Patents by Inventor Thomas Billgren

Thomas Billgren 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: 6596127
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which has been provided in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions either by means of a pattern wire, band or belt and/or by a pattern on the heated roll (13) and where the paper web (10) after said press nip (12) is led around an essential part of the periphery of the heated roll (13) in order to provide an additional drying of the paper web while this is still in contact with said three-dimensional pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Söderberg, Bengt Järrehult
  • Patent number: 6585861
    Abstract: Device for producing a paper having a three dimensional pattern which has been given the paper web in connection with drying the paper web. The device comprises at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable heated roll (13) and a counter means (11,14), at which either the heated roll (13) along its periphery alternatively a member surrounding the roll or a patterned wire, band or belt is provided with said three dimensional pattern, and wherein the wet paper web (10) is intended to pass through said press nip (12) and is given said pattern A detaching roll (16) is arranged at a certain distance from the press nip (12) for taking off the paper web from the heated roll (13), and creping means (17) are arranged for creping the paper from said detaching roll (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Metso Paper Karlstad AB
    Inventors: Janerik Odhe, Bengt Järrehult, Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Ingvar Klerelid
  • Patent number: 6503370
    Abstract: Method of producing paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which is given the paper in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web when passing through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern either by means of a pattern wire (11) and/or by the fact that the heated roll (13) is provided with a three-dimensional pattern, and where the wet paper web (10) before entering said press nip (12) is given a basis weight variation in a non-random pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Söderberg, Bengt Järrehult
  • Patent number: 6454905
    Abstract: Method of producing an impulse dried paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions, which have been provided in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least two press nips (12a,b), each comprising a rotatable heated roll (13a,b) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nips is given a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions either by means of a patterned wire (11′), -band or belt and/or by a pattern on the heated roll (13a,b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Bengt Järrehult, Mats Söderberg
  • Publication number: 20020124978
    Abstract: Method of producing paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which is given the paper in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web when passing through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern either by means of a pattern wire (11) and/or by the fact that the heated roll (13) is provided with a three-dimensional pattern, and where the wet paper web (10) before entering said press nip (12) is given a basis weight variation in a non-random pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Soderberg, Bengt Jarrehult
  • Patent number: 6444089
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which is given the paper in connection with impulse drying. The paper web has a varying material composition as seen in its thickness direction, so that it at least in an outer layer contains an amount of a material that softens, melts or hardens in the temperature interval 100-400° C. or in some other way contributes in stabilizing the pattern structure that has been given the paper. It is further referred to an impulse dried paper produced according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Söderberg, Bengt Järrehult
  • Publication number: 20020092633
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three dimensional pattern which has been given the paper web in connection with drying the paper web, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nip is given said three dimensional pattern either by means of a pattern provided on the heated roll (13), alternatively on a member surrounding the roll or by means of a patterned wire, band or belt and where said pattern is pressed into the paper web against a counter means (11,14). After said press nip (12) the paper web (10) is taken off from the heated roll (13) by means of a detaching roll (16) and is creped against said detaching roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Janerik Odhe, Bengt Jarrehult, Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Ingvar Klerelid
  • Patent number: 6416623
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions, which has been provided in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions either by means of a patterned wire, band or belt and/or by a pattern on the heated roll (13) and where said pattern is pressed into the paper web against a counter means (11, 14). The wet paper web before said press nip is exerted to a creping- or other compacting procedure which foreshortens the length of the paper web. The invention also refers to a paper produced by the method, said paper having a high extensibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Hans Wallenius, Thomas Billgren, Ingvar Klerelid
  • Publication number: 20020079078
    Abstract: Device for producing a paper having a three dimensional pattern which has been given the paper web in connection with drying the paper web. The device comprises at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable heated roll (13) and a counter means (11, 14), at which either the heated roll (13) along its periphery alternatively a member surrounding the roll or a patterned wire, band or belt is provided with said three dimensional pattern, and wherein the wet paper web (10) is intended to pass through said press nip (12) and is given said pattern. A detaching roll (16) is arranged at a certain distance from the press nip (12) for taking off the paper web from the heated roll (13), and creping means (17) are arranged for creping the paper from said detaching roll (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Janerik Odhe, Bengt Jarrehult, Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Ingvar Klerelid
  • Publication number: 20020060008
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which has been provided in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions either by means of a pattern wire, band or belt and/or by a pattern on the heated roll (13) and where the paper web (10) after said press nip (12) is led around an essential part of the periphery of the heated roll (13) in order to provide an additional drying of the paper web while this is still in contact with said three-dimensional pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Soderberg, Bengt Jarrehult
  • Publication number: 20020060034
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions, which has been provided in connection with impulse drying, at which the wet paper web (10) is passed through at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable roll (13) which is heated and that the paper web during the passage through the press nip is given a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions either by means of a patterned wire, band or belt and/or by a pattern on the heated roll (13) and where said pattern is pressed into the paper web against a counter means (11, 14). The wet paper web before said press nip is exerted to a creping- or other compacting procedure which foreshortens the length of the paper web. The invention also refers to a paper produced by the method, said paper having a high extensibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Hans Wallenius, Thomas Billgren, Ingvar Klerelid
  • Publication number: 20020060007
    Abstract: Method of producing a paper having a three-dimensional pattern of alternating raised and recessed portions which is given the paper in connection with impulse drying. The paper web has a varying material composition as seen in its thickness direction, so that it at least in an outer layer contains an amount of a material that softens, melts or hardens in the temperature interval 100-400° C. or in some other way contributes in stabilizing the pattern structure that has been given the paper. It is further referred to an impulse-dried paper produced according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Hollmark, Lennart Reiner, Thomas Billgren, Kaveh Tondkar, Mats Soderberg, Bengt Jarrehult
  • Patent number: 5840152
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining a first web (8) consisting of plastic material to a second web (9) consisting of absorbent material, wherein the arrangement includes a cooling-roll (1), a counter-roll (2), and means for feeding the first and the second webs through the nip defined between the cooling-roll and the counter-roll, the webs being pressed together in the nip, and wherein the plastic material in the first web (8) is in a plastic state when entering the nip. A pattern of molds (5) having air-permeable bottoms is arranged over at least a part of the mantle surface of the cooling-roll (1) and a vacuum box (7) is arranged inwardly of the cooling-roll mantle in the region of abutment of the first web (8) with the cooling roll, with cooling devices (3, 4) for cooling the cooling-roll mantle from outside the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Molnlycke AB
    Inventors: Thomas Billgren, Maurice Leclercq, Francis Robert