Patents Assigned to National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, Inc.
  • Apparatus for optimizing the yield of usable pieces from boards and the like
    Patent number: 3942021
    Abstract: An apparatus for optimizing the yield of predetermined usable pieces from a workpiece such as a board of lumber or the like having randomly disposed defects designated on a plane surface thereof including means for scanning the workpiece to detect unusable defect containing areas on the plane surface, means for forming and storing a primary bit matrix corresponding to a pattern of scanned unusable defect containing areas, means for identifying predetermined combinable unusable defect containing areas and predetermined combinable unusable non-defect containing areas on the primary bit matrix, means for merging identified combinable unusable defect and non-defect containing areas to produce a list defining a pattern consisting of one or a combination of a group consisting of combined and uncombined unusable areas, defining usable areas, means for establishing and storing predetermined billing requirements, means for successively determining on the basis of the usable area information and the predetermined billi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Barr, Alexander G. Mullin
  • Apparatus and method for optimizing the yield of usable pieces from boards and the like
    Patent number: 3931501
    Abstract: An apparatus for optimizing the yield of predetermined usable pieces from a workpiece such as a board of lumber or the like having randomly disposed defects designated on a plane surface thereof including means for scanning the workpiece to detect unusable defect containing areas on the plane surface, means for forming and storing a primary bit matrix corresponding to a pattern of scanned unusable defect containing areas, means for identifying predetermined combinable unusable defect containing areas and predetermined combinable unusable non-defect containing areas on the primary bit matrix, means for merging identified combinable unusable defect and non-defect containing areas to produce a list defining a pattern consisting of one or a combination of a group consisting of combined and uncombined unusable areas, defining usable areas, means for establishing and storing predetermined billing requirements, means for successively determining on the basis of the usable area information and the predetermined billi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Barr, Alexander G. Mullin