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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
John J. M. Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Conrad Layson Fernandez, Dalton, GA (US);
Eric John Levan, Ringgold, GA (US);
David Emmett Milligan, Ringgold, GA (US);
Leonard Lee Hixson, Jr., Lookout Mountain, GA (US);
Edward Keith Huitt, Ringgold, GA (US);
Robert Louis Shelnutt, III, Ringgold, GA (US);
David Edward Voyles, Cleveland, TN (US);
Gregory Kevin Espy, Summerville, GA (US);
Roman Morris, Simpsonville, SC (US);
COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A system and method for imparting a textured surface effect in a board. The system and method are configured to releasably secure a charge on a table; determine a random abrasion pattern for the charge with at least one programmable controller; and control at least one abrasion assembly with the at least one programmable controller in accord with the random abrasion pattern to selectively engage and remove desired portions of the upper surface of the charge with the at least one abrasion assembly to form a randomized textured surface effect thereon.