Patents by Inventor Tomas Sahlin

Tomas Sahlin 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: 8020797
    Abstract: A device for aligning the refining disc of a refining apparatus, in which refining apparatus lignocellulose-containing material is disintegrated and refined, which device is intended to be arranged in a support (701) for the axle package of the refining apparatus, the supporting (701) resting on a ground surface, which axle package comprises the rotary refining disc of the refining apparatus, a rotation axle to which the rotary refining disc is attached, and a bearing housing (702) in which the axle is journalled by means of bearings arranged in the bearing housing (704).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Sahlin, Mattias Eriksson, Göran Byström
  • Patent number: 7984867
    Abstract: Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable axle of the axle package is journalled, the second wedge being slidable transversely to the slidable movement of the first wedge, a controller for controlling displacement of the first wedge including an actuator at one end of the support and a control axle extending from the actuator to the first wedge, the control axle being rotatable and rotatably secured to the first wedge whereby operation of the actuator causes rotation of the control axle, which in turn causes displacement of the first wedge which causes transverse displacement of the second wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Sahlin, Göran Byström, Mattias Eriksson
  • Publication number: 20090218428
    Abstract: Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable axle of the axle package is journalled, the second wedge being slidable transversely to the slidable movement of the first wedge, a controller for controlling displacement of the first wedge, a support for a bearing housing, which includes a recess for the support and a complimentary recess, the support including a convex contact surface to engage the recess and being displaceable with respect to the complimentary recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Tomas Sahlin, Mattias Eriksson, Goran Bystrom
  • Publication number: 20090078808
    Abstract: Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable axle of the axle package is journalled, the second wedge being slidable transversely to the slidable movement of the first wedge, a controller for controlling displacement of the first wedge including an actuator at one end of the support and a control axle extending from the actuator to the first wedge, the control axle being rotatable and rotatably secured to the first wedge whereby operation of the actuator causes rotation of the control axle, which in turn causes displacement of the first wedge which causes transverse displacement of the second wedge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Metso Paper, Inc
    Inventors: Tomas Sahlin, Goran Bystrom, Mattias Eriksson