Patents by Inventor Tom Nickull

Tom Nickull 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: 8048266
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer fibrous product. The product comprises at least two overlapping layers, each of which has a different fiber composition, and in the production of the product, chemical short stock is used at least partly. In the method, short stock is brought to a screening stage where fines, which pass a screen having an average hole size of 0.2-1.5 mm, are separated from it, in order to prepare at least two fiber fractions having different fiber compositions, and the fractions generated are recovered and included in different layers of the same fibrous product. With the invention, it is possible to screen an initial material and form a product which has better properties than a corresponding product, the initial material pulp of which has only been refined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: M-real Oyj
    Inventors: Seppo Katajamäki, Esa Hassinen, Tom Nickull
  • Publication number: 20100059190
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer fibrous product. The product comprises at least two overlapping layers, each of which has a different fibre composition, and in the production of the product, chemical short stock is used at least partly. In the method, short stock is brought to a screening stage where fines, which pass a screen having an average hole size of 0.2-1.5 mm, are separated from it, in order to prepare at least two fibre fractions having different fibre compositions, and the fractions generated are recovered and included in different layers of the same fibrous product. With the invention, it is possible to screen an initial material and form a product which has better properties than a corresponding product, the initial material pulp of which has only been refined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Seppo Katajamaki, Esa Hassinew, Tom Nickull