Appeal No. 98-1350
Application No. 08/607,549
Claims 22 and 28 are also rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Anthon. Looking to Figure 8 of Anthon,
we note that the blade sharpening apparatus therein includes (in
the language of claim 22 on appeal) a support means (70) for
supporting a blade holding assembly, and a blade sharpening
member (36 as seen in Figs. 2, 3 and 6), wherein the blade
holding assembly comprises a first blade holding member having a
projecting section (20) receivable in an opening (76) in the
support means (70) and cooperable with a portion of the support
means for detachably securing the first member in supported
relation with the support means; a second blade holding member
(12) connected to the first blade holding member (e.g., as in
Fig. 6) for pivotal movement relative thereto about a fulcrum
point (at screw 14); and means (16) 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 (30) disposed between said opposite set of
ends of said first and second blade holding members. As is also
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