Patents by Inventor Thom Aspgren

Thom Aspgren 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).

  • Publication number: 20180271146
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Thom ASPGREN, Thord HASSLER, Christian WERDINIUS
  • Publication number: 20180271139
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Thom Aspgren, Thord Hassler, Christian Werdinius
  • Publication number: 20180140007
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral pouched product, such as an oral pouched smokeless tobacco product, which comprises a filling material, such as tobacco material, and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the product having a rectangular shape with a maximum length and a maximum width, wherein the maximum width of the product is within the range of from 3 mm to 10 mm, the maximum length of the product is within the range of from 25 mm to 40 mm, the ratio of maximum length to maximum width is within the range of from 3 to 6, and the oral pouched product has a weight within the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Thom ASPGREN, Thord HASSLER, Christian WERDINIUS
  • Patent number: 9560880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container comprising portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff, wherein the portion packets are held in place on an interior surface of the container by an adhesive, a method for packing portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff in a container, as well as use of an adhesive in such container for removable adhesion of said portion packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren
  • 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: 20150122675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container comprising portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff, wherein the portion packets are held in place on an interior surface of the container by an adhesive, a method for packing portion packets of a tobacco or non-tobacco snuff in a container, as well as use of an adhesive in such container for removable adhesion of said portion packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren
  • 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: D753871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren
  • Patent number: D775415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventors: Philip Beardsall, Thom Aspgren
  • Patent number: D837447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Thom Aspgren