Patents by Inventor Jarmo Koskimaa

Jarmo Koskimaa 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).

  • Method and arrangement for feeding an anode into a smelting reactor
    Patent number: 8142539
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2), such as a flash converter, said arrangement including a feeding funnel (7) made of at least one part for feeding at least one anode (4) at a time into the smelting reactor, said arrangement also including a bending element (5) for bending the anode, so that the essentially completely bent anode (4) is arranged to meet the surface of the melt (8) contained in the smelting reactor in an essentially horizontal position. The invention also relates to a method for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Kasper Kokkonen, Jarmo Koskimaa, Satu Jyrkönen
  • Method and arrangement for feeding an anode into a smelting reactor
    Publication number: 20050223845
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2), such as a flash converter, said arrangement including a feeding funnel (7) made of at least one part for feeding at least one anode (4) at a time into the smelting reactor, said arrangement also including a bending element (5) for bending the anode, so that the essentially completely bent anode (4) is arranged to meet the surface of the melt (8) contained in the smelting reactor in an essentially horizontal position. The invention also relates to a method for feeding an anode into a metallurgical smelting reactor (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kasper Kokkonen, Jarmo Koskimaa, Satu Jyrkonen