Appeal No. 97-3065 Page 9
Application No. 08/452,747
vacuum drum 20 due to rotation of the rotor. As the rotor
continues to rotate, the gripper 127 is separated from gripper
126 causing the elastic segment 14 to be stretched. When the
grippers arrive in the
position in which grippers 128 and 129 are presently shown,
elastic segment 14 is stretched to its desired limit and is
overlaying sheet 13 to which it is applied by the grippers.
Claim 68 recites an apparatus for transporting a
continuous web comprising, inter alia, a first rotary
transport device and a second rotary transport device disposed
in working relationship with the first rotary transport
device. The first rotary transport device has a first outer
working surface having a first set of protuberances thereon.
The second rotary transport device has a second outer working
surface having a second set of protuberances thereon. The
first and second outer working surfaces are aligned with each
other at a locust of closest approach.
The examiner determined (answer, page 4) that
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