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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip J. Poth, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Thermwood Corporation, Dale, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/302 ;
Abstract
A number of computer-numerical-control (CNC) machine controllers are associated in the same plant or facility or in related facilities. Each CNC machine controller gathers and stores status information related to the state of operations being performed. A remotely located central computer separately addresses each of the controllers to transfer the status information to a central location where the entire plant or facility operation can be evaluated.