Ex parte TAIJONLAHTI et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 2000-1354                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 08/894,129                                                  


          that the reference teach what the appellants are claiming, but              
          only that the claims on appeal "read on" something disclosed                
          in the reference (see Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d              
          760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,                 
          465 U.S. 1026 (1984)).                                                      


               Morita discloses a punch press including an upper main                 
          shaft (3) vertically movable by means of a hydraulic driving                
          means (2 , 2 , 3a) and rotatable for indexing by means of a1  2                                                                
          rotary driving means (7, 8, 9), a lower main shaft (30)                     
          positioned below the upper main shaft and rotatable in                      
          synchronism with the upper main shaft for indexing, upper and               
          lower dies (23, 45) detachably mounted on the upper and lower               
          main shafts in opposition to each other, and upper and lower                
          clamping devices for clamping the upper and lower dies on the               
          upper and lower main shafts (3, 30) with positioning in phase.              




               As shown in Figure 3 of Morita, the lower main shaft 30                
          is supported on the main body frame 1 via a sliding bearing 31              
          for rotation and sliding vertical movement.  A ring 38 is                   







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