Appeal No. 1997-3997
Application No. 08/559,117
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-14, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for applying a predetermined proof load to a cable
under test and measuring a resultant cable length.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. Apparatus for applying a predetermined proof load to
a cable under test and measuring the resultant cable length
comprising:
means for fixing one end of the cable at a
predetermined position;
means for attaching the free end of the cable to an
actuator controlled fixture;
means for positioning said actuator controlled
fixture at a home position, which home position is a
predetermined distance, L , from said fixed position;
1
load sensor means for sensing the loading on the
cable;
controller means for:
2
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