Appeal No. 95-2784
Application 08/193,634
movement between the tool and the workpiece along an associ-
ated one of said axes;
a plurality of feedback devices respectively associ-
ated with said plurality of motors for providing feedback
information indicative of at least one of the actual position
and velocity of the tool along an associated axis; and
a single active processor for controlling said data
defining means and said data converting means, for receiving
feedback information from each of said feedback devices, and
for controlling the operation of each of said motors to pro-
vide
coordinated relative movement between the tool and the
workpiece along each of said multiple axes in accordance with
said stored path description.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Daggett et al. (Daggett) 4,786,847 Nov. 22, 1988
Hyatt 4,827,419 May 9, 1989
Claims 1 through 3, 18 and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Hyatt. Claims 1
through 3, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Daggett in view of Hyatt.
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