Appeal No. 2002-2230
Application 09/295,547
Although Genoud does not explicitly describe a step of storing
the cam cycle for use in controlling rotation of the hook to fold
the back flap as broadly recited in claim 1, such would have been
a common sense and obvious measure, if not an inherently
necessary one, to effect controlled rotation of the hook. In
this regard, one of ordinary skill in the art would have readily
appreciated that the information produced by Genoud’s converter
71 would have to be stored, however briefly and temporarily, to
enable it to be conveyed to the drive motor 47.
Thus, Genoud alone ostensibly would have suggested the
subject matter recited in claim 1. To the extent that Genoud
might arguably fall short in this regard, Reuteler more than
makes up for any perceived deficiencies.
Reuteler discloses a wheel assembly for opening carton
blanks moving through a packaging apparatus. The wheel assembly
“includes three pairs of equally spaced arms extending radially
away from a central longitudinal shaft, each pair of arms
supporting a connecting shaft with at least one suction cup
thereon” (column 4, lines 50 through 53). The wheel assembly
also includes “a drive motor and a control processor in which an
electronic cam profile, or series of cam profiles, is stored for
operating the drive motor” (column 5, lines 4 through 7).
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