Patents by Inventor Kari Niemi

Kari Niemi 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: 20050143066
    Abstract: A method for personalizing services in a mobile communications system, the services being used on the basis of a parameter list (pam-1, pam-N) and a service data profile (1-1, 1-2, 1-3, N-1, N-2). The parameter list comprises the parameters needed for providing a service. The service data profile defines levels for the parameters in the parameter list, the parameter values being re-trieved from the levels when the service is being used. The levels include, for example, global (gl), service-specific (se) and subscriber-specific (su) levels. The service data profiles of a particular service differ from one another accord-ing to the level on which the parameter values have been defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Kari Niemi
  • Patent number: 6687950
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a holder (2) for a doctor blade and a blade (1) to be fitted in the holder for use in a paper or board machine. The holder (2) and/or the blade (1) comprises a composite material of whose surface or on a part of whose surface a ceramic coating (6) has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilkka Rata, Kari Niemi, Heikki Toivanen, Timo Lintula, Ilkka Eskelinen
  • Patent number: 6609996
    Abstract: A press roll such as the center roll of a press or the back-up roll of an extended-nip press roll, used in a pulp, paper, board or finishing machine, has a coating with an intermediate sealed layer. The corrosion resistance and impermeability of the roll coating, particularly of such a coating that is made by thermal spraying, can be improved by way of sealing. The coating comprises a porous outermost surface layer made out of a ceramic or ceramic-metal material applied by thermal spraying and at least one sealed layer situated between the outermost surface layer and the roll mantle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Kari Niemi, Bjarne Hellman, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen
  • Patent number: 6461687
    Abstract: A roll for use in the manufacture of paper and board, a press roll, in particular a center roll in a press, a backup roll for an extended-nip press roll, a hot press roll, or equivalent, which is in direct contact with a wet paper web, or a calender roll, a method for manufacturing the same and a coating composition therefor including an adhesion layer arranged on the frame part of the roll and a ceramic layer arranged on the adhesion layer. The ceramic layer has a thickness of from about 100 &mgr;m to about 2000 &mgr;m and includes from about 50% to about 95% by weight of Cr2O3 and from about 3% to about 50% by weight of TiO2, or from about 50% to about 80% by weight of Al2O3 and from about 20% to about 50% by weight of ZrO2, or exclusively Al2TiO5. The outer face of the ceramic layer is finished until the roughness Ra is from about 0.2 &mgr;m to about 2.0 &mgr;m and/or the porosity of the outer face of the roll is from about 1% to about 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Juhani Vestola, Kari Niemi, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen, Jorma Majava, Jussi Tuomela, Harri Kuosa
  • Publication number: 20020066405
    Abstract: A press roll such as the center roll of a press or the back-up roll of an extended-nip press roll, used in a pulp, paper, board or finishing machine, has a coating with an intermediate sealed layer. The corrosion resistance and impermeability of the roll coating, particularly of such a coating that is made by thermal spraying, can be improved by way of sealing. The coating comprises a porous outermost surface layer made out of a ceramic or ceramic-metal material applied by thermal spraying and at least one sealed layer situated between the outermost surface layer and the roll mantle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Kari Niemi, Bjarne Hellman, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen
  • Publication number: 20010024723
    Abstract: A roll for use in the manufacture of paper and board, a press roll, in particular a center roll in a press, a backup roll for an extended-nip press roll, a hot press roll, or equivalent, which is in direct contact with a wet paper web, or a calender roll, a method for manufacturing the same and a coating composition therefor including an adhesion layer arranged on the frame part of the roll and a ceramic layer arranged on the adhesion layer. The ceramic layer has a thickness of from about 100 &mgr;m to about 2000 &mgr;m and includes from about 50% to about 95% by weight of Cr2O3 and from about 3% to about 50% by weight of TiO2, or from about 50% to about 80% by weight of Al2O3 and from about 20% to about 50% by weight of ZrO2, or exclusively Al2TiO5. The outer face of the ceramic layer is finished until the roughness Ra is from about 0.2 &mgr;m to about 2.0 &mgr;m and/or the porosity of the outer face of the roll is from about 1% to about 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Juhani Vestola, Kari Niemi, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen, Jorma Majava, Jussi Tuomela, Harri Kuosa
  • Patent number: 6200248
    Abstract: A roll for use in the manufacture of paper and board, a press roll, in particular a center roll in a press, a backup roll for an extended-nip press roll, a hot press roll, or equivalent, which is in direct contact with a wet paper web, or a calender roll, a method for manufacturing the same and a coating composition therefor including an adhesion layer arranged on the frame part of the roll and a ceramic layer arranged on the adhesion layer. The ceramic layer has a thickness of from about 100 &mgr;m to about 2000 &mgr;m and includes from about 50% to about 95% by weight of Cr2O3 and from about 3% to about 50% by weight of TiO2, or from about 50% to about 80% by weight of Al2O3 and from about 20% to about 50% by weight of ZrO2, or exclusively Al2TiO5. The outer face of the ceramic layer is finished until the roughness Ra is from about 0.2 &mgr;m to about 2.0 &mgr;m and/or the porosity of the outer face of the roll is from about 1% to about 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Juhani Vestola, Kari Niemi
  • Patent number: 6167623
    Abstract: A press roll for a paper or board machine, a method for manufacturing a roll for a paper or board machine and a coating composition for a roll which enable the roll to endure difficult corrosion conditions. An adhesion/corrosion-protection layer having a thickness of from about 150 &mgr;m to about 300 &mgr;m is applied onto the frame part of the roll by a high-velocity flame spraying technique. The adhesion/corrosion-protection layer contains a nickel-chromium alloy. A tight-ceramic layer having a thickness from about 50 &mgr;m to about 150 &mgr;m is applied onto the adhesion/corrosion-protection layer by a high-velocity flame spraying technique and includes from about 50% to about 100% of Al2O3 and optionally includes up to about 50% of TiO2 and/or any amount of Al2TiO5. A porous ceramic layer is applied onto the tight ceramic layer. The tight-ceramic layer may include only Al2TiO5 instead of Al2O3, with or without TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Kari Niemi, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen
  • Patent number: 5967959
    Abstract: A press roll for a paper or board machine, a method for manufacturing a roll for a paper or board machine and a coating composition for a roll which enable the roll to endure difficult corrosion conditions. An adhesion/corrosion-protection layer having a thickness of from about 150 .mu.m to about 300 .mu.m is applied onto the frame part of the roll by a high-velocity flame spraying technique. The adhesion/corrosion-protection layer contains a nickel-chromium alloy. A tight-ceramic layer having a thickness from about 50 .mu.m to about 150 .mu.m is applied onto the adhesion/corrosion-protection layer by a high-velocity flame spraying technique and includes from about 50% to about 100% of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and optionally includes up to about 50% of TiO.sub.2 and/or any amount of Al.sub.2 TiO.sub.5. A porous ceramic layer is applied onto the tight ceramic layer. The tight-ceramic layer may include only Al.sub.2 TiO.sub.5 instead of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, with or without TiO.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Kari Niemi, Juha Wahlroos, Pentti Lehtonen