Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
said body having a longitudinal central axis extending
generally parallel to the longitudinal central axis of the
associated head arm and a first surface adapted to face the
surface of the magnetic disk, and at least two parallel rails
arranged on the first surface of the floating slider,
extending obliquely to the longitudinal central axis of the
body and defining a rail angle between said rails and a
tangent line of a corresponding one of said tracks over which
said body is positioned, wherein said rail angle is
substantially zero when said body is positioned over an
innermost track and said rail angle increases as said body
moves radially away from said innermost track; and
wherein said longitudinal central axis of said body
coincides with a tangent line of an intermediate track when
said body is positioned over said intermediate track.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Toensing 5,012,367 Apr. 30,
1991
Kuroda 5,299,079 Mar. 29,
1994
(filed April 29, 1992)
Yamada et al. (Yamada)22JP 60-047278 Mar. 14,
1985
(Japanese Patent specification)
Ono et al. (Ono)3 JP 2-161667 Jun. 21,
1990
The examiner refers to this reference as Nippon Denki K.K. Further,2
our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by
the Translations Branch of the Patent and Trademark Office.
3The examiner refers to this reference as Ricoh Co Ltd. Further, our
understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by the
Translations Branch of the Patent and Trademark Office.
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