Patents by Inventor Finn Oulie

Finn Oulie 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: 6030492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuous cooking of kraft pulp in a single-vessel system (1), preferably a single-vessel hydraulic digester, with chips being conveyed from a high-pressure feeder (2) in a transfer line (2A, 4A) to a first end (3) of the digester (1), the chips being impregnated, in a liquid containing black liquor, in a concurrent impregnation zone (5), the chips being cooked in a cooking zone (6) subsequent to the impregnation zone, hot black liquor (7) being extracted from at least one extraction screen section (8), and cooked pulp being discharged (9) at the other end of the digester. The chips are, when they leave the high-pressure feeder (2), included in a first liquid, which first liquid is in the main separated from the chips in a liquid exchanger (4) installed in the transfer line (2A, 4A) and is replaced by a second liquid which contains black liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping AB
    Inventors: Finn Oulie, Lennart Sjolund
  • Patent number: 5827401
    Abstract: A screen system for a digester for continuous cooking under raised pressure and temperature of fiber material in a vertical vessel, where input of fiber material and cooking liquid takes place at the top of the digester, withdrawal of spent cooking liquor is carried out from at least one digester screening arrangement (1D) between the top and the bottom of the digester, and fiber material is fed out from the bottom (1C) of the digester, wherein at least one of said screening arrangements (1, 2) has at least one screen element (2A) of which the main configuration is circular and which is assembled by means of welding, and which is fitted into the digester shell by means of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping Technologies AB
    Inventors: Ake Backlund, Kenneth Bellstrom, Finn Oulie, Johanna Svanberg, Soren Soderqvist
  • Patent number: 5658428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuous cooking of kraft pulp in a single-vessel system (1), preferably a single-vessel hydraulic digester, with chips being conveyed from a high-pressure feeder (2) in a transfer line (2A, 4A) to a first end (3) of the digester (1), the chips being impregnated, in a liquid containing black liquor, in a concurrent impregnation zone (5), the chips being cooked in a cooking zone (6) subsequent to the impregnation zone, hot black liquor (7) being extracted from at least one extraction screen section (8), and cooked pulp being discharged (9) at the other end of the digester. The chips are, when they leave the high-pressure feeder (2), included in a first liquid, which first liquid is in the main separated from the chips in a liquid exchanger (4) installed in the transfer line (2A, 4A) and is replaced by a second liquid which contains black liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping Technologies AB
    Inventor: Finn Oulie
  • Patent number: 5591303
    Abstract: In a pulp digester for continuous cooking under raised pressure and temperature of fiber material in a vertical digester (1), input of fiber material and cooking liquid takes place at the top of the digester, withdrawal of spent cooking liquor is carried out from at least one digester screening arrangement (1D) between the top and the bottom of the digester, and fiber material is fed out from the bottom (1C) of the digester, and at least one screening arrangement (2) in the lower half of the digester, wherein at least one of said screening arrangements (1, 2) has at least one screen element (2A) of which the main configuration is of angular shape, preferably rectangular, most preferred square, having a screen face (3A) of which the total area is less than 1 m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping Technologies AB
    Inventors: Finn Oulie, Ake Backlund, Johanna Svanberg
  • Patent number: 5567280
    Abstract: A screen system for a digester for continuous cooking under raised pressure and temperature of fibre material in a vertical vessel, where input of fibre material and cooking liquid takes place at the top of the digester, withdrawal of spent cooking liquor is carried out from at least one digester screening arrangement (1D) between the top and the bottom of the digester, and fibre material is fed out from the bottom (1C) of the digester, wherein at least one of said screening arrangements (1, 2) has at least one screen element (2A) of which the main configuration is circular and which is assembled by means of welding, and which is fitted into the digester shell by means of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Ake Backlund, Kenneth Bellstrom, Finn Oulie, Johanna Svanberg, Soren Soderqvist
  • Patent number: 5470437
    Abstract: In a pulp digester for continuous cooking under raised pressure and temperature of fiber material in a vertical digester (1), input of fiber material and cooking liquid takes place at the top of the digester, withdrawal of spent cooking liquor is carried out from at least one digester screening arrangement (1D) between the top and the bottom of the digester, and fiber material is fed out from the bottom (1C) of the digester, and at least one screening arrangement (2) in the lower half of the digester, wherein at least one of said screening arrangements (1, 2) has at least one screen element (2A) of which the main configuration is of angular shape, preferably rectangular, most preferred square, having a screen face (3A) of which the total area is less than 1 m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kvaerner Pulping Technologies AB
    Inventors: Finn Oulie, Ake Backlund, Johanna Svanberg
  • Patent number: 5407103
    Abstract: A device for discharging particulate material from a container with a table to support the particulate material includes a feed unit which is movable on the table for discharging the material through a peripheral outlet opening, and a drive for driving the feed unit; the feed unit includes at least two spaced feeding elements disposed to successively move the material in a direction from the center of the table towards the outlet opening; the feeding elements are arranged, during a full cycle of movement of the feed unit, to be alternately active within an arbitrary section of the table extending between the center part and outlet opening for feeding a layer of particulate material in front of them in the direction toward the outlet opening and inactive while returning to a starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Kamyr Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Bo Clarstrom, Lennart Jonsson, Finn Oulie