Appeal No. 1994-4016
Application No. 07/793,824
since sufficient structural limitations for the tracing
assembly support means, i.e., a plate and a sliding support
means (which is interpreted as the corresponding structure
described in the specification and the equivalents thereof)
movably connected to the plate, are recited. Nor do we
construe “a tracing assembly means” in claim 21 as means-plus-
function elements, since sufficient structural limitations for
the tracing assembly means, i.e., means for tracing, a roller
and a means for adjusting, are recited.
Having determined that certain “means” in claims 1 and 21
meet the requirements under 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 6, we
now look to the specification for the structure corresponding
to such means to define the structure of the claimed device.
We observe that the specification defines “vertical support
means” as the vertical support structure (15) having a cavity
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. See page 8, lines 14-15. We
observe that the specification defines “means for cutting the
excess material applied to workpiece” or “cutting means” as
the particularly designed rotary cutter structure (145, 305 or
445) illustrated in Figures 6, 16 and 17. See page 2, line
14, page 8, line 22, and page 15, lines 6 and 15. We observe
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