Appeal No. 1996-3828 Page 6
Application No. 08/304,465
re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 177 (CCPA 1967),
cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968).
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied
by the examiner in the rejection of the claims on appeal.
Irwin discloses a glassware forming machine. As shown in
Figures 1-3, the glassware forming machine has a baffle
support arm 17 which supports four individual baffle holders
18 and baffles 36 which are grouped in adjacent pairs. The
baffle support arm 17 is provided with four vertical openings
which extend therethrough within which baffle holders 18 are
positioned. The two baffle holders 18, at each side of the
center of the support arm 17, are engaged at their tops
between the bifurcation thereof with an equalizer bar 21. The
equalizer bars 21 are connected to the opposing ends of a
large equalizing bar 22 by pivot pins 23. The larger
equalizer bar 22 is pivoted at its center to a horizontal
pivot 24. The pivot 24 carries a central bolt 25 extending
axially thereof. The bifurcated upper end 26 of the vertical
round shoulder bolt 27 (see Figure 4) extends downwardly
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