Patents by Inventor Timo Saikanmaki

Timo Saikanmaki 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: 6743338
    Abstract: The measuring device comprises at least one measuring head having a reference part, which comprises a reference surface against which the moving web is supported. The reference surface comprises a measuring area in the inside of which the property of the web is measured. The reference part is arranged in connection with the measuring head in such a way that below the reference part, there is a substantially open air space. The measuring head comprises means for generating negative pressure in the air space below the reference part, and the reference part comprises holes formed through it, in such a way that the negative pressure generated in the air space affects through the reference part the space between the reference surface and the moving web in such a way that the web is supported against the reference surface substantially over the whole area of the measuring area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Automation Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Graeffe, Timo Saikanmäki, Mauri Ojala, Jari Koivu, Hannu Moisio
  • Publication number: 20030066201
    Abstract: The measuring device is arranged to measure at least one property of a moving web. The measuring device includes at least one measuring head with at least one measuring element arranged in a flexible membrane that surrounds the measuring element and is arranged in connection with the measuring head such that the measuring element is movable by means of the flexible membrane perpendicularly to the moving web. The turning effect, which is caused by the pressure of the air conveyed with the moving web, and directed in the travel direction of the web at least in front of the measuring element on the web side of the flexible membrane, and turns the measuring element, is prevented by at least partly changing the amount and/or flow direction of the air conveyed with the web moving to the measuring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Metso Paper Automation Oy
    Inventors: Hannu Moisio, Timo Saikanmaki
  • Publication number: 20030024301
    Abstract: The measuring device comprises at least one measuring head having a reference part, which comprises a reference surface against which the moving web is supported. The reference surface comprises a measuring area in the inside of which the property of the web is measured. The reference part is arranged in connection with the measuring head in such a way that below the reference part, there is a substantially open air space. The measuring head comprises means for generating negative pressure in the air space below the reference part, and the reference part comprises holes formed through it, in such a way that the negative pressure generated in the air space affects through the reference part the space between the reference surface and the moving web in such a way that the web is supported against the reference surface substantially over the whole area of the measuring area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Metso Paper Automation Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Graeffe, Timo Saikanmaki, Mauri Ojala, Jari Koivu, Hannu Moisio
  • Patent number: 6091501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of keeping a measuring window of a measuring device clean, and to a measuring device. Gas is blown onto the surface of the measuring window (2) of the measuring device (1). Gas is guided onto the measuring window (2) by a nozzle (3) which is substantially on the same level with the measuring window (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Neles Automation Oy
    Inventors: Timo Saikanmaki, Hannu Moisio