Appeal No. 1998-1562 Page 10
Application No. 08/611,416
Rejection as anticipated by Johannsson
We agree with the examiner (answer, pp. 5 and 10) that
claim 1 is anticipated by Johannsson. In that regard, claim 1
is readable on Johannsson's apparatus as follows: a lap
processing machine (the unwound paper web 19 is led by funnel
28 to some type of further processing) having a working
position for receiving and unwinding a lap roll thereat (the
position of the leftmost core 18 with paper web 19 rolled up
thereon resting against stop device 17 as shown in the Figure)
and a reserve position for receiving a reserve lap roll (the
position of the core 18 with paper web 19 rolled up thereon
resting against flap 24 and arm 27 as shown in the Figure);
and means for moving said reserve lap roll from said reserve
position to said working position (flap 24 and piston and
cylinder assembly 25), said means being pivotally mounted to
move with a received reserve lap [sic, roll] thereon towards
said working position to move the received reserve lap roll
from said reserve position towards said working position in an
arcuate manner during pivoting of said means (when flap 24 is
pivoted from its full line position shown in the Figure to its
phantom position shown in the Figure it moves together with
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