Appeal No. 95-1405
Application 08/095,276
recited in this claim are also shown there extending from bus
duct 20.
Figures 7 to 10 of Carlson relate most directly to that
argued feature relating to the sponge floats. The paragraph
bridging columns 2 and 3 of Carlson discusses the insulating
supports or spacers 42, 43 shown in Figures 7 to 10. In
accordance with the examiner’s reasoning as to dependent claim
25, the examiner considers the claimed plurality of plates
individually sandwiching the bus bars therebetween as
comprising these plates. The various ribs 46, 47 and 48 in
Figures 8 to 10 clearly show that there are regions of these
insulating supports or spacers 42, 43 having plural regions
comprising the claimed sponge floats of claim 21, further
having not only the structure but the functions recited
therein. The material comprising these spacers and the ribs
thereon clearly appears to be resiliently deformable in the
manner claimed because it is stated at the bottom of column 2
that the adjustable nuts on the ends of the rods 38, 39 draw
the channel posts together toward each other and compress the
bus bar collars or spacers together.
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