Appeal No. 96-4144 Page 9
Application No. 08/169,019
circuit board in a position of engagement with the flange 25.
Rotation of the rod member 30 is accomplished by use of a tool
45, a slotted end 46 of which engages a drive pin 47 extending
transversely through the adjacent end of the rod member 30. To
limit rotation of the rod member 30 to approximately the desired
ninety degrees, there is provided a stop pin 48 which also
extends transversely through the rod member 30 at a location
spaced from the drive pin 47. To accommodate the stop pin there
is a stop slot 49 in the block 24 at opposite ends of which are
stop shoulders 50 and 51.
The examiner's statement of this rejection (answer, pp. 4-5)
is
Husted '601 discloses a hanging rack apparatus for holding a
printed circuit panels comprising in combination, a pair of
slot means (consider two end opening 29 of the rod 24, fig.
6) having a first vertical surface (27, fig. 3), a second
vertical surface (27, fig. 3), and sloped surface (29, fig.
3) extending upwardly from the second vertical surface (27),
a pair of roller means (consider the curved portions 33 and
34 at each end portion of 30 as in figure 3) movable on the
slope surface for holding the circuit panel (14), a block
(consider the portion of 30 between 33 and 34), a stem (47)
secured to the block for moving the roller means (33 and 34,
fig. 4) upwardly on the sloping surface for releasing the
panel.
For the reasons set forth by the appellant (brief, pp. 9-10
and 12), we conclude that claim 1 is not anticipated by Husted.
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