Appeal No. 1997-3253
Application 08/357,196
We note that in the Examiner's answer, the Examiner
relies on Sobiepanek for the teaching of placing the
thermistor in the vicinity of the electric motor so that the
electric motor will heat the thermistor. Upon a closer
reading of Sobiepanek, we find that Sobiepanek teaches away
from the Examiner's findings.
In column 1, lines 16-21, Sobiepanek teaches that when
the current intensity increases in the circuit, the prior art
thermistor undergoes a temperature rise which tends to reduce
the supply current as well as the terminal voltage of the
excited winding possibly to such an extent that this winding
is put out of service. In column 1, lines 43-49, Sobiepanek
teaches that one of the objects of Sobiepanek's invention is
to propose an electric motor in which the provision is made
for an overcurrent protection device comprising thermistors,
in which the voltage supply to the windings is not totally
affected at the time of a momentary stoppage and which is
capable of restarting rapidly after the cause of said stoppage
has been removed. In column 1, lines 50-64, Sobiepanek
teaches that in order to achieve this object, the electric
motor proposed in accordance with the invention comprises a
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