Grade annunciator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9874803
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14026895

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Embodiments provide grade annunciator systems that allow a lumber workpiece traveling in a workflow path to be to be labeled with a projected image that conveys information about the grade, a cut line, and/or the location of a defect in the workpiece. In some embodiments, the system includes a conveyor configured to convey lumber workpieces in a workflow path, and a projector or series of projectors configured to project an image or symbol onto a surface of the workpiece, wherein the image or symbol indicates grade, a cut line, and/or the location of a defect in the workpiece. Other embodiments are methods of labeling a lumber workpiece in a workflow path, the methods includes conveying the lumber workpiece along the workflow path, and projecting an image or symbol onto a surface of the workpiece as it is conveyed along the workflow path.

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USNR LLC1981 SCHURMAN WAY WOODLAND WA 98674

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blomquist, Christopher W Ridgefield, US 30 144
Flatman, Carl Salmon Arm, CA 8 75
O'Heron, Mike Woodland, US 3 10
Sunder, Nick Woodland, US 3 10
Wahlstrom, Carl Woodland, US 3 10

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