Patents by Inventor Erkki Kirveskari

Erkki Kirveskari 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: 7438784
    Abstract: A method and a device for calendering a paper or paperboard web, in which the web is led first into a calendering step and then into a reeling step. At least one edge area of the web is calendered separately in the reeling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Erkki Kirveskari
  • Publication number: 20060144544
    Abstract: A method and a device for calendering a paper or paperboard web, in which the web is led first into a calendering step and then into a reeling step. At least one edge area of the web is calendered separately in the reeling step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventor: Erkki Kirveskari
  • Patent number: 6106902
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper of paper-board. In the method, the web to be coated is passed to a coater station, wherein a coat layer is applied to at least one surface of the web, and the web is dried at least to some degree and passed to the next treatment step. The coat is applied by spraying the coating mix on the web surface by a high-pressure spraying nozzles, the pattern width covered by a single nozzle is essentially narrower than the cross-machine width of the web being coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Jukka Koskinen, Erkki Kirveskari, Vilho Nissinen, Jorma Kinnunen, Seppo Luomi
  • Patent number: 6063449
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or paperboard. The web to be coated is passed to a coater station, wherein a coat layer is applied to at least one surface of the web by means of high-pressure spraying nozzles, whereby the pattern width covered by a single nozzle is essentially narrower than the cross-machine width of the web being coated. The nozzles are located in an enclosure and the excess coat mist formed in the process is removed by means of suction tubes, and advantageously, with the help of a falling film of coating mix flowing down the internal wall(s) of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Jukka Koskinen, Erkki Kirveskari, Vilho Nissinen, Jorma Kinnunen, Seppo Luomi