Appeal No. 1998-0514
Application 08/523,907
cylinders, cutter holders and counterweights of German ‘516
from the same composite fiber material having a heat expansion
coefficient substantially equal to or less than 0 mm/K, as now
claimed. Accordingly, we will not sustain the standing
rejection of claim 1, or claim 2 that depends therefrom, as
being unpatentable over the collective teachings of German
‘516 and Gomi.
Independent Claim 3
Claim 3 calls for a cross cutter comprising, inter alia,
cutter cylinders formed of a composite fiber material having a
heat expansion coefficient A, and cutter holders formed of a
composite fiber material having a heat expansion coefficient
B, with A being different than B, such that the difference in
heat expansion coefficients
creat[es] an expansion differential between said
cutter cylinders and said cutter holders at elevated
temperatures resulting in the stress of both the
cutter cylinder and the cutter holder thereby
increasing the rigidity of the cutter holder.
German ‘516 does not disclose that the cutter holders are
formed of composite fiber material, or that the heat expansion
coefficients of the cutter cylinders and cutter holders differ
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