Patents by Inventor Timo Vuokko

Timo Vuokko 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).

  • Apparatus for removing a broken pulp web from a pulp dryer
    Patent number: 7972480
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for removing a broken pulp web from a pulp dryer. The apparatus includes a maintenance platform arranged at the first or the second end of the pulp dryer, outside the walls of the pulp dryer; a device for shifting the maintenance platform in a substantially vertical direction to a desired height with respect to the pulp dryer, and an extraction device fixed to the edge of the maintenance platform facing the dryer for pulling a broken pulp web out of the pulp dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Olli Huhtala, Markku Laitonen, Johan Lindholm, Timo Vuokko, Ilkka Eivola
  • Apparatus and Method for Removing a Broken Pulp Web From a Pulp Dryer
    Publication number: 20090236066
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for removing a broken pulp web from a pulp dryer. The apparatus includes a maintenance platform arranged at the first or the second end of the pulp dryer, outside the walls of the pulp dryer; a device for shifting the maintenance platform in a substantially vertical direction to a desired height with respect to the pulp dryer, and an extraction device fixed to the edge of the maintenance platform facing the dryer for pulling a broken pulp web out of the pulp dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Olli Huhtala, Markku Laitonen, Johan Lindholm, Timo Vuokko, Iikka Eivola