Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
track and increasing the angle between the slider and the
tangent of the track over which the slider is positioned as
the slider moves radially outward from the innermost track.
Further, Kuroda and Ono, as well as Toensing, orient the rails
parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slider body.
Therefore, both the longitudinal axis of the slider and the
rails of the slider will be at an angle of zero degrees to the
tangent of the innermost track, not an intermediate track.
We agree that the application of the teachings of Kuroda
and Ono to Toensing eliminates the angular relationship
between the slider body and the tangent to the intermediate
track. The issue therefore is whether Yamada provides
motivation for reestablishing the relationship between the
slider body and the tangent to an intermediate track.
Yamada teaches forming the rails at an angle to the
longitudinal axis of the slider body and aligning the slider
body and arm parallel to the tangent of a track instead of
aligning the slider body at a skew angle to the track tangent.
Then, the apparatus can be formed more easily as the slider
axis can be simply matched with the tangent of the track,
thereby avoiding the difficulty of precisely providing the
8
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007