Appeal No. 95-4852
Application 08/224,090
rejected base claim. Claim 24, the only other claim pending in
the application, stand withdrawn from consideration pursuant to
37 CFR 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a “machine for
conditioning and dispensing loose fill insulation material”
(specification, page 1). Claim 20 is illustrative and reads as
follows:
20. A machine for conditioning and dispensing loose fill
insulation material, comprising:
a hopper for receiving unconditioned insulation material;
a conditioning apparatus for receiving the unconditioned
insulation material from the hopper and for conditioning the
insulation material;
a dispensing assembly for receiving the conditioned
insulation material from the conditioning apparatus and for
dispensing the conditioned insulation material to an applicator;
and
wherein the conditioning apparatus comprises:
a housing for containing the insulation material, the
housing having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second
side, a top continuous with the hopper and defining an entry
opening, and a bottom continuous with the dispensing assembly and
having a length defined by the distance between the first and
second ends;
a movable partition in the bottom of the housing adapted to
form an adjustable exit opening whereby the flow of conditioned
insulation material from the housing into the dispensing assembly
is controlled, the exit opening having a length less than the
length of the bottom of the housing;
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