Appeal No. 1997-3141
Application No. 08/327,347
that includes a first line controller for a first assembly
line for normally processing a first type of product and for
storing relevant information for processing of the first type
of product. Further included in the manufacturing facility is
a second line controller for a second assembly line in which
relevant information is stored for normally processing a
second type of product. More particularly, Appellants
indicate at page 2 of the specification that the first line
controller, on identification of a product as a first product
type, independently processes the first product utilizing the
stored first product type information. If a second product
type is detected, the first line controller automatically
retrieves the stored second product type information from the
second line controller and proceeds with the processing of the
second product type. Appellants assert that, since each line
controller stores only the processing information for a
product type it normally processes, only a minimal amount of
storage space is needed since a large unwieldy multiple
product processing database is not required.
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