Appeal No. 95-2911
Application 07/814,693
upraised, wedge-shaped element having flat sides tapering to a
thin edge for engagement with a thread groove of the feed screw
and being formed of press-worked sheet metal, the sheet-metal
being the same sheet-metal forming the carriage so as to form a
unitary structure, whereby a torque of the motor is transmitted
to the carriage through the feed screw and the wedge-shaped
element of the carriage.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Tanaka 4,422,112 Dec. 20, 1983
Inoue 4,809,106 Feb. 28, 1989
Kato et al. (Kato) 4,881,142 Nov. 14, 1989
(filed Sep. 30, 1988)
Aruga et al. (Aruga) 5,032,941 Jul. 16, 1991
(filed Jan. 24, 1989)
Maeda et al. (Maeda) 5,189,570 Feb. 23, 1993
(filed Aug. 15, 1991)
Claims 5 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Maeda and Kato. Claims 5 and 8
through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kato, Aruga, Tanaka and Inoue.
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