Appeal No. 97-3703 Page 10
Application No. 08/110,349
find nothing therein which overcomes the deficiencies of the
combination of Walker, Scott and Osmera discussed above.
Accordingly, we also cannot sustain the examiner's rejection
of claims 6 through 8, 11 through 14, 17 and 18 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Rejection 3
Ottaviano discloses a cushioning dunnage producing and
handling apparatus comprising a cutting mechanism, shown in
Figure 7, including a stationary cutter edge (78b) and a
movable cutter blade (78a) driven by a double acting fluid
motor (89). A supporting table surface (96) helps support the
dunnage as it is emitted from the device. A mobile transfer
vehicle (102) comprising a rotatable shaft (110) equipped with
a U-shaped bracket (112) for securing the leading edge of the
dunnage strip to the shaft is located near the outlet of the
dunnage machine for collecting dunnage onto a roll and moving
it to a selected area which may be remote from the dunnage
machine (column 7, lines 5 through 25).
As the Ottaviano cutter blade (78a) moves upwardly, in a
direction away from the table surface (96), to coact with the
stationary cutter edge (78b) during cutting, there is no risk
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