Patents by Inventor Tommi Luosma

Tommi Luosma 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: 20180171557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support plate of a doctor in a fiber web machine. The support plate (10) is designed to be removably fitted to a blade holder (16) and to support a doctor (15) in the blade holder (16). The support plate (10) includes sensor devices (18) for detecting that a drop through has accrued either upstream from the doctor or at the doctor. The invention also relates to a doctor assembly of a fiber web machine and a method in a doctor of a fiber web machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Atte Autio, Tommi Luosma, Hannu Eerikäinen
  • Patent number: 9546448
    Abstract: A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine to doctor a moving surface, and the doctor apparatus (10) includes a doctor blade (16) and blade holder (11), which blade holder (11) has a holder component (14) preferably made of aluminum, to which the doctor blade (16) is mounted by a front plate (15), and a frame component (12) preferably made of fiber-reinforced polymer material, to which the holder component (14) is mounted. The doctor apparatus (10) having a loading element (22) arranged between the frame component (12) and holder component (14) to load the blade holder (11) and further the doctor blade (16). The invention also relates to a corresponding blade holder and holder component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: VASLMET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hannu Eerikäinen, Tommi Luosma
  • Publication number: 20160070226
    Abstract: A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine to doctor a moving surface, and the doctor apparatus (10) includes a doctor blade (16) and blade holder (11), which blade holder (11) has a holder component (14) preferably made of aluminum, to which the doctor blade (16) is mounted by a front plate (15), and a frame component (12) preferably made of fiber-reinforced polymer material, to which the holder component (14) is mounted. The doctor apparatus (10) having a loading element (22) arranged between the frame component (12) and holder component (14) to load the blade holder (11) and further the doctor blade (16). The invention also relates to a corresponding blade holder and holder component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hannu Eerikäinen, Tommi Luosma
  • Patent number: 6408534
    Abstract: A steam box includes a elongated steam-distribution chamber, regulator chambers set in a row next to the elongated steam-distribution chamber and covered on one side with a continuous perforated screen. Operating devices distribute the steam from the distribution chamber to each regulator chamber. The steam box is intended to feed steam through the perforated screen to the web, to heat it according to a desired profile. The perforated screen is secured along one long edge to hinge members and along the opposite edge to locking members and is arranged to be able to be opened, to permit access to the regulator chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Metso Paper Automation Oy
    Inventors: Jukka-Pekka Alen, Reijo Hassinen, Tapio Härkönen, Tommi Luosma, Tuomas N{umlaut over (aa)}tänen, Jukka Samppala