Ex parte POLLARD - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-1758                                         Page 3           
          Application No. 08/326,721                                                  


               a first pulley fixed to the carriage for moving the disk               
          cartridge contained in the carriage to a specified fixed                    
          position,                                                                   


               a motor for driving the first pulley,                                  
               a belt coupling the motor to the first pulley whereby the              
          motor can drive the first pulley to move the disk cartridge,                
          and                                                                         
               a spring coupled between the motor and the carriage                    
          positioned so as to exert a force between the carriage and the              
          motor opposite to a force exerted between the first pulley and              
          the motor by the belt so as to create a predetermined tension               
          on the belt at a time prior to said motor being fixedly                     
          mounted to said carriage, and                                               
               means for fixedly mounting the motor to the carriage in a              
          position dictated by the spring force and the belt tension.                 


               The references relied on by the patent examiner in                     
          rejecting the claims follow:                                                


          Lissner et al. (Lissner)           3,786,454                Jan.            
          15, 1974                                                                    
          Fago                               4,815,055                Mar.            
          21, 1989                                                                    
          Glover et al. (Glover)        4,982,847                Jan.  8,             
          1991                                                                        
          Wanger et al. (Wanger)        5,014,255                May   7,             
          1991                                                                        
          Dimitri et al. (Dimitri)           5,377,121                Dec.            
          27, 1994                                                                    








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