Appeal No. 95-2598
Application 08/021,230
applicator assembly, or tape feed and applying cartridge (21)
removably mounted on the mounting seat of the head beam (col. 4,
lines 23-26). While the examiner has indicated (answer, page 3)
that the cartridge (21) of Warshaw includes knife means (76) for
severing the tape, and first (34a) and second (42a) spring-
mounted levers for supporting applicator rollers (122, 123) for
applying tape to the boxes, the examiner has not otherwise
pointed out where each of the other individual components or
units of the tape feed assembly recited in appellant's claim 1
are found.
On pages 6-8 of the answer, the examiner additionally
provides an explanation of why the roll (132) of tape, carried by
the arm (133), in Warshaw is considered to be mounted to and part
of the tape feed assembly (6). We agree with the examiner's
reasoning, noting that Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings in
Warshaw, as well as the disclosure incorporated by reference from
the co-pending application Ser. No. 05/645,718 (now U.S. Patent
4,039,367), at column 1, lines 8-17 of the reference, clearly
indicates that the arm (133) is mounted to the cartridge
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