Patents by Inventor Miikka Hyvärinen

Miikka Hyvärinen 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).

  • Vacuum equipment for a fiber web machine and a fiber web machine provided with vacuum equipment
    Patent number: 8557086
    Abstract: The invention relates to vacuum equipment for a fiber web machine. The vacuum equipment includes a frame (13) arranged to be supported to the fiber web machine. The vacuum equipment also includes a wearing construction (15) adapted to the frame (13) and arranged partially open on the surface by means of several openings (14) for extending a vacuum effect out from within the frame (13) and further to a fabric (16) included in the fiber web machine and set in contact with the wearing construction (15). The wearing construction (15) is a plate construction (17), the raw material thickness s of which is equal to or smaller than the distance x between the opposite edges (18, 19) defining the opening (14). The invention also relates to a fiber web machine provided with vacuum equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Ville H. Eronen, Miikka Hyvärinen, Veli-Pekka Tarkiainen, Jyrki Savela
  • Vacuum Equipment for a Fiber Web Machine and a Fiber Web Machine Provided with Vacuum Equipment
    Publication number: 20130042988
    Abstract: The invention relates to vacuum equipment for a fiber web machine. The vacuum equipment includes a frame (13) arranged to be supported to the fiber web machine. The vacuum equipment also includes a wearing construction (15) adapted to the frame (13) and arranged partially open on the surface by means of several openings (14) for extending a vacuum effect out from within the frame (13) and further to a fabric (16) included in the fiber web machine and set in contact with the wearing construction (15). The wearing construction (15) is a plate construction (17), the raw material thickness s of which is equal to or smaller than the distance x between the opposite edges (18, 19) defining the opening (14). The invention also relates to a fiber web machine provided with vacuum equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: METSO PAPER, INC.
    Inventors: Ville H. Eronen, Miikka Hyvärinen, Veli-Pekka Tarkiainen, Jyrki Savela