Appeal No. 2000-1471
Application No. 08/935,655
27 carries a pair of eccentric cams 36. When the
lever 27 is in the position shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
eccentric cams press against the washer 21 and thus
draw the axle 9 toward the left in FIG. 2. By a
quick cam action, this affords a tight abutment of
the cups 16 and 19 with the axle tube 18 and the
forks 6 and 7 to provide a set, but adjustable,
assembly and an easy release [column 2, line 52,
through column 3, line 11].
As indicated above, the subject matter recited in claims
5 and 6 comprises, inter alia, a spring. Claim 5 requires “a
spring attached to the cam that urges the cam to rotate to its
closed position,” and claim 6 requires “a spring acting
between
the spindle and the cam, urging the cam to pivot in a
direction that moves the follower inward toward the second end
of the spindle.”
The examiner has found (see pages 3 and 4 in the final
rejection) that these claim limitations are met by Poehlmann’s
spring 31. To support this finding, the examiner cites the
sentence in the above reproduced passage from the reference
stating that “[t]he lever 27 is bifurcated and receives a
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