Appeal No. 1997-2032
Application 08/229,278
mounting screws (40). The back plate additionally includes a
pair of registration pins (42) for each of the modular
cartridge cells and drive cells so as to assure accurate
alignment of the cells and the cartridges and drives
associated therewith. The registration pins project from the
front face of the back plate and are received in sockets
(e.g., 58, 67) on the back sides of the cells. The cells are
symmetrical with regard to the way they mount, and thus can be
oriented in two different positions, e.g., with the
cartridges/drives turned horizontally or vertically. In
contrast with appellant’s claimed frame assembly as defined in
the claims before us on appeal, Baxter has no disclosure of,
and no apparent need for, a plurality of divider plates,
crossbars extending across the front portions of the divider
plates, bezel strips or bezel plates extending along front
portions of the crossbars and interfitted therewith, and
screws extending between the bezel strips or bezel plates and
the back plate for holding the assembly together.
Hug discloses a frame assembly (e.g., 12 in Fig. 1) for a
data storage and retrieval system wherein the frame assembly
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