Appeal No. 98-1350
Application No. 08/607,549
holding member connected to the first blade holding member (e.g.,
as in Figs. 1-3) for pivotal movement relative thereto about a
fulcrum point (at screw 21); and means (32) for pivotally
displacing one set of ends of the first and second blade holding
members about said fulcrum point to cause the opposite set of
ends thereof to pivotally displace relative to the fulcrum point
for clamping and unclamping a blade disposed between said
opposite set of ends of said first and second blade holding
members. As is also apparent from Figures 7, 7A, 8 and 9 of
LeVine, the apparatus therein includes a pin (75) forming a
portion of the projecting section of the first blade holding
member, which pin includes a leading portion (e.g., at 76)
receivable within a first portion of the opening in the support
means (79) and a trailing portion or neck (adjacent 11b)
receivable in a second portion of the opening more restricted
than said first portion of said opening, when said leading
portion is received in said first portion of said opening, as
required in appellants’ claims 23 and 24 on appeal. With regard
to claim 28 on appeal, we note that the blade holding members of
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