Appeal No. 96-3874
Application 08/308,186
application.2
With reference to drawing Figure 1, appellants’ invention
pertains to a dampening system for a printing press which
includes an accumulator 26 located between a pressure regulator
22 and a spray bar 16 for dampening pressure pulses of liquid
being supplied to the spray bar.
Independent claim 6 is illustrative of the appealed subject
matter and reads as follows:
6. A dampening assembly for a printing press,
comprising:
a spray bar for spraying a liquid onto a portion of the
press;
a source of the liquid;
a pressure regulator being connected to the source by a
first conduit, and being connected to the spray bar by a second
conduit;
an accumulator having a chamber communicating with the
second conduit, and having a diaphragm separating the chamber
into a first compartment being connected to the second conduit,
and a second closed compartment being charged with an inert gas,
said accumulator dampening pressure pulses of the liquid being
supplied to the spray bar.
In rejecting appellants’ claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the
examiner has relied upon the references listed below:
2Although the examiner’s answer indicates that claim 11 is
a rejected claim in this appeal, claim 11 has been canceled by an
amendment submitted on June 29, 1995 (Paper No. 5).
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