Patents Assigned to Tamfelt OYJ ABP
  • Publication number: 20040003860
    Abstract: A paper machine fabric comprising at least two separate layers formed using at least two separate yarn systems: one constituting the paper side and comprising machine direction and cross machine direction yarns and the other constituting the machine side and comprising machine direction and cross machine direction yarns, the yarn systems being arranged to form independent structures in both directions of the fabric. The structures are bound together with binder yarns, a binder yarn being arranged to form part of the weave of a layer on the paper side surface and arranged to be interwoven with a layer of the machine side by being interwoven under at least one yarn in the machine side layer. The number of machine direction yarns in the layer constituting the machine side is larger than the number of machine direction yarns in the layer constituting the paper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: TAMFELT OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Seppo Taipale, Terttu Turpeinen, Tania Rautio, Pekka Kortelainen
  • Patent number: 6658709
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shrink fabric, and a shrink fabric to be used for filtering. The method is used for manufacturing a shrink fabric (1, 1′) comprising a seam assembly (4) which is substantially diagonal with respect to the lateral direction of the shrink fabric (1, 1′). When arranged in place onto a drum filter, the seam assembly (4) of the shrink fabric (1, 1′) is substantially diagonal with respect to the lateral direction of the drum (2) of the drum filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Tamfelt OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Aulis Perälä, Eino Sorri
  • Publication number: 20030192665
    Abstract: A method of making a press felt, and a press felt. The press felt comprises a continuous base fabric in the lateral direction, and at least one batt fibre layer. The closed-loop base fabric is made of longitudinal and transverse yarns. The properties of the press felt, such as permeance, are arranged to be different in edge portions of the press felt from the midportion of the felt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: TAMFELT OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Bo Rokman, Kari Hyvonen, Tauno Virtanen
  • Patent number: 6605188
    Abstract: Transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising a base structure (2) and a fiber batt layer (3) attached to the base structure and facing the fiber web. At least the fiber batt layer side of the belt is provided with a polymer matrix (4) impregnating the fiber batt layer (3). According to the idea of the invention, the transfer belt fiber batt layer comprises at least two fibers with different surface properties, the transfer belt surface facing the fiber web being thus provided with hydrophilic and, correspondingly, hydrophobic areas. The fibers in the fiber batt layer may differ from one another with regard to their polarity, hydrophilicity, electric charge, surface energy, friction properties, degree of fineness or porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj ABP
    Inventors: Satu Hagfors, Olli Jermo
  • Publication number: 20030066935
    Abstract: A dryer screen, which is woven of flat machine direction threads and round cross-machine direction threads. After weaving the fabric is subjected to heat treatment, and as a result of the strong shrinkage of the weft threads the adjacent warp threads are overlapping in relation to one another on the paper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: TAMFELT OYJ ABP
    Inventor: Rauno Enqvist
  • Patent number: 6533901
    Abstract: A paper machine fabric comprising two separate layers which are made of a yarn system made up of warp and weft yarns forming the paper side and a yarn system made up of warp and weft yarns forming the machine side. The yarn system forming the paper side is arranged to comprise two warp systems and two weft systems. The warp system made up of top warps of the layer forming the paper side is interconnected with the warp system of the structure forming the machine side by means of binder yarns by arranging the binder yarns at the paper-side binding point to press the top warps inside the fabric in such a manner that the binder yarns are at the binding point under the surface of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj ABP
    Inventor: Seppo Taipale
  • Publication number: 20020137416
    Abstract: Transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising a base structure (2) and a fiber batt layer (3) attached to the base structure and facing the fiber web. At least the fiber batt layer side of the belt is provided with a polymer matrix (4) impregnating the fiber batt layer (3). According to the idea of the invention, the transfer belt fiber batt layer comprises at least two fibers with different surface properties, the transfer belt surface facing the fiber web being thus provided with hydrophilic and, correspondingly, hydrophobic areas. The fibers in the fiber batt layer may differ from one another with regard to their polarity, hydrophilicity, electric charge, surface energy, friction properties, degree of fineness or porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: TAMFELT OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Satu Hagfors, Olli Jermo
  • Patent number: 6425985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a press felt, according to which method a press felt is manufactured which has a good initial density by means a water soluble material, such as polymer, preferably polyvinyl alcohol (PVAL), applied to the texture of the press felt. Furthermore, the invention relates to a press felt comprising a body (2) and a crill layer (1) arranged thereto. Furthermore, the press felt comprises a portion of a water soluble material, such as water soluble polymer, arranged to dissolve from the texture after the initial density obtained by means of it is no longer needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Tamfelt OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Satu Hagfors, Jukka Huhtiniemi
  • Patent number: 6416724
    Abstract: A method is provided for cleaning a combustion exhaust gas containing impurities, such as sulfur oxides and hydrochloric acid, with an additive, such as calcium hydroxide, in a reactor. The combustion gas is passed into a wetting zone where water is injected into the gas. The wet combustion gas is then passed through additive injection zone where the additive is co-currently injected into the combustion gas at a location near the bottom of the injection zone. The additive injection zone is connected to the top of the wetting zone and expands conically outward from the gas discharge outlet of the wetting zone so that as the combustion gas (and additive) travel upward through the additive injection zone the velocity of the combustion gas (and additive) is decreased. The combustion gas and additive are then passed through a cylindrical section having a uniform diameter of a given height and connected to the top of the additive injection zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignees: Tamfelt OYJ ABP, Partek Nordkalk OY AB, Sermet OY
    Inventors: Jarl Ahlbeck, Frej Bjondahl, Juha Huotari, Jan Isaksson, Erkki Mustonen, Maija Vihma, Tarja Virtanen
  • Patent number: 6416629
    Abstract: An arrangement for fastening a press jacket to a press roll end. In the arrangement, thinnings are formed at an edge of the press jacket and the press jacket is fastened to the roll end by means of holes formed at the edge of thicker jacket portions between the thinnings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj ABP
    Inventor: Jari Jännetyinen
  • Publication number: 20020060039
    Abstract: A paper machine fabric comprising two separate layers which are made of a yarn system made up of warp and weft yarns forming the paper side and a yarn system made up of warp and weft yarns forming the machine side. The yarn system forming the paper side is arranged to comprise two warp systems and two weft systems. The warp system made up of top warps of the layer forming the paper side is interconnected with the warp system of the structure forming the machine side by means of binder yarns by arranging the binder yarns at the paper-side binding point to press the top warps inside the fabric in such a manner that the binder yarns are at the binding point under the surface of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: TAMFELT OYJ ABP
    Inventor: Seppo Taipale
  • Publication number: 20020053541
    Abstract: A filter cloth whose underside comprises substantially parallel, additional yarns 8 that are thicker than the rest of the yarns of the cloth, substantially parallel channels 9 being formed between the yarns, wherein filtered liquid passed through the cloth is allowed to flow in the direction of the surface of a filtering element 10 between the filtering portion of the cloth and the surface of the element. The invention further relates to a filtering module manufactured from the filter cloth of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Tamfelt OYJ ABP
    Inventor: Aulis Perala
  • Patent number: 6354335
    Abstract: A paper machine fabric comprising at least two separate layers formed using at least two separate yarn systems: a yarn system forming the paper side and comprising machine direction and cross machine direction yarns and a yarn system forming the machine side and comprising machine direction and cross machine direction yarns, the yarn systems being arranged to form independent structures in the machine and cross machine directions of the fabric and the structures being bound together by means of binder yarns, a binder yarn being arranged to form part of the weave of a layer on the paper side surface and arranged to be interwoven with a layer of the machine side by being interwoven under at least one yarn in the machine side layer. The yarn system forming the paper side further comprises a substitute yarn provided with a binder yarn woven on both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj ABP
    Inventors: Seppo Taipale, Terttu Turpeinen, Tania Rautio, Pekka Kortelainen
  • Patent number: 6094834
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for a drying section of a paper machine, the arrangement comprising a fine wire (5a) and a coarse wire (5b) that are arranged to pass between metal bands (2, 3) of a band dryer (1) together with a web (4) to be dried. The fine wire (5a) comprises at least three interwoven textural layers, wherein the outermost layers, in other words a surface (10) and a bottom (11), have a finer texture than the middle section (12) situated between them. According to a preferred embodiment, the surface layer (10) is provided with a denser texture than the bottom (11), which, in turn, has a denser texture than the middle section (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Tamfelt OYJ ABP
    Inventors: Seppo Taipale, Terttu Turpeinen
  • Patent number: 6092298
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for a drying section of a paper machine, the arrangement comprising a fine wire (5a) and a coarse wire (5b) that are arranged to pass between metal bands (2, 3) of a band dryer (1) together with a web (4) to be dried. The coarse wire (5b) comprises a fine texture (5d) to be placed against the cooled metal band (3). Further, against the fine-textured section (5d) placed against the cooled metal band (3) there is a coarse texture (5c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj ABP
    Inventors: Ari Salminen, Kari Hyvonen
  • Patent number: D466601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Tamfelt Oyj Abp
    Inventors: Matti Servo, Anssi Rantala, Vesa-Matti Riihioja