Appeal No. 1999-0050
Application 08/499,111
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jeschke in
view of Kirn.
Reference is made to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 12)
and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13) for the respective
positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to
the merits of this rejection.
Jeschke, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
gripper cylinder in the form of a sheet-guiding drum 1. The
drum comprises a shaft, a drum body 6 and a plurality of
gripper stations in the form of gripper bridges 5 mounted on
the drum body. Each gripper bridge 5 includes a gripper 7 and
a corresponding gripper base or support 8 which is radially
adjustable relative to the gripper to accommodate sheets of
different thicknesses. The drum 1 also comprises means for
simultaneously adjusting all of the gripper bases (see, for
example, column 4, lines 27 through 64).
As conceded by the examiner (see page 4 in the answer),
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