Abstract: A system (400) for cutting and conveying cushioning material includes an infeed conveyor system (402), a cutting mechanism (404), and a discharge conveyor system (406). The infeed conveyor system conveys a supply of cushioning material. The cutting mechanism cuts pieces of the cushioning material from the supply of cushioning material conveyed by the infeed conveyor system. The discharge conveyor system captures and discharges the pieces of the cushioning material. The discharge conveyor system includes a first conveyor (428) in a fixed planar position and a second conveyor (430) that rotates about an upstream roller (440) of the second conveyor. A downstream roller (442) of the second conveyor is biased toward first conveyor. A driving mechanism rotates at least one conveyor belt (438) on one or more of the first conveyor or the second conveyor.

Abstract: Method for generating an alternate logical database structure of a hierarchical database by a computing device, includes: determining a target level of a physical hierarchical database structure corresponding to a root level of a logical hierarchical database structure; accessing a current level of the physical hierarchical database structure equal to the target level; decrementing the current level by the computing device; accessing the decremented current level of the physical hierarchical database structure; and in response to determining that the decremented current level is a root level of the physical hierarchical database structure, repositioning the current level to the target level. In response to determining that the decremented current level is not the root level of the physical hierarchical database structure, repeating the decrementing of the current level and the accessing of the decremented current level of the physical hierarchical database structure by the computing device.