Patents by Inventor Tero Aronen

Tero Aronen 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 apparatus for handling logs to be debarked
    Patent number: 6213178
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for removing the bark from logs including transporting the logs in a longitudinal direction, cutting the surface of the logs as they move in the longitudinal direction using blades projecting upwardly with respect to a bottom surface on which the logs are supported and which is moving transversely under the logs, and simultaneously causing the logs to move so that the logs alternately contact the blades and are displaced from contact with the blades. Apparatus for removing the bark from logs is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Valmet Woodhandling Oy
    Inventors: Arvo Jonkka, Kari Liljeroos, Tero Aronen