Appeal No. 97-3754
Application 08/302,504
lower sides of the tunnel consist of rollers 41 which compress
the tire 11 as it is conveyed toward the cutter, while the
vertical, parallel sides of the tunnel consist of gripper
rollers 53 which move the tire and center it on the conveyor
39.
Appellant argues on page 5 of the brief and on page 3
3 of the supplemental reply brief that Barclay does not dis-
close or
teach, inter alia, a tunnel having walls, as claimed. The
examiner takes the position, however, that (answer, pp. 5 to
6):
Appellant must be reading the term “wall”
too narrowly. Barclay’s sets of rollers
and roller drives clearly define four walls
in that they create a barrier that does not
permit the workpiece to pass thru, but
instead forces the workpiece down the tun-
nel.
3Amended Brief on Appeal (Paper No. 18, filed March 3,
1997).
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