Appeal No. 2002-2305
Application No. 09/473,792
them, we must agree with appellant's assessment of the rejections
before us on appeal.
Kamazawa discloses a motorized vibrator (e.g., Figs. 3-4)
including, inter alia, a titanium hollow head (casing 132)
mounted for reciprocating movement, in a rapid manner, determined
by the speed of the electric motor (120), said head containing a
powdery or granular material (148) enclosed movably in the
cylindrical space (140) defined therein and with said material
being present in an amount of from about 30 to 80% of the total
volume of the space (140). In column 5, lines 44+, Kamazawa
notes that the powdery or granular material (148) may be formed
of, for example, "a metallic material such as gold, silver,
copper, iron, silicon, germanium and niobium, a material coated
with such a metallic material, activated carbon, or ceramics."
In the portion of the specification bridging columns 5 and 6 of
the patent, Kamazawa indicates that movement of the elastic
cylindrical member (142) and granular material (148) within the
cylindrical space (140) of the hollow head produces heat, and
that a "hot effect" on the body part may thus be obtained without
using a particular heating means such as an electric heater.
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