Patents by Inventor Kimmo Penttilä

Kimmo Penttilä 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).

  • Publication number: 20200407185
    Abstract: In a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs, a web travelling in direction (S) is cut by two water jet nozzles moving in a transverse direction. Two cuts (C1, C2) are formed by the nozzles starting from the web edges moving to the web center where the cuts (C1, C2) cross or meet forming a V-shaped tail end (V1). After the cuts nozzle movement is stopped and after the return of the nozzles, cutting is restarted from the center toward the edges so the web W is cut by two cuts (C3, C4) forming a substantially V-shaped beginning end (V2) and between the cuts (C1, C2) for the tail end (V1) and the cuts (C3, C4) for the beginning end (V2) there is formed one web reject part (R) with two substantially V-shaped cuts. Cross-direction travel distance (L1, L2) of each nozzle is substantially shorter than the web width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jaakko Haapanen, Kimmo Penttilä, Vesa Riihelä, Kai Forssen
  • Patent number: 10800628
    Abstract: In a turn-up method for a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs, a web travelling in direction (S) is cut by two water jet nozzles moving in a transverse direction in relation to the web travelling direction (S). Two cuts (C1, C2) are formed by two water jet nozzles starting from the edges of the web (W) and moving to the web center where the cuts (C1, C2) cross or meet forming a V-shaped tail end (V1). After the cuts the movement of the water jet nozzles is stopped and after the return movement of the water jet nozzles, cutting is started again from the center toward the edges so that the web W is cut by two cuts (C3, C4) and a substantially V-shaped beginning end (V2) to the web W is formed and between the cuts (C1, C2) for the tail end (V1) and the cuts (C3, C4) for the beginning end (V2) there is formed one web reject part (R) with two substantially V-shaped cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jaakko Haapanen, Kimmo Penttilä, Vesa Riihelä, Kai Forssen
  • Publication number: 20190241389
    Abstract: In a turn-up method for a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs, a web travelling in direction (S) is cut by two water jet nozzles moving in a transverse direction in relation to the web travelling direction (S). Two cuts (C1, C2) are formed by two water jet nozzles starting from the edges of the web (W) and moving to the web center where the cuts (C1, C2) cross or meet forming a V-shaped tail end (V1). After the cuts the movement of the water jet nozzles is stopped and after the return movement of the water jet nozzles, cutting is started again from the center toward the edges so that the web W is cut by two cuts (C3, C4) and a substantially V-shaped beginning end (V2) to the web W is formed and between the cuts (C1, C2) for the tail end (V1) and the cuts (C3, C4) for the beginning end (V2) there is formed one web reject part (R) with two substantially V-shaped cuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jaakko Haapanen, Kimmo Penttilä, Vesa Riihelä, Kai Forssen
  • Patent number: 8146397
    Abstract: A support arrangement (10) of a roll of a fibrous-web machine, has a first frame part (12) in which the roll (20) of the fibrous-web machine is supportable from its end when in use and a second frame part (22) in which the first frame part (12) is fastened by means of an elastic fastening. The arrangement has a motion direction control arrangement (34) for controlling the direction of the motion allowed by the elastic fastening in a way determined by the direction control arrangement (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimmo Penttilä{umlaut over ( )}, Marko Jorkama, Heikki Föhr
  • Patent number: 7967236
    Abstract: An arrangement of attenuating the vibration in a roll assembly of a fiber web machine, in which assembly the roll (10) being rotatably suspended at its end on bearings in bearing housings (13a, 13b), and the bearing housings being supported on the frame or the foundation of the machine via viscoelastic intermediate piece or pieces (21a, 21b). The loss factor of the intermediate piece is greater than 0.1 at the normal operating conditions of the roll at a frequency range, which is ±10% calculated from the lowest bending eigenfrequency of the roll, and in the each end of the roll the spring constant of the total influence of the intermediate piece or pieces is in the range of 0.04 GN/m-1 GN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Marko Jorkama, Kimmo Penttilä
  • Publication number: 20080315057
    Abstract: A support arrangement (10) of a roll of a fibrous-web machine, has a first frame part (12) in which the roll (20) of the fibrous-web machine is supportable from its end when in use and a second frame part (22) in which the first frame part (12) is fastened by means of an elastic fastening. The arrangement has a motion direction control arrangement (34) for controlling the direction of the motion allowed by the elastic fastening in a way determined by the direction control arrangement (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: METSO PAPER, INC.
    Inventors: Kimmo Penttilä, Marko Jorkama, Heikki Fohr
  • Patent number: 6464835
    Abstract: The invention concerns an equipment and a method in a twin-wire former, in which a partly pre-drained or non-drained fiber stock is passed to between the forming wires of the web former in the vicinity of the former roll (11) or of a water drain box, in which connection water is drained out of the stock web by means of the former roll (11) or the water drain box. The twin-wire former comprises a rib (20) in connection with the former roll (11) or the water drain box in the lateral area of the wires (H2), which rib has been fitted to control the running of the second forming wire H2) passed from the gap roll. By means of the rib (20), in the lateral area of the wire runs, the point at which said forming wire (H2) reaches contact with the first forming wire in connection with the former roll (11) or the water drain box is shifted further away in the machine direction. The rib (20) is an oblong structure, which has a maximal height (Hmax) in the middle area of the rib (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Kari Räisänen, Pasi Virtanen, Sakari Soini, Kimmo Penttilä, Kari J. Salminen