Appeal No. 97-0996
Application 08/287,432
appealed subject matter and read as follows:
1. A method for manufacturing a bearing comprising an
elastic spring element made of rubber that is affixed to a ring
element made of an elastically deformable material, comprising
the steps of:
bending a lamellar section of sheet metal into a cylindrical
shape; and
deforming the sheet metal into the shape of a ring element
having a uniform thickness.
5. A method for manufacturing a metal ring element for use
in a bearing, comprising the steps of:
bending a lamellar section of sheet metal into a cylindrical
shape; and
deforming the sheet metal into a shape comprising a conical
portion and a contiguous disk-like portion that is set at an
angle with respect to the conical portion so that the ring
element is of uniform thickness.
The following reference of record is relied upon by the
examiner in support of the rejections:
Ingersoll 2,382,485 Aug. 14, 1945
In addition, the examiner relies upon appellant’s admitted
prior art (AAPA) as set forth on pages 1 and 2 of the
specification.
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Ingersoll.
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