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 isPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007