Appeal No. 96-3298
Application 08/361,284
valves 45 simultaneously.
Parr discloses an intake manifold for an internal
combustion engine, wherein the manifold includes an intake
distributor 11 and a series of pipes communicating with the
cylinders. The engine of Parr appears to comprise an in-line
cylinder block, that is, the cylinders appear to be aligned in
a single row or
bank. As with Miyano, the pipes of Parr’s manifold are
arranged in pairs, with each pair comprising a first long pipe
14, 24 and a second shorter pipe 31. In addition, a rotary
valve member 15 having a number of transverse ducts 40 is
provided in Parr for controlling the passage of air through
either the long pipes or the shorter pipes.
Shillington discloses an air intake comprising pairs of
long and short pipes, the pipes being formed by a single
plastic part.
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103,
the examiner acknowledges that Miyano lacks, inter alia,
“utilizing a single drum controller rotatively arranged in a
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