Patents by Inventor Reijo Salovaara

Reijo Salovaara 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: 8951003
    Abstract: A device for stacking veneer sheets (1, 2) while substantially horizontal, the device including a supporting element, that escapes in the advancement direction at a release area from beneath the veneer (2) to be stacked, the supporting element being moved by a conveyor (7), and a controlled element for stopping the veneer to be stacked in a corrected position at a release point. An element for stopping the veneer to be stacked is a gripper (10) that grips the trailing edge of the veneer (2) from below and moves up and down, in the advancement direction of the veneer, and transversely to it, the gripper having a gripping point to the veneer at the trailing edge in the veneer's advancement direction, extended at a distance in the advancement direction from the gripper's transverse travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Raute Oyj
    Inventor: Reijo Salovaara
  • Publication number: 20130074990
    Abstract: A veneer lathe for peeling veneer from a log includes a first and a second support roll and a counter roll, all the rolls being parallel with the rotation axis of the log and having a length of substantially at least the length of the log. Each roll includes a shaft, with discs placed thereon having a width equaling to not more than the distance of the discs from each other in the longitudinal direction of the log. The discs have an outer diameter greater than that of their respective shaft and are concentric therewith. The discs of the second support roll and counter roll do not coincide in the longitudinal direction with the discs of the first support roll for enabling overlapping of the discs of the second support roll and the counter roll with the discs of the first support roll in the radial direction of the discs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: RAUTE OYJ
    Inventor: Reijo SALOVAARA
  • Publication number: 20110088814
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beveller for providing an edge bevel for thin wood veneers and the like, comprising a milling cutter equipped with cutting knives projecting from the circumferential surface and rotating about a shaft subjected to a rotating force. The milling cutter is divided in its axial direction into at least two sections separated by a space, and at least one of the spaces is equipped with a presser directed to the surface to be cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: RAUTE OYJ
    Inventor: Reijo SALOVAARA
  • Patent number: 7631673
    Abstract: Veneer cutter, wherein the cutting is provided by a blade, the front rake face thereof being movable to pass a stationary counter blade, substantially in a perpendicular direction to the plane of the veneer. The cutter includes two blades in a common cutting movement and arranged at a distance from each other in the feed direction of the veneer. The cutting blades are located with their front rake faces facing away from each other, and the first blade in the feed direction is positioned at a higher elevation from a common plane of the counter blades than the second blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Raute Oyj
    Inventor: Reijo Salovaara
  • Publication number: 20070199621
    Abstract: Veneer cutter, wherein the cutting is provided by a blade, the front rake face thereof being movable to pass a stationary counter blade, substantially in a perpendicular direction to the plane of the veneer. The cutter includes two blades in a common cutting movement and arranged at a distance from each other in the feed direction of the veneer. The cutting blades are located with their front rake faces facing away from each other, and the first blade in the feed direction is positioned at a higher elevation from a common plane of the counter blades than the second blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: RAUTE OYJ
    Inventor: Reijo Salovaara