Ex parte RICH - Page 7




          Appeal No. 96-4144                                         Page 7           
          Application No. 08/169,019                                                  


          inter alia, slot means for receiving a printed circuit panel,               
          including a sloping surface, roller means movable on the sloping            
          surface for holding the printed circuit panel in the slot means,            
          and a stem secured to the roller means for moving the roller                
          means upwardly on the sloping surface for releasing the printed             
          circuit panel.                                                              


               Husted discloses a low friction insertion force retainer               
          used as a mounting for a battery of printed electronic circuit              
          boards.  As shown in Figure 1, a plurality of printed electronic            
          circuit boards 14 are held by opposite left and right-hand                  
          retainers 15 and 16 mounted on interior walls 17 and 18 of a                
          housing 10.  In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 through 6, the            
          retainers 15 and 16, exemplified in some detail by the left                 
          retainer 15, comprises a body or block 24.  The blocks 24 are               
          mounted in pairs upon the adjacent side wall 17.  The blocks 24             
          are formed with a flange 25 against which the circuit board 14 is           
          pressed.  On the side of the block 24 opposite from the flange 25           
          is a section 26, an edge face 27 of which is spaced from the                
          corresponding flange 25 in order to provide a slot 28 for initial           
          reception of the circuit board 14.  The section 26 is also                  
          provided with a pocket 29 which extends throughout the length of            








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