System for affixing tags to lumber

Details System for affixing tags to lumber System for affixing tags to lumber

B - Operations, Transporting

65

C

B65C 9/02 (2006.01) G06F 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2326839

An automated apparatus for tagging individual boards in a pack of lumber. The apparatus includes a labeling assembly including a printer or by using pre--printed tags, a stapler, a detector for determining the position of a leading board within the pack, a positioning assembly for moving the labeling assembly in three dimensions via stepper motors, servo motors, or hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders, a computer, and a bidirectional communications link connecting the detector, the labeling assembly, and the positioning assembly to the computer. In operation, a pack of lumber is placed in front of the apparatus and the operator inputs the pack dimensions including board size, and other selected identifying indicia into the computer. Under computer control, the detector locates the position of the leading board affixes a label, the positioning assembly automatically moves the labeling assembly to each board in turn to affix a label.

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