Appeal No. 97-2287
Application No. 08/299,128
amendment, the examiner withdrew the indefiniteness rejection
of claims 7 and 8, and the obviousness rejection of claim 2
(paper number 8). Accordingly, claim 1 remains before us on
appeal.
In the disclosed film conveying apparatus, an edge of a
guide plate is urged against an edge of the film. The edge of
the guide plate has a larger width than the width of concave
portions formed in the edge of the film.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. An information processing apparatus which conveys a
film, in which a recording portion is provided, comprising:
information transfer means for transferring said
information in at least one of a reading and recording mode;
a guide plate on which said information transfer means is
mounted, said guide plate being capable of moving close to or
away from a side edge of the film and having one edge
following surface which abuts said side edge of the film; and
urging means for urging the edge following surface of
said guide plate against said side edge of the film and for
causing said guide plate to follow the film if the film is
fishtailing,
a dimension of said edge following surface in a direction
in which the film is conveyed being larger than a dimension of
the width of openings of concave portions formed in said side
edge of the film.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
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