Appeal No. 2000-1354 Page 4
Application No. 08/894,129
that the reference teach what the appellants are claiming, but
only that the claims on appeal "read on" something disclosed
in the reference (see Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d
760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984)).
Morita discloses a punch press including an upper main
shaft (3) vertically movable by means of a hydraulic driving
means (2 , 2 , 3a) and rotatable for indexing by means of a1 2
rotary driving means (7, 8, 9), a lower main shaft (30)
positioned below the upper main shaft and rotatable in
synchronism with the upper main shaft for indexing, upper and
lower dies (23, 45) detachably mounted on the upper and lower
main shafts in opposition to each other, and upper and lower
clamping devices for clamping the upper and lower dies on the
upper and lower main shafts (3, 30) with positioning in phase.
As shown in Figure 3 of Morita, the lower main shaft 30
is supported on the main body frame 1 via a sliding bearing 31
for rotation and sliding vertical movement. A ring 38 is
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