Appeal No. 1998-3427 Page 4
Application No. 08/442,109
. . . Cocks’ disclosed fiber materials are
considered to be suitable teachings of
Appellants’ “continuous filament fiber
material” as claimed. [Examiner’s answer
at page 6].
Cocks discloses a steel reinforced pipe in which a fine
facing cloth 20 is wound onto a mandrel and impregnated from
underneath by epoxy resin. Another layer of epoxy resin is
then sprayed onto the facing cloth 20 and during the spraying
a layer of woven glass fiber 21 is wound over the face cloth.
(Col. 2, lines 51 to 65). The resinated layers of woven glass
fiber fabric and fine facing cloth are allowed to gel. A
further layer of epoxy resin is then applied together with a
layer of chopped fiber strand mat 22 (Col. 3, lines 5-8). A
bandaging layer of facing tissue 23 is wound over the chopped
fiber strand mat 22 (Col. 3, lines 18-20). A layer of epoxy
resin is then sprayed on the facing tissue layer (Col. 3,
lines 22 to 23). Cocks also discloses that steel reinforcing
strips 31, 33, and 35 are wound on the resin impregnated
facing cloth 41 and that an outer lining 16 comprised of a
layer of chopped fiber strand mat 40 and woven glass fiber 42
with resin therebetween is wound on the steel layers (Col. 3,
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