Appeal No. 1996-0208
Application 08/098,153
for receiving and transferring a single paper blank into the
respective die cavity aligned therewith in each forming cycle;
and wherein said guide means also includes a movable guide
means for receiving each paper blank from the blanking means
and for successively moving and transferring said paper blank
into each of said stationary guide means, and said providing
step also includes installing the movable guide means with an
inlet end positioned in proximity to an outlet side of said
blanking means and with an outlet end arranged so as to be
successively movable into proximity with an infeed side of
each said stationary guide means during each forming cycle.
Prior art references relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Clark 2,878,728 Mar. 24, 1959
Axer et al. (Axer) 3,824,058 Jul. 16, 1974
Dowd 4,242,293 Dec. 30, 1980
The appealed claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §3
103 as being unpatentable over the combination of Dowd, Axer
and Clark. We cannot sustain this rejection.
BACKGROUND
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
converting (retrofitting) an existing forming apparatus (such
as shown in the Dowd reference) which is used for the
production of three-dimensionally shaped paper products such
as paper plates. The existing forming apparatus of the prior
3The examiner’s statement of rejection in the answer at
page 3 inadvertently refers to claim 1, not claim 14.
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