Appeal No. 97-1975
Application No. 08/315,002
extension 4 of Stahlecker is "replaceably mounted" to the
cover
element 5, as recited in part (d), because it can be replaced
by removing the pin on which it is pivotally connected to
cover element 5, together with the nuts and bolts around shaft
9 (answer, page 8). Nevertheless, whatever may be the merits
of this argument, we do not consider that Stahlecker’s element
5 can be read as the claimed "cover element," because claim 1
further requires that the cover element "defin[e] a guide
conduit for delivering fiber into the spinning rotor." Since
element 5 of Stahlecker is simply a cover for element 4, and
does not define a guide conduit, it cannot be interpreted as
appellant’s claimed "cover element." The only structure
disclosed by Stahlecker which does define a guide conduit for
the fiber, and therefore might be considered to correspond to
appellant’s "cover element," is swivel housing 4.
At the upper right hand part of Stahlecker’s swivel
housing 4, facing rotor 6 when swivel housing 4 is in the
closed (Fig. 1) position, is a structure which may possibly be
attached to the remainder of housing 4 by some type of
fastener (perhaps a rivet), and on which is mounted what the
5
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