Appeal No. 1997-3964
Application No. 08/319,658
D corresponds to switching signal D (column 4, lines 504 3
through 56). In a schematic illustration of the position
detecting switches 49a and 49b (Figure 5), “[a]n electrically
conductive wiper W rotates with the motor M " (column 5, lines
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22 and 23) (emphasis added). According to Teranishi, “[w]hen
the motor M reaches an angular position that places the first
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mode changing means (FIG. 1A) in the PB mode, the wiper W
establishes electrical contact between a contact A and a
ground contact G" (column 5, lines 28 through 31). “As FIG. 6
shows, . . . D indicates the mode changing mechanism is in a
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position corresponding to the PB mode of the tape recorder”
(column 5, lines 33 through 36). Thus, Teranishi is
“detecting a motor rotation signal [of M ] indicative of the
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rotating direction of said motor” as claimed with the position
detectors 49a and 49b. The switching signal D and the motor
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rotation signal D are combined in comparator 48, and, if they
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match, then the control circuit of Figure 2 knows the switched
mode of the mechanism (column 5, lines 45 through 51).
In summary, all of the limitations of claim 1 are found
in Teranishi. Although the rejection is based on the admitted
prior art, Fukuyama and Teranishi, it is permissible to
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