Appeal No. 96-0001
Application No. 08/034,532
Eolkin 3,166,464 Jan. 19,
1965
OPINION
At page 4 of her answer, the examiner has characterized
the “admitted state of the prior art” as representing
appellant’s disclosure at pages 2-4 of his specification.
However, the disclosure at page 2-4 of appellant’s
specification is little more than recognition in the art that
the problem of so-called stalagmite formation is indeed well
known in the paper-making industry.
Eolkin is directed to drum drying apparatus and to an
improvement in the method of drum drying slurried materials.
(See column 1, lines 9-13). In the art of drum drying
materials such as food slurries, Eolkin recognizes a problem
has existed in relation to the build up from parts of the
dried coating on the doctor blades (See column 1, lines 21-
27). The build up of dry material occurs on the rear side of
the doctor blade on the side opposite to the cutting edge of
the doctor blade and adjacent to the drum drier. When the
accumulation on the rear side of the doctor blade increases to
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