Appeal No. 97-1758 Page 10
Application No. 08/326,721
the claimed motor is fixedly mounted to the carriage, Lissner
teaches a motor that is rotatably mounted. (Appeal Br. at 13-
14.)
We find that the reference separately or in combination
with Fago fails to suggest the means for fixedly mounting of
claims 1 and 15 or the corresponding step of fixing the motor
of claim 8. Claims 1 and 15 recite in pertinent part a “means
for fixedly mounting the motor to the carriage in a position
dictated by the spring force and the belt tension.” (Appeal
Br., App. A at 1, 5.) Claim 8 recites in pertinent part
“fixing the motor to the carriage.” (Id. at 3.)
Lissner teaches in pertinent part attaching a drive motor
24 to the base of a disk file. The motor is attached to a
motor mount plate 50, which pivots about a pivot point 54.
With a spring 52 attached thereto, the plate “serves to
tension” a belt 44 against the motor and a pulley 18 of a
cartridge 10. Col. 5, ll. 61-67.
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