Patents by Inventor Lauri K. Ketonen

Lauri K. Ketonen 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: 5564484
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a colour-marking arrangement in the cutting flange of timber harvester. The arrangement includes a flange (1) with a carrier (6, 7), an adapted pipework (4), a series of channels (12) formed to the carrier (6, 7) and connected to the pipework (4), which ends opposite to the connector connections (11). The pipework (4) is formed from a separate component (4, 9, 10) from the flange (1), and is adapted to be set into the flange (1) in a space (3) reserved for it in the same way as the flange (1) is set into the carrier (6, 7) by means of a longitudinal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Lauri K. Ketonen
  • Patent number: 5163489
    Abstract: A timber harvester disclosed includes a frame (1), two feed tracks (5) jointed opposite one another, a front stripping blade (20), and a rear stripping blade (16). A frame (4) of the feed track (5) is carried on jointed trapezoid arms (2,3). A rear stripping blade (16) is located on the frame (4) of one of the feed tracks (5) and is jointed essentially on the line of the compressive force between the feed track (5) and a tree (7), when seen from the direction of the timber feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Inventor: Lauri K. Ketonen
  • Patent number: 4883159
    Abstract: The present invention provides a feeder apparatus for timber harvesters, said apparatus being intended to pull the log in for trimming and preferably featuring a three strand roller chain rotating around a turning wheel and a cog wheel with log grabbing members attached to the outer plates to the roller links of the roller chain. It is the intention of the present invention to realize a track-operated feeder apparatus simpler yet sturdier than conventional designs. In a feeder apparatus in accordance with invention, the chain is powered by a cog wheel driving the center strand of roller links, and all strands of roller links are supported essentially for a grab length sufficient to provide a firm contact to the logs by rolling beds supporting the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Inventor: Lauri K. Ketonen
  • Patent number: 4881582
    Abstract: Suspension device for suspending a felling processor (1) to be installed at the end of the jib (13) of a loader by means of an upper joint (12, 18, 17), which suspension device includes a turning motor (11) to turn the frame (6,9) of the suspension device and with it the harvester (1), an operating device e.g. a hydraulic cylinder (7) to turn the harvester to the desired vertical or horizontal position and in which the suspension of the harvester from the frame (6, 9) of the suspension device is realized by means of a transverse joint (4) and the aforementioned operating device is secured between the frame (6, 9) of the suspension device and the frame of the harvester (1). By means of the suspension device in accordance with the invention an attempt is made to achieve a short length of the deivce and nevertheless to achieve a sufficient vertical rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Inventor: Lauri K. Ketonen
  • Patent number: 4753338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a feeder apparatus for timber harvesters, the apparatus being intended to pull the log in for trimming and preferably featuring a three strand roller chain rotating around a turning wheel and a cog wheel with log grabbing members attached to the outer plates of the roller links of the roller chain. It is the intention of the present invention to realize a track-operated feeder apparatus simpler yet sturdier than conventional designs. In a feeder apparatus in accordance with invention, the chain is powered by a cog wheel driving the center strand of roller links, and all strands of roller links are supported essentially for their total grab length by rolling beds supporting the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventor: Lauri K. Ketonen