Appeal No. 2001-0019
Application No. 09/240,197
aforementioned means. A further understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 7 and 24,
which are reproduced in the appendix to appellant’s brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Balsbaugh 3,779,295 Dec. 18, 1973
Lundahl et al. (Lundahl) 4,163,524 Aug. 7, 1979
Fincham 4,467,712 Aug. 28, 1984
Claims 1-10, 16 and 21-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Fincham in view of Balsbaugh and
Lundahl.
Fincham, the examiner’s primary reference, is directed to a
trailer mounted wood baler. Fincham’s apparatus comprises a
framework having movable member 36, pressure member 64, bottom
frame member 16 and end frame member 20 that collectively define
a rectangular area for receiving split pieces of wood. A large
rectangular backboard 100 is secured to the framework rearward of
the rectangular area to provide a surface against which ends of
the wood may be stacked so that they will lie in approximately
the same vertical plane (column 3, lines 61-68). When the wood
pieces are in position in the rectangular area, hydraulic
cylinders 85, 87 are extended to move pressure member 64 to the
right (as viewed in Figure 2) to consolidate the wood. Next,
strapping from reels 90, 92 is extended around the consolidated
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