Patents by Inventor Toni Heikkilä

Toni Heikkilä 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: 11649835
    Abstract: A debris trap for capturing debris flowing in a stream of liquid, the debris trap includes a housing, a fluid inlet channel in connection with a space in the housing, a fluid outlet channel in connection with the space, the fluid outlet channel comprising a fluid outlet port, a float member, a guide element configured to guide movement of the float member when a liquid level in the space changes when in use, a stopper in connection with the fluid outlet port configured to stop the movement of the float member when the liquid level in the space raises, the fluid outlet port which, when the float member is against the stopper, remains partially open and the float member, when brought against the stopper, form a fluid communication path with a reduced area, which restricts the size of the debris capable of flowing through the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Kai Haime, Toni Heikkilä
  • Publication number: 20220333616
    Abstract: A debris trap for capturing debris flowing in a stream of liquid, the debris trap includes a housing, a fluid inlet channel in connection with a space in the housing, a fluid outlet channel in connection with the space, the fluid outlet channel comprising a fluid outlet port, a float member, a guide element configured to guide movement of the float member when a liquid level in the space changes when in use, a stopper in connection with the fluid outlet port configured to stop the movement of the float member when the liquid level in the space raises, the fluid outlet port which, when the float member is against the stopper, remains partially open and the float member, when brought against the stopper, form a fluid communication path with a reduced area, which restricts the size of the debris capable of flowing through the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kai HAIME, Toni HEIKKILÄ
  • Patent number: 7799171
    Abstract: A method and a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of a material web reel (30), a web is reeled around a reeling core and when in an adjustment of CD-directional profiles of the web reel, profiling devices (8) have been applied. For adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web, profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reel-up (2). A measuring device (40) for a measuring of a CD-directional hardness profile of the fiber web reel includes a measuring head (43), which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measuring head against the fiber web reel. The motion course of the measuring head is linear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Tapio Mäenpää, Jari Tiitta, Petteri Lannes, Rami Vanninen, Tatu Pitkänen, Heikki Kettunen, Matti Innala, John Shakespeare, Toni Heikkilä, Topi Tynkkynen, Teppo Kojo, Risto Mäkinen, Marko Tiilikainen, Matti M. Kemppainen
  • Publication number: 20090213686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for feeding gaseous or liquid fluid into a medium. The method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention are especially suitable in various fields of industry for mixing gaseous and liquid chemicals and steams into a flow containing at least liquid. The method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention are most preferably suitable for feeding steam into the fiber suspensions of wood processing industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SULZER PUMPEN AG
    Inventors: Toni Heikkilae, Vesa Vikman
  • Patent number: 7449671
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for controlling reeling used in connection with the making of paper/board/some equivalent web-like material, a reeler is used in the reeling which has a reeling element (2), a reeling core (T), around which the web (W) is reeled to form a reel (3), as well as elements for loading the reeling core (T) and the reeling element (2) against each other in order to bring about a reeling nip (N) in between the reeling element (2) and the reel (3). The reeling is monitored by a detection apparatus, which automatically detects any events differing from normal reeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Petri Asikainen, Marko Tiilikainen, Toni Heikkilä, Petteri Lannes, Tatu Pitkänen, Marko Rintanen, Petri Enwald