Appeal No. 96-0353
Application 08/099,220
founded. Accordingly, this rejection will be reversed.
Griffith discloses, inter alia, a method for joining the
ends of a fabric belt made of woven polymeric plastic strands
or strands coated with polymeric plastic material to form an
endless machine belt, such as a drainage belt for a paper-
making machine (col. 1, lines 25-31; col. 5, lines 9-11). A
current-conducting wire, which may be coated with polymeric
plastic material, is formed into inner and outer loops,
wherein the inner loops are embedded within a strip of woven
material which has warp and weft strands which contain
polymeric plastic material (col. 3, lines 71-74; col. 4, lines
19-25; col. 5, lines 12-20). The strip is interposed between
the ends of the belt such that the outer loops overlap with
the ends of the belt (col. 5, lines 22-25). A current is
impressed upon the wire to soften the polymeric plastic
material while pressure is exerted against the loops so as to
embed the loops in the softened polymeric plastic material,
thereby forming an endless belt (col. 5, lines 26-30; Fig. 7).
Stilling discloses a vinyl fabric sign wherein the vinyl
fabric comprises a woven, non-elastic, polyester fiber
material coated with vinyl plastic (col. 3, lines 5-12).
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