Appeal No. 96-0776
Application 07/953,539
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 17, which constitute all of the claims
of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a waveguide seal
assembly. The subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated
by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A waveguide seal assembly for sealing a waveguide joint
wherein said waveguide joint is formed between two joined
waveguide flanges having coupled waveguide openings, said
waveguide seal assembly comprising
an inner conductive part sized and shaped to substantially
mate with the coupled waveguide openings presented at the joined
waveguide flanges so as to provide a continuous electrical path
across the waveguide joint, said inner conductive part having a
defined outer perimeter,
an outer part separable from said inner part, said outer
part having a central opening which is complimentary in shape to
the outer perimeter of said inner part, the central opening of
said outer part being larger than the perimeter of said inner
part such that, when said inner part is placed within said
central opening, an intermediate gap separates said inner and
outer parts, and
a gas sealing element sized to removably fit in the
intermediate gap separating said inner and outer parts for
providing a pressure seal at the waveguide joint when the
waveguide seal assembly formed by the fitting together of said
inner and outer parts and said gas sealing element is clamped
between the waveguide flanges forming the waveguide joint.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
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