Appeal No. 97-3703 Page 15
Application No. 08/110,349
which aligns the cut section with an outlet opening of the
machine when the second knife (20) is moved from the cutting
position to the rest position. However, the appellants'
admitted prior art teaches a post-cutting handling apparatus,
for use with a cushioning dunnage conversion machine,
comprising a post-cutting constraining assembly (58) located
downstream of the cutting assembly in alignment with an outlet
opening (48) and an alignment member (202') coupled by a link
(204') to the moving blade (162') of the cutting assembly for
motion therewith for re-aligning the cut section (32) with the
outlet opening during movement of the blade (162') from the
cutting position to the rest position to
[insure] a smooth transition for the cut section 32
from the outlet opening 48 into the post-[cutting]
constraining assembly 58. In this manner, the cut
section 32 steadily continues its downstream travel
as it is pushed by the approaching coined strip 30
[specification, page 19].
To have provided the post-cutting handling assembly
taught by the appellants' admitted prior art on the Walker
conversion machine (by providing a post-cutting constraining
assembly aligned with an outlet opening of the conversion
machine and an alignment device coupled to the movable knife
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