Appeal No. 98-0009
Application No. 08/538,414
claims of record in this application.
The appellant’s invention is directed to a declipper
assembly for removing a clip from the end of a sausage
package. The subject matter on appeal is illustrated by
reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
A declipper assembly for removing a clip from the end of
a sausage package which is adaptable to a universal power
head, said assembly comprising a pair of plates pivotally
mounted in a parallel spaced relation on the power head and an
end plate having a curved cutting edge interconnecting the
ends of the plates and a cutter blade mounted on the power
head for pivotal motion between said plates, said cutter blade
having a cutting edge which matingly engages the cutting edge
on the end plate to cut the clip from the end of the package.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Hoffman 4,214,492 Jul. 29,
1980
LaBounty 4,558,515 Dec. 17,
1985
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hoffman in view of LaBounty.
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