| US 6,886,462 C1 (7029th) | ||
| LABELING METHODS AND APPARATUS | ||
| Spencer B. Dick, Portland, Oreg.; David Lee, Vancouver, Wash., and David A. Morgan, Portland, Oreg., assignors to Precision Automation, Inc., Vancouver, Wash. | ||
| Reexamination Request Nos. 90/007,857, Dec. 27, 2005 and 90/007,925, Feb. 10, 2006. | ||
| Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,886,462, issued May 3, 2005, Appl. No. 645,831, Aug. 20, 2003. | ||
| Provisional application No. 60/405,067, filed on Aug. 20, 2002, Provisional application No. 60/405,068, filed on Aug. 20, 2002, Provisional application No. 60/405,069, filed on Aug. 20, 2002. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B23D 59/00;47/04;47/00; |
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| U.S. Cl. 101—483 |
| AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
| The patentability of claims 12-14, 16 and 17 is confirmed. |
| Claims 1 and 11 are cancelled. |
| Claims 2-10 and 15 are determined to be patentable as amended. |
| New claims 18-23 are added and determined to be patentable. |
| 18. A method of cutting material comprising connecting a computer to a saw machine, the saw machine including a reciprocating pusher positioned upstream from a saw on a processing path perpendicular to the saw, for push/feeding the trailing end of a piece of wood along the processing path downstream toward the saw, the piece of wood oriented with its long axis parallel to the processing path of the pusher, the computer being programmed to optimize cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list, and to control movement of the pusher along the processing path,
measuring a piece of wood to be cut,
marking location of defects in the piece of wood including inputting defect location into the computer by signaling proximal and distal boundaries of a defect in the piece of wood,
automatically calculating a plan for optimal cutting of the piece of wood to fulfill cut list requirements,
executing the plan including automatically pushing the piece of wood downstream toward the saw with the long axis of the piece of wood parallel to the processing path of the pusher and perpendicular to the saw, and cutting the piece of wood according to the plan into one or more cut list parts, and
automatically printing labels for the cut list parts, each label indicating information about the part.
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