Appeal No. 1998-1795
Application No. 08/485,682
The invention provides both a parking function and an
intermittent wiping function, but through the parking circuit
alone, plus a few additional components. To attain the
parking function, the invention actuates the parking circuit,
while to attain the intermittent wiping, the invention
periodically pulses the parking circuit. The invention is
further illustrated by the following claim below.
1. In a windshield wiping system, which includes a
parking system which (1) parks a wiper, and then (2) terminate
power to a wiper motor, the improvement comprising:
a) means for repeatedly invoking the parking system, to
cause intermittent wiping.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Riester 3,579,067 May 18,
1971
Resch et al. (Resch) 5,404,085 Apr. 4,
1995
Claims 7 to 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph. Claims 1 to 7 and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C.
§ 102 over Riester, while claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over Riester and Resch.
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