Patents by Inventor Lauri Olavi Kaira

Lauri Olavi Kaira 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: 4089094
    Abstract: A press roll for treating sheet material such as paper and suitable for use in the calender or press section of a paper machine. The roll includes a robust stationary shaft and a shell coaxially surrounding and spaced from the shaft and rotatable with respect thereto. In the gap between the shaft and shell is a sealing structure which surrounds a pressure zone in this gap to seal off this pressure zone, fluid under pressure being supplied to the zone by way of a duct which extends through the shaft, so that the fluid pressure in the pressure zone can be controlled to control deflection of the roll at its shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Valmet Oy
    Inventor: Lauri Olavi Kaira
  • Patent number: 3987922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging tray for fruit of the type comprising a plurality of calotte-shaped depressions for fruit arranged in parallel rows and supporting areas between the depressions. The depressions and supporting areas in different trays are arranged such that a depression of an upper tray coincides with a supporting area of the next lower tray in a stack of trays, and the supporting areas are situated at a higher level than the lowermost points of the depressions of the same tray but still at a sufficiently low level to touch the uppermost points of the fruit supported on the next lower tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Kymin Osakeyhtio-Kymmene Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Lauri Olavi Kaira