Appeal No. 96-0356
Application 08/163,635
rotating means rotates the second roller in the first
direction and in the second direction opposite to the
first direction. [Brief at page 9]
We disagree with appellants. Sato discloses and depicts in
Figure 4 a main feed roller 23 (first roller) that rotates in a
first direction indicated by P. Each of the rollers which form
the pulley can alternately rotate in a direction QN (first
direction) which is in the direction of P and in the direction Q
(second direction) which is opposite to the P direction. Sato
also discloses that belts 24 are set free thereby idling the
rollers of the pulley from being driven during a shift of the
sleeve 43 from engagement with one of the first and second
pulleys 41 and 42 to engagement with the other and that a sheet
of paper may be fed at this time from between the leftmost and
rightmost positions of Figure 2. (Col. 4, lines 10-15). In view
of the foregoing, we will sustain the examiner’s rejection of
claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). We will also sustain this
rejection as it is directed to claim 3 as this claim stands or
falls with claim 1 (Brief at page 7).
We turn next to the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3, 9,
and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Yoshinobu. The examiner states:
JP ‘957, discloses: first - fifth rollers corresponding
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