Appeal No. 97-0750
Application 08/329,219
item/part densities. These improvements are brought about by
including an adjustably compressed auxiliary bellows in fluid
communication with the load platform supporting bellows in a
conventional lift table, like that of U.S. Patent No. 5,299,906.
Appellant's invention also relates to a method of supporting a
load of parts utilizing the lift table noted above. Claims 1
and 7 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of those claims, as they appear in the Appendix to
appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter
are:
Grassl et al. (Grassl) 4,461,444 July 24, 1984
Richter et al. (Richter) 5,193,788 Mar. 16, 1993
Claims 1, 2 and 6 through 8 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Grassl in view of
Richter.
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