Patents by Inventor Niels Damkjaer
Niels Damkjaer 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).
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Patent number: 10954023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Petra Winberg, Mats Qvarford, Niels Damkjaer
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Publication number: 20190359370Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Petra Winberg, Mats Qvarford, Niels Damkjaer
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Publication number: 20190047762Abstract: An opening system for a container may be provided. The opening system may include a packaging material having an outside and an inside. The opening system may additionally include an injection molded opening element, wherein the injection molded opening element may be attached to the inside of the packaging material at a first point, and may extend from the inside of the packaging material and through to the outside of the packaging material. The injection molded opening element may be attached to the outside of the packaging material at a second point and may extend a distance from the second point for opening the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Daniele Palladino, Pietro Martini, Giulio Bertani, Niels Damkjaer, Davide Corradi
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Patent number: 10173819Abstract: An opening system for a container comprising a packaging material having an outside and an inside. An injection molded opening element, wherein the injection molded opening element is attached to the inside of the packaging material at a first point, and extends from the inside of the packaging material and through to the outside of the packaging material. And, wherein the injection molded opening element is attached to the outside of the packaging material at a second point and extends a distance from the second point for opening the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Daniele Palladino, Pietro Martini, Giulio Bertani, Niels Damkjaer, Davide Corradi
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Patent number: 9868587Abstract: A method of injection molding an opening device on sheet packaging material for packaging pourable food products; the packaging material has at least a first and a second layer, and an opening formed through the first layer and sealed by a cover portion of the second layer; the method includes the steps of injecting molten plastic material onto a first side of the cover portion of the second layer, feeding the molten plastic material along the cover portion to cover it on the first side, and feeding the molten plastic material through an annular peripheral portion of the cover portion to form a spout of the opening device projecting from a second side, opposite the first side, of the cover portion; the molten plastic material covers the cover portion to define, with the cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of the spout.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Niels Damkjaer, Masamichi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20170361977Abstract: An opening system for a container comprising a packaging material having an outside and an inside. An injection molded opening element, wherein the injection molded opening element is attached to the inside of the packaging material at a first point, and extends from the inside of the packaging material and through to the outside of the packaging material. And, wherein the injection molded opening element is attached to the outside of the packaging material at a second point and extends a distance from the second point for opening the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Daniele Palladino, Pietro Martini, Giulio Bertani, Niels Damkjaer, Davide Corradi
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Patent number: 9676512Abstract: A forming device and method for use in a packaging machine of the type where packages are produced from a tube. The forming device comprises two opposing sealing elements between which the tube is arranged to be flat-laid and squeezed to heat the thermoplastic and obtain a first transverse seal of the tube. It further comprises two volume control elements. The forming device is characterized in that it is arranged to displace the first transverse seal off-center in relation a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the tube in a displacement direction essentially perpendicular to the first transverse seal to enable later shaping of a corresponding final package with a wall arranged with a predetermined angle of inclination in relation to the displacement direction. The invention also relates to a machine, a process and a packaging laminate.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Björn Karlsson, Niels Damkjaer, Tomas Lagus
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Publication number: 20140069992Abstract: A forming device and method for use in a packaging machine of the type where packages are produced from a tube. The forming device comprises two opposing sealing elements between which the tube is arranged to be flat-laid and squeezed to heat the thermoplastic and obtain a first transverse seal of the tube. It further comprises two volume control elements. The forming device is characterized in that it is arranged to displace the first transverse seal off-center in relation a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the tube in a displacement direction essentially perpendicular to the first transverse seal to enable later shaping of a corresponding final package with a wall arranged with a predetermined angle of inclination in relation to the displacement direction. The invention also relates to a machine, a process and a packaging laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Björn KARLSSON, Niels DAMKJAER, Tomas LAGUS
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Patent number: 8607535Abstract: A forming device and method for use in a packaging machine of the type where packages are produced from a tube. The forming device comprises two opposing sealing elements between which the tube is arranged to be flat-laid and squeezed to heat the thermoplastic and obtain a first transverse seal of the tube. It further comprises two volume control elements. The forming device is arranged to displace the first transverse seal off-center in relation a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the tube in a displacement direction essentially perpendicular to the first transverse seal to enable later shaping of a corresponding final package with a wall arranged with a predetermined angle of inclination in relation to the displacement direction. Also disclosed is a machine, a process and a packaging laminate.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Björn Karlsson, Niels Damkjaer, Tomas Lagus
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Patent number: 8454872Abstract: A method of injection molding an opening device on sheet packaging material for packaging pourable food products; the packaging material has at least a first and a second layer, and an opening formed through the first layer and sealed by a cover portion of the second layer; the method includes the steps of injecting molten plastic material onto a first side of the cover portion of the second layer, feeding the molten plastic material along the cover portion to cover it on the first side, and feeding the molten plastic material through an annular peripheral portion of the cover portion to form a spout of the opening device projecting from a second side, opposite the first side, of the cover portion; the molten plastic material covers the cover portion to define, with the cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of the spout.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Niels Damkjaer, Masamichi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20100166923Abstract: A method of injection molding an opening device on sheet packaging material for packaging pourable food products; the packaging material has at least a first and a second layer, and an opening formed through the first layer and sealed by a cover portion of the second layer; the method includes the steps of injecting molten plastic material onto a first side of the cover portion of the second layer, feeding the molten plastic material along the cover portion to cover it on the first side, and feeding the molten plastic material through an annular peripheral portion of the cover portion to form a spout of the opening device projecting from a second side, opposite the first side, of the cover portion; the molten plastic material covers the cover portion to define, with the cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of the spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Pietro Martini, Niels Damkjaer, Masamichi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20090019819Abstract: A forming device and method for use in a packaging machine of the type where packages are produced from a tube. The forming device comprises two opposing sealing elements between which the tube is arranged to be flat-laid and squeezed to heat the thermoplastic and obtain a first transverse seal of the tube. It further comprises two volume control elements. The forming device is arranged to displace the first transverse seal off-center in relation a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the tube in a displacement direction essentially perpendicular to the first transverse seal to enable later shaping of a corresponding final package with a wall arranged with a predetermined angle of inclination in relation to the displacement direction. Also disclosed is a machine, a process and a packaging laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Bjorn Karlsson, Niels Damkjaer, Tomas Lagus
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Patent number: 7191931Abstract: An opening arrangement includes a bottom piece disposed to be positioned on a packaging material and to define a pouring opening; a lid disposed, in a closed state, to seal the pouring opening; and a tamper evidence intended to be broken the first time the opening arrangement is opened and which is connected to a pull tab connected to the lid and to a fastening surface disposed to be connected to the packaging material. The fastening surface is disposed to extend over a fold line along which the packaging material is intended to be folded for forming a package. A package and a method of providing a package with an opening arrangement are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Niels Damkjaer
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Patent number: 7051888Abstract: A closure device comprising a plastic lid which is articulated to a skirt that is designed to surround a neck of a container. A majority of the surface of the lid is made up of an external convex surface that is provided with a concave recess which is disposed more or less opposite an area in which the lid is articulated to the skirt. One section of the lid can rest against a heel which is provided close to an upper edge of the skirt so as to lock the lid in a position in which the device is completely open.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Gregory Antier, Niels Damkjaer
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Publication number: 20050101466Abstract: The present invention relates to an opening arrangement (10) comprising a bottom piece (11) which is arranged so as to be positioned on a packaging material (1) and to delimit a pouring opening, a lid (12) which is arranged so as, in closed position, to seal the pouring opening, tamper evidence (14) which is intended to be broken the first time the opening arrangement (10) is opened and which is connected to on the one hand a pull tab (13) connected to the lid (12) and on the other hand a fastening surface (15) which is arranged so as to be connected to the packaging material (1), the fastening surface (15) being arranged so as to extend over a fold line (1e) along which the packaging material (1) is intended to be folded for formation of a packaging. The present invention also relates to a packaging and a method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventor: Niels Damkjaer
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Publication number: 20040108371Abstract: The present invention relates to an opening arrangement (10) comprising a bottom piece (11) which is arranged so as to be positioned on a packaging material (1) and to delimit a pouring opening, a lid (12) which is hinged about a folding joint and arranged so as, in closed position, to seal the pouring opening, tamper evidence (14) which is on the one hand connected to a pull tab (13) connected to the lid (12) and on the other hand connected to the bottom piece (11) or arranged so as to be connected to the packaging material by means of a fastening surface (15), and which tamper evidence (14) is intended to be broken the first time the opening arrangement (10) is opened. That portion (13b) of the pull tab to which the tamper evidence (14) is connected, the tamper evidence (14) and that portion of the bottom piece (11) to which the tamper evidence (14) is connected or the fastening surface (15) which is intended to be connected to the packaging material (1) extend essentially along a common plane (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Niels Damkjaer
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Publication number: 20030102280Abstract: The tamperproof closing device for a receptacle having a threaded collar comprises a screw cap (1) consisting of a bottom (8) and a cylindrical skirt (9) having inner threading for co-operation with the corresponding threading (5) on the collar (2) and extended by a tamperproof ring (13) which is attached by frangible means (20). The collar has a plurality of outer radial notches arranged at the base thereof. Said notches are circumferentially oriented and the ring comprises a plurality of inner radial reliefs (15) whose profile is complementary to that of the notches (7). The orientations and dimensions of the notches (7) and reliefs (15) are determined in such a way that the second items can pass onto the first items in the direction of screwing as a result of elastic deformation of the constitutive material and can prevent the same from occurring in the opposite direction. The reliefs (15) are formed on an annular lip (14) which is turned back and originates from the tamperproof ring (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Philippe Odet, Niels Damkjaer