarford, Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Falzoni
  • Patent number: 8366859
    Abstract: A method for sealing a first packaging material laminate, comprised of at least one layer of magnetizable particles and a sealable layer, to a second packaging laminate involves facing the sealable layer towards the second laminate, providing an alternating magnetic field to the laminates in a sealing zone, thereby generating magnetic hysteresis losses in the laminate having the magnetizable particles, which losses create heat substantially melting the sealable layer in the sealing zone, and applying a sealing pressure to the first and second laminate to cause the first and second laminate to be pressed together in the sealing zone, thereby sealing the laminates to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Magnus Wijk, Magnus Rabe, Gert Holmström, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20110094672
    Abstract: A method for sealing a first packaging material laminate, comprised of at least one layer of magnetizable particles and a sealable layer, to a second packaging laminate involves facing the sealable layer towards the second laminate, providing an alternating magnetic field to the laminates in a sealing zone, thereby generating magnetic hysteresis losses in the laminate having the magnetizable particles, which losses create heat substantially melting the sealable layer in the sealing zone, and applying a sealing pressure to the first and second laminate to cause the first and second laminate to be pressed together in the sealing zone, thereby sealing the laminates to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Magnus WIJK, Magnus Råbe, Gert Holmström, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20110018166
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first mould part suitable for receiving an object, a die arrangement arranged for surrounding a zone of the object and a second mould part cooperating with the die arrangement and with the first mould part in order to compression-mould plastics on the object in the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Sacmi Cooperative Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa
    Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Balboni, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20100140208
    Abstract: There is described a closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product, comprising a pouring spout defining a pour opening externally closed by a cover portion, a cap fitted to the pouring spout in a removable way, an opening member interposed between the cap and the cover portion of the pouring spout and joined to the cover portion, and a driving mechanism carried by the cap to engage and pull the opening member along a direction transversal thereto upon removal of the cap from the pouring spout so as to detach the cover portion from the neck portion and free the pour opening when the closure is first unsealed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Fabrizio Pucci, Rune Berg, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20100140271
    Abstract: There is described a closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product, comprising a pouring spout, having at least a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material and closed by a cover portion on the side opposite to the side facing, in use, the container, and a cap fittable to, and removable from, the pouring spout; the cover portion has a through cut at its periphery and is joined to a top wall of the cap superimposed on the cover portion, so that the cover portion defines a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material of the cap and can be removed together with the cap from the pouring spout during first unsealing of the closure; a sealant is provided on a given area of the top wall of the cap for cooperating with a region of the pouring spout around the cover portion to ensure sealing of the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Benedetti, Mats Qvarford, Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Falzoni
  • Publication number: 20080110560
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for sealing a first packaging material laminate (10) to a second packaging laminate (12), at least the first laminate (10) comprising at least one layer of magnetizable particles and a sealable layer (34). The method is characterized in facing the sealable layer (34) towards the second laminate (12), providing an alternating magnetic field to the laminates in a sealing zone, thereby generating magnetic hysteresis losses in the laminate (10) comprising the magnetizable particles, which losses create heat substantially melting the sealable layer (34) in the sealing zone, and applying a sealing pressure to the first and second laminate (10, 12), which pressure causes the first and second laminate (10, 12) to be pressed together in the sealing zone, thereby sealing the laminates (10, 12) to each other. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Magnus Wijk, Magnus Rabe, Gert Holmstrom, Mats Qvarford