Patents by Inventor Jyri Suomalainen

Jyri Suomalainen 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: 6030327
    Abstract: A coupling arrangement for the tending-side end of a roll in a paper machine, such as a suction roll or a variable-crown roll, or a roll in a paper finishing machine, such as a variablecrown roll or a heated roll in a calender for paper. Through this coupling arrangement, energy media are passed into the roll, such as pressure fluid and/or compressed air, lubricating media, such as lubrication oil and/or water, and cleaning media, such as hot water. The coupling arrangement includes an openable shield casing which is tightly connected with the tending-side end of the roll and a coupling flange or coupling flanges to which the various pipes and/or hoses are attached. In the interior of the shield casing, there are connecting pipes and/or hoses which connect the pipe parts of the roll end with the hose and/or pipe parts departing from the coupling arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Jyri Suomalainen, Miikka Kettunen, Hannu Hyvonen