Appeal No. 96-2099
Application 08/128,976
outwardly members to form pockets as taught by Bush to
reject [sic, eject] articles at a proper unloading position
(Bush, column 1, lines 36-41) and to modify a trap door
mechanism of Teegarden to have an air blower as taught by
Anschutz to eliminate timing problems with other mechanical
handling device[s] (Anschutz, column 12, lines 38-43).
[Answer, page 3.]
We do not agree with the examiner’s position. Even if we
were to agree with the examiner that it would have been obvious
to utilize Teegarden’s method to sort sheets, we cannot agree
with the examiner’s (1) finding that the elements or “lines” 24
of Bush are outwardly extending or (2) position that it would
have been obvious to substitute in Teegarden for his deflection
gate (e.g., DG1L) to remove articles from the conveyor belt 362
an air nozzle as shown by Anschutz at 98.
With respect to the teachings of Bush, we find absolutely
nothing therein which either teaches or suggests outwardly
extending members on the conveyor belt 10 as the examiner
asserts. Bush teaches that his conveyor belt 10 comprises a
plurality of carrying sections 22
which sections may be defined by lines 24 which may be
painted on the belt or they may comprise strips of
wood, metal or other material. [Column 2, lines 32-34.]
It does not follow that just because the “lines 24" are defined
by strips of “wood, metal or other material” instead of paint,
that these strips would extend outwardly from the surface as the
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