Appeal No. 1998-0538
Application 08/424,634
invention, Nagase does show a sliding-type head carriage
assembly for a magnetic disk drive for flexible magnetic disks
of the type claimed. In contrast to the examiner's view that
element 21 in Figure 2 comprises a slider, this element in
this figure is stated to be a magnetic head core. The
examiner's view that a carriage 28 supporting the slider is
shown in this figure is also misplaced since element 28 is the
slider itself. Additionally, the examiner considers the
claimed projection to be the part of the carriage [sic,
slider] 28 near the contact surface 28a in forming part of the
"rail" of the assembly. There is no claimed rail and the
region of the slider 28 noted by the examiner is a part of the
slider and not a projection protruding from the carriage as
set forth in claim 1 on appeal.
As noted earlier, Nagase does teach a head type carriage
assembly for a magnetic disk drive for flexible magnetic disk
as forth in the preamble of claim 1 on appeal. Figure 2 does
show a slider 28 which may be said to include a magnetic core
21 as claimed. The carriage 11 in Figure 3 clearly supports
the
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