Appeal No. 97-3754
Application 08/302,504
(c) a corresponding plurality of rollers disposed on
and parallel to each of the top wall, the bottom wall and each
of the two side walls; and
wherein the plurality of rollers direct material fed
into the entrance of the tunnel towards the extremity thereof
and wherein the material is compressed within the tunnel and
then cut by the means for cutting.
The references relied upon by the examiner in re-
jecting the appealed claims are:
Kisielewski 3,911,772 Oct. 14,
1975 Baikoff 3,991,944 Nov.
16, 1976
Barclay 4,976,178 Dec. 11,
1990
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1, 4 to 6 and 8 to 10, unpatentable over
Barclay, under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(2) Claims 2, 3 and 7, unpatentable over Barclay in
view of Baikoff, under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(3) Claims 11 to 13, unpatentable over Barclay in
view of Kisielewski, under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Barclay patent discloses a tire shearing machine
in which the tire carcasses are delivered to the cutting means
13 through a tunnel (conveyor) 39. The converging upper and
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