Patents by Inventor Jussi NIEMIOJA

Jussi NIEMIOJA 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: 11938702
    Abstract: A method for laminating glass sheets is disclosed. A sandwich structure sheet moving in a heating furnace on rollers is heated by two-sided hot air blasting which is carried out by several successive blowing aperture sections, and, to reduce or prevent the formation of air bubbles in finished laminated glass, the heating of the rear end of the sandwich structure sheet is prevented by cutting off the hot air blasting of at least one blowing aperture section when the rear edge of the sandwich structure sheet approaches the blowing aperture section. An apparatus for laminating glass sheets is also disclosed, comprising a heating furnace, a pair of press rolls and means for establishing location data on the sandwich structure sheet. The heating furnace is provided with a roller track, a blower, a heating resistor, an air distribution conduit, and several successive blowing boxes with closing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GLASTON FINLAND OY
    Inventor: Jussi Niemioja
  • Publication number: 20230241868
    Abstract: A method for laminating glass sheets is disclosed. A sandwich structure sheet moving in a heating furnace on rollers is heated by two-sided hot air blasting which is carried out by several successive blowing aperture sections, and, to reduce or prevent the formation of air bubbles in finished laminated glass, the heating of the rear end of the sandwich structure sheet is prevented by cutting off the hot air blasting of at least one blowing aperture section when the rear edge of the sandwich structure sheet approaches the blowing aperture section. An apparatus for laminating glass sheets is also disclosed, comprising a heating furnace, a pair of press rolls and means for establishing location data on the sandwich structure sheet. The heating furnace is provided with a roller track, a blower, a heating resistor, an air distribution conduit, and several successive blowing boxes with closing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Glaston Finland Oy
    Inventor: Jussi NIEMIOJA
  • Patent number: 11485128
    Abstract: By means of a method and an apparatus for laminating glass sheets, the effect of the variation of the initial temperature of the glass on the success of the lamination furnace treatment and the variation of the quality of the laminated glass can be eliminated, thus reducing quality costs. In the method, a sandwich structure sheet including glass and laminating film layers is heated in a lamination furnace, after which the heated sandwich structure sheet is conveyed between a pair of press rolls, and before the lamination furnace is measured the temperature of at least one glass sheet comprised in the sandwich structure sheet, and on the basis of that data, the heating effect of the lamination furnace on the sandwich structure sheet is changed. The apparatus comprises, upstream of the lamination furnace, a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GLASTON FINLAND OY
    Inventor: Jussi Niemioja
  • Publication number: 20220184938
    Abstract: By means of a method and an apparatus for laminating glass sheets, the effect of the variation of the initial temperature of the glass on the success of the lamination furnace treatment and the variation of the quality of the laminated glass can be eliminated, thus reducing quality costs. In the method, a sandwich structure sheet including glass and laminating film layers is heated in a lamination furnace, after which the heated sandwich structure sheet is conveyed between a pair of press rolls, and before the lamination furnace is measured the temperature of at least one glass sheet comprised in the sandwich structure sheet, and on the basis of that data, the heating effect of the lamination furnace on the sandwich structure sheet is changed. The apparatus comprises, upstream of the lamination furnace, a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of the glass sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Glaston Finland Oy
    Inventor: Jussi NIEMIOJA
  • Publication number: 20220080707
    Abstract: A method for laminating glass sheets is disclosed. A sandwich structure sheet moving in a heating furnace on rollers is heated by two-sided hot air blasting which is carried out by several successive blowing aperture sections, and, to reduce or prevent the formation of air bubbles in finished laminated glass, the heating of the rear end of the sandwich structure sheet is prevented by cutting off the hot air blasting of at least one blowing aperture section when the rear edge of the sandwich structure sheet approaches the blowing aperture section. An apparatus for laminating glass sheets is also disclosed, comprising a heating furnace, a pair of press rolls and means for establishing location data on the sandwich structure sheet. The heating furnace is provided with a roller track, a blower, a heating resistor, an air distribution conduit, and several successive blowing boxes with closing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Glaston Finland Oy
    Inventor: Jussi NIEMIOJA
  • Publication number: 20130255322
    Abstract: The mould construction for bending glass sheets includes a framework and support plates on vertical planes, the curvature of the upper edge of the plates essentially corresponding to the desired bending curvature of the glass sheet. On the upper edges of the support plates are slots and pipes forming the mould surface are positioned in the slots. The slots are dimensioned with play with respect to the pipes, but to lock the upward movement of the pipes from the slots. The support plates are supported on the framework in such a way that one end of the mould surface is lower than the other end. The difference in height, that is, the inclination of the mould surface, is dimensioned so as to effect the resting of the edge of the glass sheet placed on the mould against the end stoppers during the bending stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GLASTON SERVICES LTD.OY
    Inventors: Erkki YLI-VAKKURI, Jussi NIEMIOJA, Harri KYLVÄJÄ