Patent ID: 6120628
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B27B,B27M,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for making panels of wood for defining single prismatic elements with variable thickness (S.sub.h) where (h=1, 2, . . . , q) designed to be assembled to form furniture units, said system comprising:a first station for loading an unworked piece having said thickness (S.sub.h) defined by the panels needed to make the units required or programmed downstream of the system;a second station for cutting the unworked piece lengthways into two or more strip elements whose width (LR.sub.hi) where (i=1, 2, . . . , n) is defined by the panels needed to make the units required or programmed downstream of the system, the second station including means for grouping said strip elements together in groups of the same width (LR.sub.hi) and thickness (S.sub.h);a third station for machining the leading end and the trailing end of each strip element to then permit the leading and trailing ends to be glued together to form a continuous strip of strip elements;a fourth station including means for calculating a length (Lu.sub.hij) where (j=1, 2, . . . , m) defined by at least one sum of multiples of lengths (Ll.sub.hik) where (k=1, 2, . . . , p) of said panels needed to make the units required or programmed downstream of the system; and,means for cutting said continuous strip crossways into a plurality of unworked optimized panel strips of length (LU.sub.hij).