Appeal No. 96-4164
Application 08/467,295
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 14, 22 and 23. Claims 1 through 12 have been
canceled. Claims 13 and 15 through 21 stand allowed. Claim 24,
the only other claim pending in the application, was objected to,
but has been indicated to be allowable if rewritten in independ-
ent form.
Appellant's invention relates to a method of operating
a reversing valve, such as that found in a vapor compression
refrigeration system (e.g., a heat pump system). Of importance
to appellant is that the reversing valve be so constructed and
arranged that the valve member “is relieved from system fluid
pressure forcing it against its seat as it moves between alterna-
tive flow directing positions along a path of travel by which it
is separated from its seat, thereby avoiding substantial friction
forces opposing valve member motion and enabling use of simple,
low force valve actuators” (specification, page 4, lines 17-23).
Independent claim 14 is representative of the subject matter on
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