Patents by Inventor Jukka Saamanen

Jukka Saamanen 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 feeding a stacke of metallic sheets into a melting furnace
    Publication number: 20040191026
    Abstract: A method for conveying stacks of metallic sheets, in particular stacks of metallic cathodes, into a melting furnace. The stack of metallic sheets (1) is gripped by a grapple element (10), such as a lifting grapple, which is arranged on a transfer device, and the stack of metallic sheets (1) is transferred into the melting furnace (2) chamber (14), and that at a predetermined height inside the furnace chamber, preferably relatively near the bottom of the furnace and/or melt, the metallic stack (1) is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Tero Raitanen, Jukka Saamanen, Tom Marttila