Patents by Inventor Tapani Pöysti

Tapani Pöysti 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: 7900712
    Abstract: In a hydraulic system for mining equipment and a method of adjusting the power of a rock drill machine, at least one mining actuator used for detaching rock is connected to a dedicated separate hydraulic circuit having a special hydraulic pump. The power of the mining actuator is adjusted by changing the hydraulic power generated by the separate hydraulic circuit of the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventors: Jouko Muona, Jaakko Niemi, Jukka Osara, Tapani Pöysti, Vesa Uitto
  • Patent number: 6938702
    Abstract: A method and an equipment for controlling the operation of a rock drilling apparatus, which rock drilling apparatus comprises a percussion device for producing impact energy to a tool of the rock drilling apparatus, a rotating device for rotating the tool in a drill hole, a feeding device for feeding the tool in the drill hole and a flushing device for supplying flushing agent through the tool and the bit for flushing loose drilling waste from the hole. The feed force and the percussion power are determined and the relation between the feed force and the percussion power is adjusted to a targeted operation area within an upper and a lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sandvik Inteleectual Property AB
    Inventors: Heikki Saha, Markku Keskiniva, Antti Koskimäki, Esa Rantala, Tapani Pöysti, Vesa Peltonen, Jaakko Niemi, Timo Kemppainen, Vesa Uitto, Pauli Lemmetty
  • Patent number: 6505689
    Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for controlling a hydraulic rock drilling device. The arrangement includes a pressure ratio valve that is used for adjusting the relation between the pressures in the pressure channel leading to the percussion device and/or another actuator, such as a shank stabilizer, and the pressure channel leading to the feed mechanism. The pressure ratio valve is arranged to keep the relation between the pressures of the actuator and the feed mechanism constant over the normal drilling range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock Oy
    Inventors: Tapani Pöysti, Jaakko Niemi, Reijo Rämö, Timo Muuttonen
  • Patent number: 6419031
    Abstract: A method of controlling rock drilling performed by a rock drill provided with a pressure-driven hammer and a rotation motor. In the method, the speed of rotation of the drill rod is defined on the basis of the value of the control signal used to control the control valve that adjusts the flow of the pressure fluid to the rotation motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock Oy
    Inventor: Tapani Pöysti
  • Patent number: 6253860
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for controlling rock drilling on the basis of a pressure acting in a pressure conduit of a rotation motor of a drill rod. In the method, the pressure acting in the pressure fluid conduit of the rotation motor is measured during the rotation when the drill bit does not touch the rock to be drilled, and the control is carried out thereafter on the basis of the difference between the pressure value measured during the drilling and the idle pressure value. In the arrangement, the rock drilling machine comprises a control unit that measures the pressure acting in the pressure fluid conduit of the rotation motor when the drill rod is rotated so that it does not touch the rock to be drilled and stores it in the memory and controls the rock drilling machine during the drilling on the basis of the difference between the pressure value measured during the drilling and the idle pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock Oy
    Inventors: Tapani Pöysti, Tapani Huhdanmäki