Appeal No. 95-2880
Application 08/091,294
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner refusing
to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 6 and 8 through 17 after
amendment subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 3 and 7 have
been canceled. No claims have been allowed.
The appellant's invention is directed to a mixer for a
dispensing appliance (claims 1 and 4 through 6), an attachment
for a mixer for a dispensing appliance (claims 2 and 8 through
10), a mixing apparatus (claims 11 through 14), and an attachment
for placement over a dispensing means of a mixing apparatus
(claims 15 through 17). The subject matter before us on appeal
is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A mixer for a dispensing appliance having a double
cartridge, comprising means for sealing and for rotatably snap-in
mounting an attachment at a dispensing end of said mixer, said
mounting and sealing means comprising a circular bead provided at
a dispensing end of said mixer and a corresponding groove
provided in a mounting end of said attachment, said bead and the
external diameter of the dispensing end of said mixer, on one
hand, and said groove and the internal diameter of said
attachment, on the other hand, having such dimensions that said
attachment is rotatably and sealingly maintained on said mixer.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Livingstone 2,715,480 Aug. 16, 1955
Reed 2,815,895 Dec. 10, 1957
Yoshioka 4,241,855 Dec. 30, 1980
Colin et al. (Colin) 4,995,540 Feb. 26, 1991
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