Appeal No. 99-1823
Application 08/964,278
subject matter.2
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Humberson 2,497,220 Feb. 14, 1950
Le Bus 2,620,996 Dec. 9, 1952
Claims 8-12 and 14-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Humberson, and claim 13
stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Humberson in view of Le Bus.
Independent claim 8 calls for a guide structure
comprising, inter alia,
a ramped guide member against which the rope travels
in winding onto said capstan, said ramped guide
member having a surface; a support member having a
surface against which the surface of said ramped
guide member is engaged; coupling structure on said
surface of said support member and said surface of
said ramped guide member for adjustably fixing the
position of the ramped guide member relative to said
support member as a result of contact between said
surfaces of said ramped guide member and said
2In claim 14, it appears that “smaller than” should be
“greater in number than” for consistency with the
specification, page 7, lines 17-23. This inconsistency is
deserving of correction.
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