Patents by Inventor Roar Abrahamsen

Roar Abrahamsen 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).

  • Apparatus and a method for destructuring of articles
    Patent number: 8387903
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for receiving and destructuring collectable items, the apparatus having at least one item destructurer (112,113) at an exit of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an item receiving floor (114); an item pusher (115) reciprocally slidable along the floor, means for causing an item when placed on the floor to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer, and pusher drive means (117) configured to provide gradually increasing pushing force on the item towards the destructurer. Means may be provided for selectively causing an item when placed on the floor either to exit through the floor via a trap door device or to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tomra Systems ASA
    Inventors: Tom Lunde, Roar Abrahamsen
  • APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DESTRUCTURING OF ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110017851
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for receiving and destructuring collectable items, the apparatus having at least one item destructurer (112,113) at an exit of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an item receiving floor (114); an item pusher (115) reciprocally slidable along the floor, means for causing an item when placed on the floor to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer, and pusher drive means (117) configured to provide gradually increasing pushing force on the item towards the destructurer. Means may be provided for selectively causing an item when placed on the floor either to exit through the floor via a trap door device or to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA
    Inventors: Tom Lunde, Roar Abrahamsen
  • Walker
    Patent number: D503909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Acess AS
    Inventors: Ulf Tolfsen, Terje Johansen, Roar Abrahamsen, Roy Kristiansen