Appeal No. 1998-0514
Application 08/523,907
independent claim calls for a cross cutter comprising, inter
alia, a frame having fixed bearings, a pair of cutter
cylinders rotatably mounted in opposed parallel relationship
in said bearings, with each of the cutter cylinders having a
cutter holder and a counterweight secured thereto. Claim 1
further sets forth that the cutter cylinders are formed of a
composite fiber material having a heat expansion coefficient
substantially equal to or
less than 0 mm/K, and that the cutter holders and
counterweights are formed of “said” composite fiber material.
Thus, claim 1 requires that the cutter cylinders, cutter
holders and counterweights are all formed of the same
composite fiber material, and that this material has a heat
expansion coefficient substantially equal to or less than 0
mm/K.
The differences between German ‘516 and claim 1 are as
follows:4
4In light of the above noted discussion of German ‘516
found in the “Background” section of appellants’
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