Appeal No. 1997-1369
Application No. 08/224,588
a single third knife fixed to said rotating
body, and
actuator means for rotating said rotating body
between a first rotational position in which said
third knife faces said first knife and a second
rotational position in which said third knife faces
said second knife,
said third knife having a cutting edge which is
directed to different radial directions as said
rotating body rotates between the first and
second rotational positions,
wherein the desired web material is cut by said
third knife and one of said first and second knives
selected depending on the rotational position of said
rotating body.
In support of his rejections, the examiner relies on the
following prior art:
Heitmann 4,010,911 Mar. 8,
1977
Ryan et al. (Ryan) 4,157,934 Jan. 12,
1979
Breuers et al. (Breuers) 4,492,138 Jan.
8, 1985
Dickey 5,064,488 Nov. 12,
1991
Bottomley 775,111 May
22, 1957
(Published British Patent Application)
Claims 1 through 3, 6, 8 through 10 and 12 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined
disclosures of Dickey, Heitmann and Breuers. Claims 7 and
6
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