Patents by Inventor Tomas Bjoerkqvist

Tomas Bjoerkqvist 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).

  • Publication number: 20150057442
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing fibril cellulose, cellulose based fibre raw material is processed mechanically in a refining gap for separating fibrils. The fibres to be refined are subjected to the action of a surface roughness Ra provided by grits elevated from a refining surface delimiting the refining gap, said surface roughness being lower than 3 ?m, advantageously lower than 2 ?m. The refining surface is formed by spraying grits and binder onto a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomas Björkqvist, Sirkka Gustafsson, Timo Koskinen, Markus Nuopponen, Annikki Vahniäinen, Antti Fredrikson
  • Patent number: 8945346
    Abstract: Described herein is nanocellulose produced by introducing a mixture of cellulose based fiber raw material and water through a refining gap, having a width smaller than 0.1 mm. In the refining gap, the fiber raw material is subjected to processing forces varying in the direction of introducing said mixture, by means of refining zones provided in the gap one after each other in the feeding direction, whereby the refining surfaces differ in surface patterning and/or surface roughness. The mixture of fiber raw material and water is guided past the refining surfaces in the feeding direction to different locations in the refining zone by by-pass channels provided in the stator. The width of the refining gap is maintained by the combined effect of the feeding pressure of the mixture of fiber raw material and water fed into the refining gap and the axial force of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Upm-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventors: Tomas Bjoerkqvist, Timo Koskinen, Markus Nuopponen, Annikki Vehniaeinen, Sirkka Gustafsson
  • Publication number: 20140083634
    Abstract: Described herein is nanocellulose produced by introducing a mixture of cellulose based fiber raw material and water through a refining gap, having a width smaller than 0.1 mm. In the refining gap, the fiber raw material is subjected to processing forces varying in the direction of introducing said mixture, by means of refining zones provided in the gap one after each other in the feeding direction, whereby the refining surfaces differ in surface patterning and/or surface roughness. The mixture of fiber raw material and water is guided past the refining surfaces in the feeding direction to different locations in the refining zone by by-pass channels provided in the stator. The width of the refining gap is maintained by the combined effect of the feeding pressure of the mixture of fiber raw material and water fed into the refining gap and the axial force of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Markus Nuopponen, Annikki Vehniaeinen, Tomas Bjoerkqvist, Sirkka Gustafsson, Timo Koskinen
  • Patent number: 6241169
    Abstract: A system for mechanical defibration of wood kneads the wood by moving a defibration surface having contours at least partly in contact with the wood in a direction at a speed in relation to the wood and fibres are separated from the wood. The contours of the defibration surface are at regular intervals in the direction that the speed and the regular intervals determine a cycle time-length that is 1 to 3 times a relaxation time of the wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Björkqvist