Appeal No. 96-1893
Application 08/073,416
magnetic tape is pressed against the capstan shaft by the
pinch roller,
as opposed to their invention wherein the connection is made
substantially simultaneously when the magnetic tape is pressed
against the capstan shaft by the pinch roller (reply brief at
pages 1 and 2).
The end of claim 11 recites the following language:
"wherein the positioning means is connected to both the main
chassis and the slide chassis to restrain the change in
positional relationship between the main chassis and the slide
chassis in the at least one direction substantially
simultaneously when (emphasis added) the magnetic tape is
pressed against the
capstan shaft by the pinch roller." The Examiner reads the
"simultaneously" language as the claimed positional
relationship existing "at the same time (i.e.,
simultaneously)", as opposed to happening at the same time.
We find this claim interpretation to be a fair reading of the
language and met by Tsuchida as depicted in Figure 7. Claim
22, dependent from claim 11, is also met by Tsuchida in that
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