Patents by Inventor Reijo Pietikainen

Reijo Pietikainen 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: 6881301
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for controlling evaporation and moisture in a multinip calender (10) when a continuous fibrous web (W) is calendered in calendering nips (1,_2,—3,—4,—5) placed one after the other before the fibrous web is wound on a reel-up/winder (9). With a view to making the net evaporation from and the final moisture content of the web (W) constant when the running situations in the calender (10) change, the web is passed in the calender from the outlet of at least one nip into an air-float chamber (20) of the turning airborne type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Antti Heikkinen, Pekka Linnonmaa, Reijo Pietikäinen
  • Publication number: 20040065426
    Abstract: The invention realtes to a method for controlling the operation of a paper, board or tissue production line (11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18). A magneto-rheological or an electrolrheological fluid, whose flow characteristics are changed in a controlled way, is used in the method. The fluid is used as a lubricant between surfaces in a device consisting of a fixed surface and a surface that is moved over it as a heating medium, as the dampening or the power transmission agent of the movement of paper and/or board equipment (17, 18), or as a hydraulic fluid of the emergency opening cylinders of a set of calender rolls (1) of a paper and/or board machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Reijo Pietikainen
  • Patent number: 6694870
    Abstract: In the method for leading a web between calendar roll nips (N), a web (W) is guided between the calender roll nips (N) in a loop which runs apart from the calender rolls, inside which loop an air pocket (3) is formed. The mass and/or beat flow in the air pocket (3) is prevented in the cross direction of the web by means of obstacles (5) placed in connection with the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Reijo Pietikäinen, Vesa Ijäs, Pekka Koivukunnas
  • Publication number: 20040025720
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for controlling evaporation and moisture in a multinip calender (10) when a continuous fibrous web (W) is calendered in calendering nips (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) placed one after the other before the fibrous web is wound on a reel-up/winder (9). It is characteristic of the invention that. with a view to making the net evaporation from and the final moisture content of the web (W) constant when the running situations in the calender (10) change, the web is passed in the calender from the outlet of at least one nip into an air-float chamber (20) of the turning airborne type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Antti Heikkinen, Pekka Linnonmaa, Reijo Pietikainen
  • Publication number: 20030024672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for processing a wide paper or board web in connection with such a manufacturing method, in which a wide base web (14) is manufactured and the base web is processed in at least one processing stage before the separation of the finished product by cutting it transversely from the web on the production line. According to the invention, the base web (14) is divided at least once to form two part-webs (17, 18) before the separation of the finished product by cutting it transversely from the web and before the final processing stage preceding separation. At least one part-web (17, 18) formed in this manner is guided to a finishing stage before the separation of the finished product by cutting it transversely from the web on the production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Mika Viljanmaa, Reijo Pietikainen