Appeal No. 96-2742
Application No. 08/311,371
recording and reproducing unit sense the presence and absence
of the carrying means. When
the carrying means finishes loading the recording medium into
the loading means, the carrying means moves away from the
loading unit, which the detectors sense, and the detectors
send a signal to the read/write processing unit of the
recording and reproducing unit to indicate that the first
component is done. In other words, contrary to the examiner's
assertion, no signal must be sent between the two elements, as
detectors in the recording and reproducing means supply the
necessary information. Therefore, we find no electrical
signals sent from the carrying means to the recording and
reproducing unit to indicate that the recording medium is
ready for loading.
As to the electrical instruction signal from the carrying
means for claim 7 and the electrical ejection end signals from
the carrying means for claims 14, 15, and 17, the examiner
points to no further sections of the admitted prior art to
meet these limitations. As explained above, we find no
electrical instruction signals sent from the carrying means to
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