Appeal No. 95-3178
Application 08/055,477
The Jaynes patent discloses an envelope sealing machine
(Figures 1 through 3) including rollers 3 and 4 for moving an
envelope z, a so-called "deflecting-leaf" made up of a transverse
rod 12 and a rod 13 (page 1, lines 78 through 80), a skeleton
flap-pressing lever pivoted on rod 14, preferably formed from a
single piece of wire bent to form a bail 15, having rearwardly-
extending arms 15a and having the intermediate portion of its
laterally-spaced arms coiled around the rod 14 (page 1, lines
89 through 95), and rollers 3 and 5 for passing the envelope
therebetween. As noted by Jaynes (page 2, lines 29 through 34),
The skeleton supporting shelf or leaf 12, 13,
as well as the spring-arms 15a, will yield
very considerably, so that envelops that vary
a great deal in size may be run through this
machine and sealed without readjusting any
parts of the machine.
Claims 1 through 5 and 8
We share the examiner's view that the subject matter of
claims 1 and 8 is anticipated by the teaching of Jaynes. From
our perspective, one versed in the art would understand that the
lower edge of an envelope passing through the nip of the rollers
3,4, of Jaynes (Figure 1) would be deflected by the so-called
"deflecting leaf" (12, 13) towards the spring-arms 15a. Thus, we
consider the spring-arms and "deflecting leaf" to correspond to
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