Appeal No. 97-2227
Application 08/254,978
disengaging said unidirectional drive means,” it would at
first appear this unidirectional drive means corresponded to
ring gear 84. However, line 2 of claim 9 has previously set
forth “rotatable drive means for providing . . . second gear”
and, to the extent that ring gear 84 can be considered to be a
“drive means,” it is a necessary part of the rotatable drive
means for providing second gear, rather than an entirely
different element as the claim sets forth (compare, e.g.,
claim 12 wherein the appellant has set forth (“means for
engaging and disengaging said second gear drive train means”).
Moreover, independent claim 12 sets forth “common” drive
train means between the shaft and drum for providing third and
fourth gears. We must point out, however, that while some
elements of the drive train means for providing third and
forth gears are “common” (e.g., elements 34, 36, 38, 40)
others are not (e.g., elements 30, 32, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52).
Thus, claim 12 does not accurately define the subject set
forth therein in a technical sense.
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