Appeal No. 96-1389
Application No. 07/925,615
stream of air coming from a cotton gin and discharging the
separated trash into the inlet of the conveyor means, and (6)
fluid means for adding a fluid to the cotton gin trash as the
cotton gin trash is received in the inlet of the conveyor
means.
As to (1), the examiner cites Shelef as disclosing that
it is conventional in the art to compost material in piles
wherein the piled compost material is provided on a porous
support surface. The examiner contends that it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in view of
Shelef to compost the material of Pinckard on a porous support
surface “for the known and expected control of the composting
pile which is provided by the porous support surface” (answer,
page 4). Concerning (2) and (3), the examiner cites Malmström
as teaching a screw auger device for piling material which
includes a conveyor means 15 that is supported in a horizontal
position above a surface by a support post. The examiner
contends that it would have been obvious to employ a device as
disclosed by Malmström “for the known and expected result of
making piles of materials as required by the primary reference
of Shelef [Pinckard?]” (answer, pages 4-5). Concerning (4),
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