Patents by Inventor Hannu Niemikko

Hannu Niemikko 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: 5666740
    Abstract: A hood for a wire part and/or a press section in a paper/board machine including walls and a ceiling which form a closed hood around the wire part and/or press section, air-conditioning or another air-control system being arranged in connection with the hood. The hood walls have outer and inner walls which define an air duct therebetween for passing a replacement air flow into the interior of the hood, preferably toward a middle area of the paper machine, through openings in the inner wall, the replacement air keeping the interior of the hood substantially dry and clean. The walls of the hood include a vertical side wall at the driving side, which wall is preferably fixed, and a tending-side vertical side wall and a ceiling formed as a single wall which is preferably L-shaped and displaceable. The displaceable hood wall at the tending side has two parts so that the first hood wall is placed by the wire section and the second hood wall is placed by the press section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Antti Leinonen, Henrik Pettersson, Risto Salminen, Hannu Niemikko, Juha Kivimaa, Pertti Heikkila, Tapio Lento, Erkki Kiilavuori