Patents by Inventor Jouko Villa

Jouko Villa 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: 6712935
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement in tail threading in a paper machine, in which the paper web is dried in production by means of a plurality of dryer groups consisting of a dryer section, and in which tail threading the threading tail is cut, taken as wetted to the finishing device, and spread to its full width for production, and in which method, before the threading tail is take to the finishing device, the dryer section is kept in the settings of production operation or is set to otherwise correspond to production, except that a wetting process is started, in which the web is wetted at the full width for the duration of the tail threading, essentially before its cutting, to achieve an even moisturizing effect, and the wetting process is stopped after web is being spread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Goodall, Kari Rinneheimo, Jouko Villa
  • Publication number: 20020062937
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement in tail threading in a paper machine, in which the paper web is dried in production by means of a plurality of dryer groups consisting of a dryer section, and in which tail threading the threading tail is cut, taken as wetted to the finishing device, and spread to its full width for production, and in which method, before the threading tail is take to the finishing device, the dryer section is kept in the settings of production operation or is set to otherwise correspond to production, except that a wetting process is started, in which the web is wetted at the full width for the duration of the tail threading, essentially before its cutting, to achieve an even moisturizing effect, and the wetting process is stopped after web is being spread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Goodall, Kari Rinneheimo, Jouko Villa
  • Patent number: 5326435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device in the crawling operation of a press felt in a paper machine. The press felt is passed as a closed felt loop through a nip defined between a center roll and a press roll in a press section of the paper machine. The felt is driven during the running operation of the paper machine by means of a nip drive between the center roll and the press roll of the press. When the paper machine is not operating, and the nip between the center roll and the press roll in the paper machine is open, the felt is moved, so as to moisten the new felt, by means of the crawling drive by rotating the drive roll. An axle of the drive roll is permanently connected to a drive rim. During the crawling operation, a drive wheel of a hydraulic device is brought into engagement with the drive rim. When the crawling drive of the felt is not in operation, the drive roll is switched to the free revolving position by shifting the drive wheel of the hydraulic device apart from the drive rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Valmet Paper Machinery Inc.
    Inventors: Martti Hirsimaki, Jouko Villa, Lauri Suvanto