Appeal No. 96-0327
Application 07/961,795
regular operations of the mailing machine. In lines 46-52, it
is described that the conveyor is set to a GOAL SPEED equal to
the PEAK-DRUM-SPEED (print drum slew speed) when the envelope
arrives at the start slowdown point (Q). See also the
flowchart illustrated in Chang’s Figure 8B. It is clear that
the slowdown is a built-in stage for processing and is
initiated even when no jam has been detected. Also, it is
implicit that the slowdown of the conveyor speed to match the
print drum slew speed is to avoid a jam that would be caused
by conveyor 20's running faster than the printing station 70
can print. Here, the conveyor speed represents the processing
rate of the sheet processing apparatus.
The appellants refer to parts of the flow chart shown in
Figure 13. But Figure 13 is only a "shut down" subroutine
which includes procedures for clearing a jam by moving the
mailing machine conveyor very slowly. That is not
inconsistent with slowing down the conveyor speed to match the
PEAK-DRUM-SPEED of the printing assembly during ordinary
processing without a jam.
Accordingly, the appellants’ argument is without merit.
The appellants may not ignore those portions which anticipate
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