US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on June 24 for "Devices, systems, and methods for scorching boards and panels" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,500, issued on June 24, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for scorching boards and panels" was invented by Roman Morris (Simpsonville, S.C.), Ronald L. Davis (Greenville, S.C.) and Kenneth Ellington (Easley, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system having a conveyor assembly, at least one scorching assembly, and a central controller. The conveyor assembly has a conveyor that effects movement of at least one board or panel relative to a movement axis. Each scorching assembly has a combustion chamber, at least one burner, and at least one processing unit. Each burner can be mounted...