Appeal No. 1997-3709
Application 08/582,034
Reference is made to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 25 and 27) and to the answer (Paper No. 26) for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.
The Claimed Invention
The appealed claims include two independent claims,
namely, claims 3 and 10. Each of these independent claims
calls for a vented rotor comprising an annular friction plate
having a radially oriented passageway extending therethrough
from a radially inner end to a radially outer end. The radial
outer end of the passageway defines a first center axially2
extending dimension (A1) and a first end axially extending3
dimension (A2) such that (A2) < (A1). The radial inner end of
2Throughout this decision, the terms “axial” and
“axially” refer to the direction that is parallel to the axis
of rotation of the rotor in use, and the terms
“circumferential” and “circumferentially” refer to the
direction parallel to the periphery of the rotor and
transverse to the axis of rotation of the rotor in use.
3The designations (A1), (A2), etc. for the various
axially extending dimensions and circumferentially extending
dimensions of the outer and inner ends of the passageway are
in accordance with the dimension labels found in Figures 1 and
2 of the application drawing figures.
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